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<b>Adjective order</b>
<b>grammar game</b>
<b>What is the correct order of adjectives before a noun ?</b>
<b>1. Adjectives of</b>
<b>color</b>
,
<b>origin</b>
,
<b>material</b>
and
<b>purpose</b>
usually go in that order.
<i>{Color</i>
<i> _</i>
<i>origin</i>
<i> _</i>
<i>material</i>
<i>_ </i>
<i>purpose</i>
<i> _</i>
<i><b>noun} </b></i>
<i><b>red </b></i>
<i><b>e.g.: </b></i>
<i><b>Spanish leather riding </b></i>
<i>boots </i>
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<b>2</b>
.
Other adjectives usually go before words of
colour
, origin,
material and purpose. It is impossible to give exact rules, but
adjectives of size, length and
<b>height</b>
often come first.
<i>The round glass table (</i>
<i>NOT the glass round table</i>
<i>)</i>
<i> A big</i>
<i>,</i>
<i> modern brick house (</i>
<i>NOT a modern, big brick house</i>
<i>)</i>
<i><b>Long, flexible steel poles</b></i>
<i> A tall, ancient oak-tree</i>
•
<b>3. Adjectives which express judgments or attitudes usually </b>
come before all others.
• Examples are
lovely
,
definite
, pure, absolute,
extreme
,
perfect
,
wonderful
,
silly
.
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<b>4</b>
.
<b>Numbers</b>
usually go before adjectives.
<i><b>---</b></i>
<i><b>Six </b></i>
<i>large eggs</i>
<i>---The </i>
<i><b>second</b></i>
<i> big shock</i>
<i>---</i>
<b>First,</b>
<b>next</b>
and
<b>last</b>
most often go before one,
two, three etc.
<i>The </i>
<i><b>first</b></i>
<i> three days My</i>
<i><b>last</b></i>
<i> two jobs."</i>
•
<b>5- Age</b>
, which would normally go after adjectives of
size, length and height, but before colour, origin,
material and purpose.
•
<i>A big </i>
<i><b>old</b></i>
<i> straw hat. </i>
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<b>Thus, a complete list could be</b>
:
<b>(</b>
<b>article</b>
<b>) + </b>
<b>number</b>
<b> + </b>
<b>judgment</b>
<b>/</b>
<b>attitude</b>
<b> + </b>
<b>size</b>
<b>, </b>
<b>length</b>
<b>, </b>
<b>height</b>
<b> + </b>
<b>age</b>
<b> +</b>
<b> colour</b>
<b> + </b>
<b>origin</b>
<b> + </b>
<b>material</b>
<b> + </b>
<b>purpose</b>
<b> + </b>
<b>noun</b>
•
<b><sub>a lovely long black leather coat </sub></b>
•
<b><sub>a valuable Dutch Impressionist painting </sub></b>
•
<b>a rustic old stone holiday cottage</b>
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<b>For more information about adjective order, see</b>
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<b>For exercises on adjective order, see</b>
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•
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:
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•
<b>ينورتكلا ديرب</b>
<b> :</b>
<b></b>
•
<b>ةعومجملا ديرب</b>
:
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This lesson is from the English course book
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