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Learn the correct order of adjectives with examples of materials, pictures, and music in a warm-up activity. Practice classifying adjectives and improving your writing skills.
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The Order OF The Order OF Adjectives
Material Used Material Used Pictures & Music
Warm Up Warm Up Describe the music you hear: Romantic Beautiful Slow
Describe this picture: Romantic Place Beautiful Scene Light, orange leaves Blue stream Green stones
Describe this picture: Tall palm trees Awesome Sunset Quiet place
Describe this picture: Ancient ruins Roman ruins Heavy, marble columns Huge columns
Describe this picture: Chinese newspaper Difficult language
Describe each picture: Round, anniversary cake An old man Christmas tree White snow Square,wooden, chess board A paper, lunch bag
Look at these sentences and try to classify the adjectives 1. Did you see big, black, police dog? 2. She’s just bought a brand-new, red, sports car. 3. A fashionable,19th century, multicoloured dress. 4. A Japanese, gold, wedding ring. 1. Size, colour and purpose 2. Age, colour and purpose 3. Opinion, age and colour 4. Origin, material, purpose
Classify the adjectives listed on the board in this table Blue Tall ancient Round Paper Romantic Roman lunch Beautiful Huge Old square Chinese wooden Chess green anniversary heavy Christmas quiet
From the sentences we can conclude that: When you use more than one adjective before a noun, you have to put them in a certain order. The rules are complicated but here is the most usual order. 1 3 Opinion Age 8 4 Purpose 2 Size Shape 6 Weight Origin 7 Material 5 Colour Age Size Shape Colour Weight Purpose Opinion Material NOUN Other Origin wooden with ivory dinning French A beautiful round green table big old NB. However we do not use more than three adjective together
Check Point Put the adjectives in the correct order 1. steep beautiful wooded hill 2 1 3 1. A beautiful, steep, wooded hill. 2. marble two-storey elegant villa 3 2 1 2. An elegant, two-storey, marble villa. 3. Antique pearl beautiful necklace 3 2 1 3. A beautiful antique pearl necklace. 4. Multi-coloured silk expensive carpet 2 3 1 4. An expensive multi-coloured silk carpet.
Check Point 5. set of Venetian 17th-century magnificent glasses 3 2 1 5. A set of magnificent, 17th-century, Venetian glasses. 6. lycra black fashionable cycling-suit 3 2 1 6. A fashionable, black, lycra cycling-suit. 7.modern gold attractive watch 2 3 1 7. An attractive, modern, gold watch. 8. the leather jacket has black crocodile attractive strap 2 3 1 8. The leather jacket has an attractive, black, crocodile strap. 9. this watch has round metal well-known rivets 2 3 1 9. This watch has a well-known, round, metal rivets. 10.this is yellow fashionable rubber frame 1 2 3 10. This is a fashionable, yellow, rubber frame.
Check Point 11. a table antique beautiful mahogany 2 1 3 11. A beautiful, antique, mahogany table. 12. a violin heavy Italian old 1 3 2 12. A heavy, old, Italian violin. 13. a necklace Cartier diamond brand-new 3 2 1 13. A brand-new, diamond, Cartier necklace. 14. a sofa green large Victorian 2 1 3 14. A large, green, Victorian sofa. 15. a vase blue porcelain lovely 2 3 1 15. A lovely, blue, porcelain vase.
Check Point 16. The car (old and big purple was). 2 1 3 16. The car was big, old and purple. 17. The (wild American golden ) eagle is (huge tender and). 1 3 2 2 1 17. The wild, golden, American eagle is tender and huge. 18. The (black African tall) president visited the Italian president. 2 3 1 18. The tall , black, African president visited the Italian president. 19. (yellow short and) Mr. Yang was unable to find a job. 2 1 19. Short and yellow, Mr. Yang was unable to find a job. 20. I’ve got a book which is (ancient cylendrical and small). 2 3 1 20. I’ve got a book which is small, ancient and cylendrical.
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Mirjana Tomić Osnovna škola "Ilija Kišić" - Zelenika December 2014