Adjective Order

What do What do you think you think ??

What do you think about her?

What do you think about him?

What are adjectives?

Mention the Mention the adjectives that you adjectives that you

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ADJECTIVE ORDERADJECTIVE ORDER

Example :a.He is a handsome young boy.b.I drive an old blue German car.

When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order. According to type.

The Acronym ofThe Acronym ofAdjective OrderAdjective Order

OSASCOMPO pinionS izeA geS hapeC olourO riginM aterialP urpose

Opinion

An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you).

Examples: friendly, beautiful, handsome, horrible, difficult, interesting, ugly, etc.

Size A Size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is.

Examples: large, tiny, enormous, little, short, small, tall, high, big, thick,thin, etc.

Age An Age adjective tells how young or old something or someone is.

Examples: young, old, ancient, new.

Shape A Shape adjective describes the shape of something.

Examples: square, round, flat, rectangular, triangle, etc.

Colour A Colour adjective, of course, describes the color of something.

Examples: blue, pink, reddish, grey, white, black, etc.

Origin An Origin adjective describes where something comes from.

Example: French, American, eastern, Greek

Material

A Material adjective describes what something is made from.

Example: wooden, metal, cotton, paper

Purpose

A Purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with “-ing”.

Example: sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), roasting (as in “roasting tin”), racing (as in “racing car”), walking (as in “walking stick”),etc.

Examples:Examples:A wonderful old Italian clock.

(opinion - age - origin)A big square blue box.

(size - shape - colour)A disgusting pink plastic

ornament. (opinion - colour - material)

Some slim new French trousers. (size - age - origin)

The RulesThe Rules

1. When there are two or more colours adjectives, we use “and” :1)A black and white dress. 2)A red, white and green flag.

2. When there are two opinions in a sentence: don’t use “and”: An opinion is divided into 2 types:-General Opinion-Specific Opinion

The RulesThe RulesGeneral Opinion

Specific Opinion

Definition: The central idea of some of the adjectives in one sentence

Example:Beautiful, Cheap, Good, Bad, etc.

Definition:The specific opinion is located after the general opinion, it illustrates more detail adjectives about a noun in a sentence.

Example:Friendly, Clever, Comfortable, etc.

The RulesThe Rules

Example:The good friendly Indonesian man. [√]

The good and friendly Indonesian man. [X]

General

opinion

General

opinion Specific

opinionSpecific opinion

EXERCISEEXERCISE

Rearrange the following adjective to make a good sentence.

Example:She was wearing a (long, red, beautiful) dressAnswer:She was wearing a beautiful long red dress.

ExerciseExercise

1. I found (rectangel, small, wooden) box in my sister’s room.

2. The shop assistant put the gift into a (brown, small, paper) bag.

3. I bought a (sexy, white, short) dress to wear.4. I just bought a sports (German,

black, new) car.

ExerciseExercise

5. They're showing a (action, new) movie at the cinema tonight.

6. He wore a (blue, denim, stylish) shirt.