Term2-Eng5-Week2

ORDER OF

ADJECTIVES

​This week, we will be learning about ADJECTIVES and its proper order in sentences.

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​Let's start first with the following questions:

Multiple Choice

What is an Adjective?

• It names a person, thing, animal, or event.

• It describes other words in a sentence.

• It is an action word.

• It replaces the noun in the sentece.

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective in the sentence below:

My classmates and I saw this huge tree at the back of the gymnasium.

• back

• gymnasium

• clasmmates

• huge

​What is an adjective?

•Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words, making your writing and speaking much more specific, and a whole lot more interesting.

•Because adjectives are used to identify or quantify individual people and unique things, they are usually positioned before the noun or pronoun that they modify.

​Order of Adjective

​1. Number or Quantity

​2. Opinion or Quality

​3. Size

​4. Age

​5. Shape

​6. Color

​7. Origin [or Nationality]

​8. Material

​9. Purpose or Qualifier

​Order of Adjectives

​For example:

•I love that really big old green antique car that always parked at the end of the street.

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•My sister adopted a beautiful big white bulldog.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following follows the correct order of adjectives?

• We wanted a metal gray table.

• We wanted metal a gray table.

• We wanted a gray metal table.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following follows the correct order of adjectives?

• He bought a fabulous woollen suit.

• He bought a woollen fabulous suit.

• He bought a suit fabulous woollen.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following follows the correct order of adjectives?

• He has an interesting a lot of old book.

• He has a lot of interesting old books.

• He has a lot of old interesting books.