ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

Order of Adjectives

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What is an adjective?

An adjective describes a noun or pronoun such as person, place, thing or idea.

The position of adjectives in a sentence.

In English language, it is very important to put the adjective in the correct place.

We place adjectives before the noun that they describe.

• A hot day

• A French city

• A red ball

• An international student

• Good students

In sentences with the verb to be , we place the adjective after the verb.

• Alyssa is beautiful.

• SIngapore City is clean.

• Students are hard-working.

• People are nice.

• The table is black

Multiple Select

What is the adjective in this sentence?

Sarah has a beautiful cat.

• Sarah

• has

• beautiful

• cat

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Identify the adjective in the sentence... We live in a big city.

• We

• live

• big

• city

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Identify the adjective.

Jim is a funny guy.

• Jim

• is

• guy

• funny

We often have two adjectives in front of a noun:

• a handsome young man

• a big black car

• that lovely small dog

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Order the words: Chinese food delicious

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Order the words: green trousers horrible

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Order the words: young a woman pretty

Multiple Choice

Which adjectives are written in the correct order?

• Large yellow the bus

• The large yellow bus

• The yellow large bus

• Yellow the large bus

Multiple Choice

Which adjectives are written in the correct order?

• My six-year-old annoying brother

• Annoying six-year-old my brother

• Six-year old my annoying brother

• My annoying six-year-old brother

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has the adjectives in the correct order?

• Hatim got a metal red shiny bike.

• The cute round gray cat belongs to Paris.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has the adjectives in the correct order?

• Angel's grandma has a red German car.

• Ayden's dog is old, good, and huge.