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Adjective placement

Where should I put my adjectives? When you use several adjectives, please use he following order to build your sentence. Please note that sentences containg 4 (or more!) adjectives are very awkward and should be split into several sentences.


Opinion
>> an interesting movie, an exciting journey


Dimension
>> a large house, a big car


Age

>> an old boat, a young boy


Shape
>> an oval carpet, a round table


Colour
>> a grey raincoat, a green door


Origin
>> French bread, a Japanese town


Material
>> a plastic bottle, a wooden treasure


EXAMPLES:
>A wonderful old Italian clock. (opinion - age - origin)
>A big square blue box. (dimension - shape - colour)
>A disgusting pink plastic ornament. (opinion - colour - material)
>Some slim new French trousers. (dimension - age - origin)

TEST

Build a phrase with this noun and these adjectives
1. book >> interesting - small - Spanish
2. house >> beautiful - modern - small
3. cap >> cotton - funny - green
4. picture >> modern - ugly - rectangular

ANSWERS 1. An interesting small Spanish book. 2. A beautiful small modern house 3. A funny green cotton cap 4. An ugly modern rectangular picture