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 rectangualr picture