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Focus 4 the order of adjectives in sentences

Formation of adjectives | Attributive Adjectives | Substantivized adjectives | The English – two Englishmen/women, three Swiss, etc. | Participial adjectives | The formation of comparative and superlative. | More and More than | The longer Sue stays in Canada, the less likely she will ever go back to England. | Much etc. with comparatives | PARTICIPIAL ADJ F_6 |


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When we use more than one adjective before a noun, there is often a preferred order for these adjectives.

Opinion + physical quality + shape + age = colour + participle adjectives + origin + material + type + purpose + noun

For example: an old plastic container, a hard red ball, a frightening Korean mask, a round biscuit tin, a small broken plate, a useful digital alarm clock.

 

Gradable adjectives (describing opinion, size, quality, shape, and age) usually precede ungradable adjectives (participle adjective and adjectives describing origin, material, type and purpose).

When two gradable adjectives come before the noun, we can put either a comma or and between them.

an attractive, big garden

an attractive and big garden

Two color adjectives have and between them.

Sweden’s yellow and blue flag.

Two unfradable adjectives have and between them if they are from the same class, but and is not used if they are from different classes.

Financial and political conditions

Improving financial conditions

 

For more information see the corresponding topic in Part II.

 

EXERCISES

 

Ex.1 Put the following adjectives and nouns in the correct order to create a sentence.

 

  1. ugly/plastic/old/table

She inherited an... from her aunt.

  1. leather/black/jacket/smart

She was wearing a... yesterday.

  1. window/oval/magnificent/stained glass

There is a... in this church.

4. cream cakes/round/large/three

She prepared... for the party.

5.children/two/charming/little/Japanese

I met... in the park.

 

Ex.2Rewrite each description in the right order.

 

city: Belgian, beautiful, little

club: jazz, local, modern

dinner: excellent, cold, French

buildings: modern, industrial, concrete

dress: evening, red, silk, new

eyes: narrow, colourless, ugly

frame: flat, gold, huge

furniture: old, lovely, comfortable

ink: drawing, Swiss, good

Jacket: sport, leather, stylish

squares: brick, little, ancient

boots: French, sky, leather

tie: blue, woolen, modern

trousers: cotton, grey, old, ugly

trunks: black, nylon, swimming

 

Ex. 3 Put the following into the correct order.

 

1) suede / Italian / new / red / soft / shoes

2) elderly / tall / Frenchman

3) oval / Venetian / ancient / valuable / glass

4) shiny / large / expensive / brown / leather / case

5) square / wooden / old / nice / table

6) modern / stone / large / beautiful / cottage

7) porcelain / tea / blue / thin / old / cup

8) young / blonde / handsome / tall / man

9) old / several / English / beautiful / castles

10) pretty / French / young / a lot of / girls

11) dark blue / best / silk / my / shirt

12) young / many / factory / German / workers

 

Ex. 4 Put the adjectives given in the correct order in these sentences

 

1. French, small

Her family ran a...... restaurant in the theatrical district of the city.

2. green, small

His...... eyes were surrounded by many wrinkles.

3.French, wistful

I sang her a...... ballad.

4. soft, yellow

The small lamp on the table made a...... glow all around her.

5. huge, gilt

...... earrings dangled from her ears.

6.woolen, white

The baby was tightly wrapped in a...... shawl.

7.Chinese, young

Karen had made friends with some...... girls.

8.long, unbroken

In the...... silence which followed she realized that he had fallen asleep.

9.check, old, pink

A potted plant stood on the......... cloth

 

Ex. 5 Put the adjectives in brackets in the most appropriate order.

 

1. Mine’s the... car (blue, Japanese, small)

2. I rent a(n).. house (furnished, large, old)

3. I’ve just bought a... table (beautiful, coffee, wooden)

4. Their... forces soon overcame the invasion (combined, military, powerful)

5. Have you seen this... invention? (fantastic, German, new)

6. There was a... rug 0n the floor (soft, wonderful, wooden)

7. She gave me a... box (jewellery, metal, small, square)

 

Writ and between the adjectives if possible.

8. Cycling is a(n)... activity (outdoor, popular)

9. They live in... houses (mud, straw)

10. He was a... doctor (famous, medical)

11. There was an... meeting (important, urgent)

12. I’ve just finished a... novel (boring, depressing)

 

Note: The order of predicative adjectives is less fixed than the order before a noun. We usually use and before the last adjective. Adjectives expressing an opinion often come last.

The city is old and beautiful.

We can use but when two qualities are in contrast.

The solution is cheap but effective.

 


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