Position of the adjectives

1. UNACH
MAJOR
FIFTH SEMESTER
STUDENTS:
Jennifer Flores
Diana Mendoza

3. ADJECTIVES
• Adjectives are words that describe or modify another
person or thing in the sentence example:
• Katy is very beautiful.

4. Position of the adjectives
• Adjectives can be used to describe lots of things, from physical size, age,
shape, colour, material, to more abstract things like opinion, origin and
purpose.
• That's a nice, big, blue bag.

5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
General
opinión
Specific
opinion
Size Shape Age Colour
Na-
Tionali-
ty
Mate-
rial

6. EXAMPLES:
•Mary has a big blue short.
•We are ecuadorian people.
•Square red metal table.

7. ACTIVITIES
• https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-
grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives.

8. A beautiful gold medal (oval)
A beautiful oval gold medal
2. An unusual brooch (silver)
An unusual silver brooch
3. An old castle (sinister)
A sinister old castle
4. An American novel (recent)
A recent American novel
5. A long path (sinuous)
A long sinuous path
6. Small clouds (white)
Small white clouds
7. A dangerous knife (sharp)
A dangerous sharp knife

9. • 8. Well-known painters (French)
• Well-known French painters
9. A huge bed (uncomfortable)
• An uncomfortable huge bed
10. A dull place (deserted)
• A dull deserted place
11. A hot vegetable soup (delicious)
• A delicious hot vegetable soup
12. An old cotton dress (white)
• An old white cotton dress

10. • 13. A slim woman (young)
• A slim young woman
14. A new pupil (intelligent)
• An intelligent new pupil
15. A white and green umbrella (enormous)
• An enormous white and green umbrela