Some hints on how to use adjectives in the appropriate order.

1. ADJECTIVE
ORDER
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC

2. The basic types of adjectives
 An opinion adjective explains what you think
about something (other people may not agree
with you).
Examples:
silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult Size
 A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or
small something is.
Examples:
large, tiny, enormous, little Age
 An age adjective tells you how young or old
something or someone is.
Examples:
ancient, new, young, old
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC

3. The basic types of adjectives (2)
A shape adjective describes the shape of
something. Examples:
square, round, flat, rectangular Color
A color adjective, of course, describes the color
of something. Examples:
blue, pink, reddish, grey Origin
Anorigin adjective describes where something
comes from. Examples: European, Brazilian.
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC

4. The basic types of adjectives (3)
Amaterial adjective describes what something is
made from. Examples:
wooden, metal, cotton, paper Purpose
A purpose adjective describes what something is
used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing".
Examples: sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting
(as in "roasting tin")
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC

5. The basic types of adjectives (4)
Some examples of adjective order
Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material Purpose
a silly old English man
a huge round metal bowl
a small red sleeping bag
Tomado de:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC

6. Exercises
Which is the correct order?
A small Canadian thin lady
A Canadian small thin lady
A small thin Canadian lady
A thin small Canadian lady
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC

7. Exercises
Which is the correct order?
a carving steel new knife
a new steel carving knife
a steel new carving knife
a new carving steel knife
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC

8. Exercises
Use the information given in the previous slides to describe the picture.
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC

9. Exercises
Use the information given in the previous slides to describe the picture.
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC

10. Exercises
Use the information given in the previous slides to describe the picture.
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC

11. Exercises
Use the information given in the previous slides to describe the picture.
María Irene Albers de Urriola
MA in Applied Linguistics USB
Specialist in Computer Technology in Education UC