This document provides information about ordering adjectives before nouns and using expressions with "the" to show dependence between things. When using multiple adjectives before a noun, they should follow a particular order from opinion, size, other qualities, age, color, pattern, nationality, material, to purpose. To show one thing depends on another, expressions like "The faster I speak, the more mistakes I make" and "The sooner the better" can be used, connecting two things with a comma and "the".

1. ADJECTIVES

2. Order
• You can put more than one adjective before a
noun (often two or three). But these
adjectives must follow a particular object:
OPINION
(How
good?)
SIZE OTHER
QUALITIES
AGE
(How
old?)
COLOUR
PATTERN
NATIONALITY MATERIAL
(Made
of?)
PURPOSE
lovely big warm new pink
striped
Spanish silk winter

3. The…the…
• When we want to show that one thing
depends on another we use the expression:
The + comparative adjective/adverb + the +
comparative adjective/adverb
The faster I speak, the more mistakes I make
The sooner you tell me, the better
The sooner the better