Kinds of adjectives
 There are many kinds of adjectives.
 However we are going to focus on two kinds of
 adjectives highly used to describe places:
 1.   Demonstrative adjectives
 2.   Descriptive adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
 These type of adjectives respond to the question
 “Which”

 1.   Singular: This, That
 2.   Plural: These, Those
Descriptive adjectives 1
These type of adjectives are used to qualify the noun.

 Color: Violet, turquoise, orange, purple, beige.
 Size: Big, large, small, tiny, heavy, light, thin, thick,
  Shallow, deep.
 Shape: Round, square, oval, conical, rectangular,
  triangular.
 Age: Old, young, new, modern, ancient, old-
  fashioned, updated.
Descriptive adjectives 2
 Weather:
  Rainy, stormy, sunny, windy,snowy, damp, dry, icy,fogg
  y, overcast,
 Texture:
  Hard, soft, rough, smooth, solid, liquid, sticky, slippery
  , uneven, blunt
 Sound: Silent, noisy, quiet, deafening, melodic,shrill
 Appearance:
  beautiful, ugly, clean, dirty, simple, complex, difficult,
  easy, neat, messy
The order of adjectives
 As a general rule, adjectives are usually placed in this
 order:
 DETERMINER | OPINION | SIZE | QUALITY | AGE |
 SHAPE | COLOUR | PARTICIPLE FORMS | ORIGIN
 | MATERIAL | TYPE | PURPOSE | NOUN
Description of places (example)

 This is Saint Paul´s
 Cathedral, a
 beautiful, big, ancient,
 baroque, English, religi
 ous building.
Description of places (example)




                  That is Venice, an
 interesting, romantic, big, colorful, European, ancien
                         t city.
Description of places (example)
 That is       Santa Marta snow mountain, an
 atractive, enormous, green and white, Colombian
 landmark

Adjectives to describe places

  • 2.
    Kinds of adjectives There are many kinds of adjectives. However we are going to focus on two kinds of adjectives highly used to describe places: 1. Demonstrative adjectives 2. Descriptive adjectives
  • 3.
    Demonstrative adjectives Thesetype of adjectives respond to the question “Which” 1. Singular: This, That 2. Plural: These, Those
  • 4.
    Descriptive adjectives 1 Thesetype of adjectives are used to qualify the noun.  Color: Violet, turquoise, orange, purple, beige.  Size: Big, large, small, tiny, heavy, light, thin, thick, Shallow, deep.  Shape: Round, square, oval, conical, rectangular, triangular.  Age: Old, young, new, modern, ancient, old- fashioned, updated.
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    Descriptive adjectives 2 Weather: Rainy, stormy, sunny, windy,snowy, damp, dry, icy,fogg y, overcast,  Texture: Hard, soft, rough, smooth, solid, liquid, sticky, slippery , uneven, blunt  Sound: Silent, noisy, quiet, deafening, melodic,shrill  Appearance: beautiful, ugly, clean, dirty, simple, complex, difficult, easy, neat, messy
  • 6.
    The order ofadjectives As a general rule, adjectives are usually placed in this order: DETERMINER | OPINION | SIZE | QUALITY | AGE | SHAPE | COLOUR | PARTICIPLE FORMS | ORIGIN | MATERIAL | TYPE | PURPOSE | NOUN
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    Description of places(example) This is Saint Paul´s Cathedral, a beautiful, big, ancient, baroque, English, religi ous building.
  • 8.
    Description of places(example) That is Venice, an interesting, romantic, big, colorful, European, ancien t city.
  • 9.
    Description of places(example) That is Santa Marta snow mountain, an atractive, enormous, green and white, Colombian landmark