1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN HUMANAS Y
TECNOLOGÍAS
LANGUAGES SCHOOL
FIFTH SEMESTER
GRAMMAR V
TOPIC:
POSITION OF THE ADJECTIVES
PROFESSOR:
MSG. MAGDALENA ULLAURI
STUDENTS:
JENNIFER FLORES
DIANA MENDOZA
MARZO - AGOSTO 2015
2. POSITION OF THE ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVES
Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the
sentence. The Articles — a, an, and the — are adjectives. If a group of words containing
a subject and verb acts as an adjective, it is called an Adjective Clause.
EXAMPLE:
My sister, who is much older than I am, is an engineer.
She is tall.
Katy is very beautiful.
(adjectives, 2013)
PSITION 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.
We can use adjectives together to give a detailed description of something.
Adjectives that express opinions usually come before all others, but it can
sometimes depend on what exactly you want to emphasise.
For example:
3. "That's a nice, big, blue bag." (You like the bag.)
"That's a nice blue." (You like the colour.)
When we group adjectives together there is a general (sometimes flexible) rule
for the position of each type of adjective, these are: (Language, 1999)
We use some adjectives only after a link verb: Adjectives usually come in this
order:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Genera
l
opinio
n
Specifi
c
opinio
n
Siz
e
Shap
e
Ag
e
Colou
r
Nationalit
y
Materia
l
We use some adjectives only after a link verb:
afraid alive alone asleep
content glad ill ready
sorry sure unable well
Some of the commonest -ed adjectives are normally used only after a link verb:
4. annoyed; finished; bored; pleased; thrilled
We say:
Our teacher was ill.
My uncle was very glad when he heard the news.
The policeman seemed to be very annoyed
but we do not say:
We had an ill teacher.
When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle
He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman
A few adjectives are used only in front of a noun:
north
south
east
west
northern
southern
eastern
western
countless
occasional
lone
eventful
indoor
outdoor
We say:
He lives in the eastern district.
There were countless problems with the new machinery.
but we do not say:
The district he lives in is eastern
The problems with the new machinery were countless.
(COUNCIL, 2015)
ACTIVITIES
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives
A beautiful gold medal (oval)
A beautiful oval gold medal
2. An unusual brooch (silver)
An unusual silver brooch
3. An old castle (sinister)
5. 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
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 desertedplace
11. A hot vegetable soup (delicious)
A delicious hot vegetable soup
12. An old cotton dress (white)
An old white cotton dress
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 umbrella
Bibliografía
adjectives.(28de Abril de 2013). adjectives.Obtenidode adjectives:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm
COUNCIL,B. (28 de ABRIL de 2015). LEARN ENGLISH.Obtenidode LEARN ENGLISH:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-
adjectives
english,l.(s.f.). British council.Recuperadoel 27 de Abril de 2015, de britishcouncil:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-
adjectives
Language,L. E. (28 de Abril de 1999). Lean English Language.Obtenidode LearnEnglish
Language:
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/adjectiveorder.html#sthash.GVIMvnmJ.dpuf
6. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN HUMANAS Y
TECNOLOGÍAS
LANGUAGES SCHOOL
FIFTH SEMESTER
GRAMMAR V
STUDENT´S NAME: ______________________________________________
DATE: __________________________________________________________
TIME: ___15 minutes_____________________________________________
TEST
OBJECTIVE: Check for students recognize the position of adjectives.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Write in the correct order the following sentences.
1. reading/ yellow/ round / lamp
A________________________________________________
2. German/ rare / silver/ car
A________________________________________________
3. wooden/ huge /sailing/boat
A_________________________________________________
4. experienced/old/ English/ teacher
An_______________________________________________
5. coffee / French/ china / pot
A________________________________________________
6. table / red / square / metal
A__________________________________________________
7. exiciting/ British/ new / band
An_________________________________________________
8. tall / young / handsome / lawyer
A___________________________________________________
9. big/ plastic / red / bag
A__________________________________________________
10. silk / trendy / tie / old
A___________________________________________________
7. 1. reading/ yellow/round/lamp
a round yellowreadinglamp
2. German / rare / silver/car
a rare silverGermancar
3. wooden/huge /sailing/boat
a huge woodensailingboat
4. experienced /old/English/ teacher
an experiencedoldEnglishteacher
5. coffee /French/ china / pot
a Frenchchina coffee pot
6. table / red / square /metal
a square red metal table
7. exiciting/British/new/ band
an excitingnewBritishband
8. tall / young/ handsome /lawyer
a handsome tall younglawyer
9. big / plastic/red / bag
a big redplasticbag
10. silk/trendy/ tie / old
a trendyoldsilktie
