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NAIA01 - Order of Adjectives (LGP-Int)
 
REFERENCE
    Position and order of adjectives
  • Adjectives come before a noun or after the linking verb be:
    She was wearing a red dress.    Her dress was red.
  • They can also come after these linking verbs: become, feel, get, look, seem, smell, taste:
    He became angry.    The food smelled delicious.
  • These adjectives can only come before a noun: former, indoor, main, only, outdoor, previous:
    the main road    the former president
  • These adjectives can only come after a linking verb: afraid, alive, alone, ashamed, asleep, awake, glad, ill, pleased, sorry, sure:     He looked ill.
  • After a linking verb, we use and to join adjectives. The order isn�t important:
    The car was old and dirty / dirty and old.
    She was tired, angry and upset.
  • When there is more than one adjective before a noun, we use them in this order:
Opinion Size Other Age Shape Color Origin Material Type
pretty
awful		 big
small		 hot
difficult		 old
new		 round
square		 red
green		 British
African		 plastic
wooden		 electric
digital
a beautiful old house
a big black cat
a new digital camcorder
 
 
 EXERCISE 15A — Put the words in the correct order. Use correct capitalization and punctuation.
 

 1. 
is / place / amazing / this
 

 

 2. 
seems / relaxed / everybody
 

 

 3. 
nice / some / there / buildings / are
 

 

 4. 
palace / is / enormous / former / the
 

 

 5. 
fantastic / the / tastes / food
 

 

 6. 
are / friendly / and / people / the / kind
 

 

 7. 
and / streets / clean / are / the / quiet
 

 

 8. 
main / street / busy / is / the
 

 

 9. 
a / time / great / we are having
 

 
 
 
 
 Exercise 15B —  You want to sell these things on the Internet. Write a description of each one.

   Example:   A wooden bowl. It�s large and brown.   
 
 

 10. 
Some American comics. They’re rare and old.
 

 11. 
A digital watch. It’s black and plastic.
 

 12. 
A woollen coat. It’s long and black.
 

 13. 
A nylon rucksack. It’s practical and small.
 

 14. 
A lovely necklace. It’s African and handmade.
 

 15. 
Two big rugs. They’re Indian and colourful.
 
 
 
 
 Exercise 15C —  Complete the letter. Use the words in the box.
   awful — clean — crowded — good — only — outdoor — sick   
 
 
We had a(n) (0)   journey here. It was really terrible! The bus was very hot and (1) . I felt (2) and I had a headache.
The hotel is nice. Our room is (3) and comfortable. The (4)  problem is the shower, which doesn't work very well. Lucy and I are doing lots of (5)  activities - and we’re getting (6) at sailing.
 
 



 
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