{"id":115,"date":"2012-07-11T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2015-03-09T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T13:10:14","slug":"elc-study-zone-adjective-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/elc-study-zone-adjective-order\/","title":{"rendered":"ELC Study Zone: Adjective Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELC Study Zone: Adjective Order<\/a><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n

In English, it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun \u2014 for example, \u201cHe\u2019s a silly young fool,\u201d or \u201cShe\u2019s a smart, energetic woman.\u201d When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to type. This page will explain the different types of adjectives and the correct order for them.<\/p>\n

1. The basic types of adjectives<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Opinion<\/th>\nAn opinion<\/b> adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you).
\nFor example: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size<\/th>\nA size<\/b> adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is.
\nFor example: large, tiny, enormous, little<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age<\/th>\nAn age<\/b> adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is.
\nFor example: ancient, new, young, old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shape<\/th>\nA shape<\/b> adjective describes the shape of something.
\nFor example: square, round, flat, rectangular<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colour<\/th>\nA colour<\/b> adjective, of course, describes the colour of something.
\nFor example: blue, pink, reddish, grey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Origin<\/th>\nAn origin<\/b> adjective describes where something comes from.
\nFor example: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Material<\/th>\nA material<\/b> adjective describes what something is made from.
\nFor example: wooden, metal, cotton, paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purpose<\/th>\nA purpose<\/b> adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with \u201c-ing\u201d.
\nFor example: sleeping (as in \u201csleeping bag\u201d), roasting (as in \u201croasting tin\u201d)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

2. Some examples of adjective order<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nOpinion<\/th>\nSize<\/th>\nAge<\/th>\nShape<\/th>\nColour<\/th>\nOrigin<\/th>\nMaterial<\/th>\nPurpose<\/th>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
a<\/td>\nsilly<\/td>\n<\/td>\nyoung<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
a<\/td>\n<\/td>\nhuge<\/td>\n<\/td>\nround<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nmetal<\/td>\n<\/td>\nbowl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
a<\/td>\n<\/td>\nsmall<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nred<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nsleeping<\/td>\nbag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
When you are sure that you understand the lesson, you can continue with the exercises.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ELC Study Zone: Adjective Order Introduction In English, it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun \u2014 for example, \u201cHe\u2019s a silly young fool,\u201d or \u201cShe\u2019s a smart, energetic woman.\u201d When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to type. This page […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[535,537],"tags":[601],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esl-cultural-communications","category-speak-english-better","tag-adjectives"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621,"href":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communicationcoach.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}