[sem 010]adjective order in english

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ADJECTIVE ORDERADJECTIVE ORDERLic. Cecilia Mayanga PedemonteLic. Cecilia Mayanga PedemonteADJECTIVE ORDERADJECTIVE ORDERLic. Cecilia Mayanga PedemonteLic. Cecilia Mayanga Pedemonte


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In English, it is common to use more

than one adjective before a noun -- forexample, "He's a silly young fool," or"she's a smart, energetic woman." When

you use more than one adjective, youhave to put them in the right order,according to type. These slides willexplain the different types of

adjectives and the correct order forthem.


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The basic types ofadjectives

1. Opinion

An opinion adjective explains what

you think about something (otherpeople may not agree with you).Examples:

silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult


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2. Size

A size adjective, of course, tells youhow big or small something is. Examples:large, tiny, enormous, little

3. Age An age adjective tells you how young or

old something or someone is. Examples:

ancient, new, young, old


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4. Shape

A shape adjective describes the shapeof something. Examples:square, round, flat, rectangular

5. Colour A colour adjective, of course, describes

the colour of something. Examples:blue, pink, reddish, grey


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6. Origin

An origin adjective describes wheresomething comes from. Examples:French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek

7. Material A material adjective describes what

something is made from. Examples:

wooden, metal, cotton, paper


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8. Purpose

A purpose adjective describes whatsomething is used for. These adjectivesoften end with "-ing". Examples:sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting(as in "roasting tin")


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Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose

a silly young English man

a huge round metal bowl

a small red sleeping bag

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1.-Which is the correct order?a) a small Canadian thin ladyb) a Canadian small thin ladyc) a small thin Canadian ladyd) a thin small Canadian lady

2.-Which is the correct order?a) a carving steel new knifeb) a new steel carving knifec) a steel new carving knifed) a new carving steel knife

3.-Which is the correct order?a) a beautiful blue sailing boatb) a blue beautiful sailing boatc) a sailing beautiful blue boatd) a blue sailing beautiful boat

4.-Which is the correct order?a) an old wooden square tableb) a square wooden old tablec) an old square wooden tabled) a wooden old square table

5Whi h i h d ?


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5Which is the correct order?a) an new French exciting bandb) a French new exciting bandc) an exciting French new bandd) an exciting new French band

6.-Which is the correct order?a) a red big plastic hatb) a big red plastic hatc) a plastic big red hatd) a bit plastic red hat

7.-Which is the correct order?a) a small Japanese serving bowlb) a Japanese small serving bowlc) a small serving Japanese bowld) a serving small Japanese bowl

8.- Which is the correct order?a) a cotton dirty old tieb) a dirty cotton old tiec) an old cotton dirty tied) a dirty old cotton tie


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Put in order these Adjectives

1. round / small / reading / lamp

2. German / old / yellow / car

3. wooden / huge / sailing / ship

4. physics / boring / old / teacher5. slim / Canadian / handsome /

snowboarder

6. sugar / blue / round / bowl


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Put the adjectives in brackets in thecorrect position.

1.- a beautiful table ( wooden / round )

2.- an unusual ring (gold)

3.- a new pullover (nice )4.- A new pullover ( green )

5.- an old house (beautiful)

6.- Black gloves ( leather )7.- An American film (old)

8.- A long face (thin)

9.- big clouds (black)


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10.- a sunny day (lovely)

11.- A wide avenue(long)

12.- A metal box ( black / small)

14.- a big cat (fat / black)

15.- A little village ( old / lovely)16.- long hair ( black / beautiful)

17.- an old painting ( interesting / French )

18 .- An enormous umbrella ( red / yellow)


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ADVERBSADVERBSADVERBSADVERBS

Lic. CECILIA MAYANGALic. CECILIA MAYANGA

PEDEMONTE.PEDEMONTE.


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What is an adverb?

Basically, most adverbs tell you how,where, or when something is done. In

other words, they describe themanner, place, or timeof an action.Here are some examples:

T Ad b E l


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Type Adverb Example

Manner slowly Jane drives slowly.

Place here The party is going to take placehere.

Time yesterday I called him yesterday.


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How to recognize an

adverb

Many adverbs end with the suffix-LY. Most of these are created byadding -LY to the end of an

adjective, like this:

Adj ti Ad b


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Adjective Adverb

slow slowly

delightful delightfully

hopeless hopelessly

aggressive aggressively


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However, this is NOT a reliable way to

find out whether a word is an adverb ornot, for two reasons: many adverbs doNOT end in -LY (some are the same as

the adjective form), and many wordswhich are NOT adverbs DO end in -LY(such as kindly, friendly, elderlyand

lonely, which are adjectives). Here aresome examples of adverbs which are thesame as adjectives:

Adj ti Ad b


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Adjective Adverb

fast fast

late late

early early


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The best way to tell if a word is anadverb is to try making a question,

for which the answer is the word. Ifthe question uses how, whereorwhen, then the word is probably anadverb. Here is an example:

W d i t t Q ti Ad b?


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Word in context Question Adverb?

Junko playstennis

aggressively.

How doesJunko play

tennis?

Yes -- uses HOW.

They have asmallhouse.

What kind ofhouse do

they have?

No -- uses WHATKIND OF, so this is

an adjective.

Matthew calledthe police

immediately.

When didMatthew call

the police?

Yes -- uses WHEN.

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Examples You can learn this language easily.

The pianist is playing slowly. She spoke interestingly about her

ideas.

Joe ate hungrily. She plays the piano very well.


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HOW TO MAKE LYADVERBS

Usually: adjective + ly

quick ---- quickly

real ---- reallycomplete ----- completely

slow ----- slowly

-y --- ilyeasy ------ easily

happy ------ happily


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-ble ----- bly

possible ------ possibly

Write the adverbs

Wrong thirsty wonderfulFinal probable cold

Sincere usual unhappy

Loud nice comfortable


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Look at these underlined word It is and adverb, isnt it?

1.- Be careful! The iron is very hot.

2.-A microwave can cook food fast.3.- Jun sang very loudly.4.-This bacon is lovely!5.-Joe dresses very informally.

6.- She's a very strange woman!7.-I'm free tomorrow. Shall we meet at five?8.-Jan is very helpful if you have a problem with your

computer.

9.-Sam walks very shakily, because he's getting old.10.-I get up early every morning.


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Choose and adjective or an adverb.

Could I have a . word with you? (quick

/ quickly) She walked away . (quick / quickly)

This is a .. Train it stops everywhere.(slow / slowly)

He talked very . About his work.(interesting / interestingly)

Youve cooked the meat ..(beautiful /beautifully)

Ive got an job for you.( easy / easily


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She writes in . English . (perfect /perfectly)

I sing very . (bad / badly) I feel . Today. ( happy / happily)

You seem very . (angry/angrily)

Annes a .. Swimmer. (strong /strongly)

Could you talk more please? (quiet/ quietly)


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Mary waited in the hospital until hermum returned from the Dermatologysroom. (patient / patiently)

Mr Jones was very ..during the operation.(nervous / nervously)

(Luck / Luckily )The Neurologists didntmiss their flight.

Dr . Tomas operated his patient (careful /carefully)

Robert is a very .doctor actually.(good/well)

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