Adjective order By Ms Pairoh Mataraj Foreign Language

Adjective order By Ms Pairoh Mataraj Foreign Language Department Kanchananu. Kroh School

�� 1. Which is the correct order? a. A small Canadian thin lady. b. A Canadian small thin lady. c. Small thin Canadian lady. d. A thin small Canadian lady. 2. Which is the correct order? a. A carving steel new knife. b. a new steel carving knife. c. A steel new carving knife. d. A new carving steel knife.

3. Which is the correct order? a. A beautiful blue sailing boat. b. a blue beautiful sailing boat. c. A sailing beautiful blue boat. d. A blue sailing beautiful boat. 4. Which is the correct order? a. An old wooden square table. b. A square wooden old table. c. An old square wooden table. d. A wooden old square table.

5. Which is the correct order? a. A new French exciting band. b. A French new exciting band. c. An exciting French new band. d. An exciting new French band. 6. Which is the correct order? a. A red big plastic hat. b. A big red plastic hat. c. a plastic big red hat. d. A big plastic red hat.

7. Which is the correct order? a. a small Japanese serving bowl. b. A Japanese small serving bowl. c. A small serving Japanese bowl. d. a serving small Japanese bowl. 8. Which is the correct order? a. a cotton dirty old tie. b. A dirty cotton old tie. c. c. An old cotton dirty tie. d. d. A dirty old cotton tie.

Adjective order in English �� An adjective describes a noun. �� Pancake is a lovely actress.

�� (Adjective( . 1�� Cheer is a beautiful actress. (beautiful �� actress(

. 2�� verb to be �� u Cheer is beautiful. )beautiful �� verb to be is(

(adjective ) �� . 1�� Opinion or judgment �� –beautiful, ugly, easy, fast, interesting . 2 Size (�� )– small, tall, short, big

. 3 Age (�� )– young, old, new, historic, ancient 4. Shape (�� ) – round, square, rectangular. 5 Color (�� ) – red, black, green, purple. 6 Nationality/Origin (�� ( –French, Asian, American, Canadian, Japanese

. 7 Material (�� ) – wooden, metallic, plastic, glass, paper. 8 Purpose or Qualifier (�� ( Foldout sofa, fishing boat, racing car

�� Blue , sleeping, grey, square, large, horrible, old, French, new, little Wooden, pink, boring, silly, young, flat, rectangular, tiny, ugly, reddish, round, ancient, paper, difficult, cotton, eastern, metal, Greek, beautiful, roasting, golden, lunar, black, easy, enormous, American

1�� opinions easy, boring ugly difficult silly horrible beautiful size large little tiny enormous age old new ancient young

�� shape square flat round rectangular Blue grey pink reddish color black French eastern Greek American Origin/nationality

�� material purpose Wooden paper metal cotton golden sleeping, roasting

�� Adjective order 1. Which is the correct order? a. A small Canadian thin lady. b. A Canadian small thin lady. c. Small thin Canadian lady. d. A thin small Canadian lady. 2. Which is the correct order? a. A carving steel new knife. b. a new steel carving knife. c. A steel new carving knife. d. A new carving steel knife.

3. Which is the correct order? a. A beautiful blue sailing boat. b. a blue beautiful sailing boat. c. A sailing beautiful blue boat. d. A blue sailing beautiful boat. 4. Which is the correct order? a. An old wooden square table. b. A square wooden old table. c. An old square wooden table. d. A wooden old square table.

5. Which is the correct order? a. A new French exciting band. b. A French new exciting band. c. An exciting French new band. d. An exciting new French band. 6. Which is the correct order? a. A red big plastic hat. b. A big red plastic hat. c. a plastic big red hat. d. A big plastic red hat.

7. Which is the correct order? a. a small Japanese serving bowl. b. A Japanese small serving bowl. c. A small serving Japanese bowl. d. a serving small Japanese bowl. 8. Which is the correct order? a. a cotton dirty old tie. b. A dirty cotton old tie. c. c. An old cotton dirty tie. d. d. A dirty old cotton tie.

�� Adjective order 1. C 2. b 3. a 4. c 2. 5. d 6. b 7. a 8. d