Adjective order in English Barnaul 2014 Some rules

Adjective order in English Barnaul, 2014

Some rules to rem ØFact adjectives come after o examples: a nice blue dress nice - opinion blue - fact an unusual gold ring gold - fact unusual - opinio

1. Opinion adjectives express quality: good, new, delicious, ugly, beautiful, nic character: polite, honest, cheeky, cocky, cynical price: cheap, expensive, 10$, precious and etc. 2. Fact adjectives have the following order: big, little, tall, high, low and etc. Age: old, young, elderly, new-born and etc. Shape: square, round, cone-shaped, star-shape Colour: red, black, yellow, purple, green, white Material: steel, rubber, cotton, plastic, metal, s Origin: Italian, Russian, china-made, Scottish a Size: Example: a nice long oval dark wooden ta nice – opinion, long – size, oval – shape, dark – colo

ØPurpose adjectives come just befo Purpose means “for what” (для чего Examples: a new steel carving knife – новый стальной разделочный a big green sleeping bag – большой зелёный спальный м

ØSuperlatives come before other a Examples: üthe first two years üthe biggest well-known star

Sum it up! ØFact adjectives come after opinion ones ØPurpose adjectives come just before nouns ØSuperlatives come before other adjectives Example: The first comfortable Russian passenger train – п комфортный пассажирский поезд the first - superlative comfortable - opinion Russian - fact passenger - purpose

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