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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN HUMANAS
Y TECNOLOGÍAS
ENGLISH MAJOR
GRAMMAR V THEME:
Positions Adjectives
GROUP MEMBER:
Erika Arguello
Mario Salazar
Shirley Vásquez
ADJECTIVES POSITION
WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE?
An adjective is a word that describes or clarifies a noun, by giving some information about an object’s size, shape, age, color, origin or material.
EXAMPLES:
It’s a big table. (size) It’s a round table. (shape) It’s an old table. (age) It’s a brown table. (color) It’s an English table. (origin) It’s a wooden table. (material) It’s a lovely table. (opinion) It’s a broken table. (observation) It’s a coffee table. (purpose)
DET NUM OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLORPROPER ADJ
TYPE NOUN
A beautiful old Italian sport car
The three beautiful little gold plates
An amazing heart-shape
red and white
sofa
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
EXAMPLES
I love that really old big green antique car that always parked at the end of the street. [quality - age - size - color - proper adjective]
My sister has a big, beautiful, tan and white, bulldog. [size - quality - color - color]
A wonderful old Italian clock. [opinion - age - origin] A big square blue box. [dimension - shape - color] A disgusting pink plastic ornament. [opinion - color -
material] Some slim new French trousers. [dimension - age -
origin] A wonderful old Italian clock. [opinion - age - origin] I bought a pair of black leather shoes. [color - material]
1) When two or more adjectives come before a noun, they are usually separated by commas.
EXAMPLES:A large, round table.A short, fair, pretty girl.
Note that we do not put a comma after the last adjective in the series.
SOME ADJECTIVES POSITIONS RULES
2) When the last two are adjectives of color, they are usually separated by and.
EXAMPLES:A black and white cow (NOT black white cow)Red and blue socks
3) When two or more adjectives come in the predicative position, we use and between the last two.
EXAMPLES:
It was hot and sultry.The boy was handsome, smart and polite.The clouds looked white and fluffy.
4) Sometimes we put an adjective after the noun for the sake of emphasis.
EXAMPLE:
There lived an old man strong and wicked.(More emphatic than ‘There lived a strong and wicked old man.’)
5) In phrases such as those given below, the adjective always comes after the noun.
EXAMPLES: Time-immemorial Heir-apparent God Almighty President elect
6) In lines of poetry, too, the adjective is sometimes put after the noun.
EXAMPLE: O men with sisters dear! (Instead of ‘O men with dear
sisters’)
ACTIVITY PUT THE ADJECTIVES IN ORDER:
1) my teacher old math smelly.
2) new a perfect system.
3) a big old brown bear.
My smelly old math teacher.
A perfect new system.
A big old brown bear.
2) CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:
4) He was wearing a shirt. dirty old flannel flannel old dirty old dirty flannel5) I used to drive car. a blue old German an old German blue an old blue German
dirty old flannel
an old blue German