Adjectives
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The document provides rules for ordering adjectives in English by categorizing adjectives into 7 types: 1) opinion, 2) shape/size, 3) age, 4) color, 5) origin, 6) material, and 7) purpose. Adjectives are generally ordered from opinion adjectives first to purpose adjectives last, with examples provided for each category.
Adjectives
- 1. GO Order of Adjectives What comes before What??
- 2. 1- Opinion Next To give personal For example: opinions about something or nice, ugly, lovely¡etc. somebody.
- 3. 2- Shape / Size Next To describe the For example: way something or somebody looks tall, fat, big¡etc. like. (Appearance)
- 4. 3- Age Next To express how For example: old or young something or old, young, aging¡etc. someone is.
- 5. 4- Colour Next For example: To name the colour of someone black, yellow, pink¡etc. or something.
- 6. 5- Origin Next For example: To express where something or French, Egyptian, ¡etc.. someone is coming from.
- 7. 6- Material Next For example: To express what something is wooden, silk, ¡etc.. made of.
- 8. 7- Purpose Home For example: To express what something is party, dining ¡etc.. used for.