Adjectives, please
1
I've been driving this stylish
little Japanese car for ages.
stylish
little
Japanese
Always keep the two nouns together when you add
a description: a lovely wooden table lamp; Opinion adjectives (what the speaker thinks of something) come before fact adjectives ( age,
size, colour, etc.)
sports a car. new red
boots. walking strong good
a new red sports car.
good strong walking boots.
Put the adjectives in brackets in the best position.
2
It's a beautiful
small gold ring with a stone in the front.
beautiful
small
gold
how big? how old? what colour? where from?
what's it made of? + noun/ Opinion adjectives (what the speaker thinks of something) come before fact adjectives ( age, size, colour, etc.).
He purple green wearing ugly coat! was this and
He was wearing this ugly green and purple coat!
Put the adjectives in brackets in the best position.
3
It just sits there in the middle of the kitchen – this useless ancient white piece of junk.
useless
ancient
white
how big? how old? what colour? where from?
what's it made of? + noun/ Opinion adjectives (what the speaker thinks of something) come before fact adjectives ( age, size, colour, etc.).
leather old black lovely I my boots. lost
I lost my lovely old black leather boots
Put the adjectives in brackets in the best position.
3
3
how big? how old? what colour? where from?
what's it made of? + noun
old Italian It's red a handbag. small leather
It's a small old red Italian leather handbag.
how big? how old? what colour? where from?
what's it made of? + noun/ Opinion adjectives (what the speaker thinks of something) come before fact adjectives ( age, size, colour, etc.)
was car. this She driving Italian sports amazing old
She was driving this amazing old Italian sports car.
Put the adjectives in brackets in the best position.
4
4
a funny
old
French
movie
how big? how old? what colour? where from?
what's it made of? + noun
Notice how to describe something with two colours:
a black and white cat
black got a and Persian old white big cat. I've
I've got a big old black and white Persian cat.
how big? how old? what colour? where from?
what's it made of? + noun/ Opinion adjectives (what the speaker thinks of something) come before fact adjectives ( age, size, colour, etc.)
Danish little beautiful table lamp. this found We
We found this beautiful little Danish table lamp.
describe an item you have.
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