Adjective Lesson Plan - English Adjectives Activity

In English, it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun - for example, "He's a silly young fool," or "she's a smart, energetic woman " !hen you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to type "his page will explain the different types of adjectives and the correct order for them $n opinion adjective explains what you thin% about something &other people may not agree with you' Examples( #pinion silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult )i*e $ge )hape +olour #rigin ,aterial $ size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is Examples( large, tiny, enormous, little $n age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is Examples( ancient, new, young, old $ shape adjective describes the shape of something Examples( square, round, flat, rectangular $ colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something Examples( blue, pink, reddish, grey $n origin adjective describes where something comes from Examples( French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek $ material adjective describes what something is made from Examples( wooden, metal, cotton, paper

$ purpose adjective describes what something is used for "hese adjectives often end with "-ing" Examples( -urpose sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting (as in "roasting tin")

Some examples of adjective order

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a new carving steel %nife #. hich is the correct order! a beautiful blue sailing boat a blue beautiful sailing boat a sailing beautiful blue boat a blue sailing beautiful boat $. hich is the correct order! an old wooden s.uare table a s.uare wooden old table an old s.uare wooden table a wooden old s.uare table %. hich is the correct order! an new /rench exciting band a /rench new exciting band an exciting /rench new band an exciting new /rench band &. hich is the correct order! a red big plastic hat a big red plastic hat a plastic big red hat a bit plastic red hat '. hich is the correct order! a small 0apanese serving bowl a 0apanese small serving bowl a small serving 0apanese bowl a serving small 0apanese bowl (. hich is the correct order! a cotton dirty old tie a dirty cotton old tie an old cotton dirty tie a dirty old cotton tie