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." When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to type. This page will explain the different types of adjectives and the correct order for them. An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). Examples: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples: large, tiny, enormous, little Size An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples: ancient, new, young, old Age A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples: square, round, flat, rectangular Shape A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. Examples: blue, pink, reddish, grey Colour An origin adjective describes where something comes from. Examples: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek Origin A material adjective describes what something is made from. Examples: wooden, metal, cotton, paper Material A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing". Examples: Purpose sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting (as in "roasting tin")

Opinion

Some examples of adjective order

Opinion Size
a silly a a huge small

Age
young

Shape Colour Origin

English round red

Material Purpose
man metal sleeping bowl bag

1. Which is the correct order? a small Canadian thin lady a Canadian small thin lady a small thin Canadian lady a thin small Canadian lady

2. Which is the correct order? a carving steel new knife a new steel carving knife a steel new carving knife a new carving steel knife

3. Which is the correct order? a beautiful blue sailing boat a blue beautiful sailing boat a sailing beautiful blue boat a blue sailing beautiful boat

4. Which is the correct order? an old wooden square table a square wooden old table an old square wooden table a wooden old square table

5. Which is the correct order? an new French exciting band a French new exciting band an exciting French new band an exciting new French band

6. Which is the correct order? a red big plastic hat a big red plastic hat a plastic big red hat a bit plastic red hat

7. Which is the correct order? a small Japanese serving bowl a Japanese small serving bowl a small serving Japanese bowl a serving small Japanese bowl

8. Which is the correct order? a cotton dirty old tie a dirty cotton old tie an old cotton dirty tie a dirty old cotton tie

Gerund Phrase, Definition, Exercise - Infinitive Phrases

Try the exercise Some verbs can be followed by an infinitive, a gerund or both. If both are possible, then there is usually a difference in meaning. Here is a list of some of these verbs: +Inf + inf with to help, make, let agree, appear, arrange, ask, attempt, choose, dare, decide, demand, deserve, expect, fail, grow, happen, hasten, help, hope, hurry, learn, long, make (passive), manage, neglect, offer, pay, plan, pledge, pretend, promise, refuse, resolve, seek, seem, struggle, swear, threaten, vow, want, wish appreciate, avoid, burst out, can't stand, contemplate, delay, deny, detest, dislike, endure, enjoy, escape, excuse, face, fancy, feel like, finish, give up, involve, it's no good/use, keep on, leave off, mention, mind, miss, postpone, practise, put off, resent, risk, spend/waste time, suggest, want (coll.) hear, see, watch

+ Gerund

+ inf or gerund + inf with to or gerund + object + inf with to or gerund + object + to

attempt, begin, can't bear, continue, forget, go on, hate, intend, love, mean, plan, prefer, propose, regret, remember, start, stop, try admit, allow, consider, forbid, imagine, permit, require

advise, assist, beg, bribe, command, dare, employ, enable, encourage, instruct, invite, lead, order, persuade, select, send, teach, tell, train, urge, warn admit, advise, agree, appear, appreciate, arrange, decide, demand, deny, expect, fancy, forget, happen, hope, intend, learn, mean, mention, order, persuade, plan, pledge, pretend, promise, propose, regret, remember, resent, resolve, seem, suggest, swear, teach, tell, threaten, vow, warn, wish

+ that + clause