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    The document provides an order and categories for descriptive adjectives that typically precede nouns in English. It lists 10 categories of adjectives including determiners, articles, opinions, dimensions, ages, shapes, colors, origins/nationalities, religions, and materials. Examples are given to demonstrate the typical order of no more than three adjectives used to modify a noun, such as "a small, yellow circle" or "Sam's disgusting, fat rat."

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    The document provides an order and categories for descriptive adjectives that typically precede nouns in English. It lists 10 categories of adjectives including determiners, articles, opinions, dimensions, ages, shapes, colors, origins/nationalities, religions, and materials. Examples are given to demonstrate the typical order of no more than three adjectives used to modify a noun, such as "a small, yellow circle" or "Sam's disgusting, fat rat."

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    NAME _________________________________________ DATE ____________

    Order of Adjectives
    We usually use no more than three adjectives before a noun.
    1

    Determiners

    this, that, these, those, my, mine, your, yours, him, his,
    her, hers, they, their, Sam's

    Articles

    a, an, the

    Opinion

    polite, fun, cute, difficult, hard-working, ugly, nice,


    beautiful, interesting, disgusting, scary, funny, boring

    Dimension

    height; tall, short, high, low; taller, tallest


    width; wide, narrow, thin, slim; wider, widest
    length; long, short; longer, longest
    volume; fat, huge; fatter, fattest

    Age

    new, young, adolescent, teenage, middle-aged, old,


    ancient

    Shape

    round, circular, oval, triangular, square, 5-sided,


    irregular

    Color

    red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, grey,


    black, black and white, light blue, dark red, pale blue,
    reddish brown, off-white, bright green, warm yellow

    Origin/Nationality Chinese, Brazilian, American, Canadian

    Religion

    Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Jewish

    10

    Material

    wood, plastic, metal, ceramic, paper, silk

    A small, yellow circle.


    A beautiful, red, Italian car .
    My old, red, cotton t-shirt.

    Two small, blue circles.


    A delicious, fresh, local apple.
    Sams disgusting, fat rat.

    This big, blue, paper elephant.

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