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Adjectives

Adjectives in a sentence in English are generally placed before the


noun or nouns they describe.
have
go
isnt is
Describing Appearance: use verb to be

Personality
Nice
Lovely
Sweet
Shy
Bad tempered
Cheerful
Generous
Clever
Sensitive
Sensible
Examples:
Marcela is a very nice and lovely girl. She is also
very generous.

Your brother is pretty tall and handsome.
Exercise:

Write a description of a
classmate.
Adjectives order
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Material Origin Purpose
Nice Small Old Square Black Plastic British Racing
Ugly Big New Circular Blue Cotton American Running


Examples: (People)
"She has an beautiful, long hair.
"He is a clever, tall man."
(Things)
"She had a big, ugly, old, baggy, blue, stripey, cotton,
British, knitting bag."

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