1.

The basic types of adjectives

An opinion adjective explains what you think about something

Opinio
(other people may not agree with you).
n
For example: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult

A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is.
Size
For example: large, tiny, enormous, little

An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone

Age is.
For example: ancient, new, young, old

A shape adjective describes the shape of something.

Shape
For example: square, round, flat, rectangular

A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something.

Colour
For example: blue, pink, reddish, grey

An origin adjective describes where something comes from.

Origin
For example: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek

Materia A material adjective describes what something is made from.

l For example: wooden, metal, cotton, paper

A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These

Purpos adjectives often end with “-ing”.
e For example: sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), roasting (as in “roasting
tin”)

2. Some examples of adjective order

Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose

a silly young English man

a huge round metal bowl

a small red sleeping bag

1. Put in order these adjectives:

Book interesting- small- Spanish
book
Picture modern- ugly –rectangular
picture
Opinion old- boring –American
opinion
Apple ripe –green –delicious
apple
Suit woollen – large –black
suit
House beautiful – modern- small
house
Magazine German- slender – strange
magazine
Cap cotton- funny – green
cap

2. Put in order these adjectives:

Book interesting- small- Spanish
An interesting small Spanish book
Picture modern- ugly –rectangular
An ugly modern rectangular picture
Opinion old- boring –American
A boring old American opinion
Apple ripe –green –delicious
A delicious ripe green apple
Suit woollen – large –black
A large black woollen suit
House beautiful – modern- small
A beautiful small modern house
Magazine German- slender – strange
A strange slender German magazine
Cap cotton- funny – green
A funny green cotton cap