Supplementary Material

USING ADJECTIVES CORRECTLY

(Supplementary Material from Gamma Lower Module upwards)

We can describe people, places and things by using adjectives. In English we place them before the nouns
and their order depends on the meaning of the adjective. Nevertheless, to make it easier we have prepared
the following diagram for you:

QUALITY- SIZE- AGE - SHAPE - COLOR - ORIGIN - MATERIAL- PURPOSE + NOUN

Examples: Brown, Spanish, leather, riding boots.

A nice, oval, wooden, picture frame.
A long, new, tight dress.

EXERCISE 1. Change the order of the following words to create correct sentences.

1. Is /it /a day/ hot.

2. It has been /a war/ long/ bloody.

3. Those are/ books/ amusing/ short.

4. What a /silk/ blouse /beautiful!

5. I love/ your /gold/ new /watch!

6. It was /a /conversation /friendly.

7. A/ letter /short/ lovely.

8. It is a/ CD player/ new/ great!

9. It is a /procedure/ expensive/ long.

10. Porshes are/ cars/fast/ luxurious.

1
 Supplementary Material
EXERCISE 2. The following passage has adjective order mistakes.
Read it carefully and rewrite the sentences correctly.

Into the Mouth of the Volcano

In 1986 Kevin Johnson, an American, young, important man arrived at Sumatra, a big, beautiful island in
Indonesia, to climb one of the active, biggest volcanoes.
As soon as he got there he tried to find a good, qualified guide, but unfortunately, the only guide was out of
town. Although it was a dangerous, difficult climb, Kevin decided to go up alone. Before he left, Kevin said
good bye to Esther, the manager of the hotel where he was staying.
When he got to the top of the 9,000-foot volcano there was fog everywhere. While he was looking down 120
feet into the mouth of the volcano, he fell in and nearly killed himself.
Four days later, when her guest didn't return, Esther realized she had to do something. However, she didn't
know who to ask. Finally, she asked a skillful local shaman to help. The man communicated with spirits, who
told him where Kevin was. He said that, as well as broken bones, he had conflicting, negative spirits inside
him, too.
Eventually, the police found the injured, thin man and took him to the hospital.

EXERCISE 3. Describe your home using as many adjectives as you can in the correct
order.

2
 Supplementary Material
KEY-CHECK USING ADJECTIVES CORRECTLY

EXERCISE 1.

1. It is a hot day.
2. It has been a long bloody war.
3. Those are amusing short books.
4. What a beautiful silk blouse!
5. I love your new gold watch!
6. It was a friendly conversation.
7. A lovely short letter.
8. It is a great new CD player!
9. It is a long expensive procedure.
10. Porsches are luxurious fast cars.

EXERCISE 2.

Into the Mouth of the Volcano

a young,important, American man
a beautiful, big island
the biggest, active volcano
a good, qualified guide
a difficult, dangerous climb
a skillful, local shaman
negative, conflicting spirits
the thin, injured man

EXERCISE 3.

ASK THE LAB TEACHERS TO CHECK YOUR ANSWERS.