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Adjectives
Adjectives are used to describe nouns (people, places, animals, fruits, objects,
devices, etc.). In English, different from Spanish, adjectives are placed before
the noun. Consider these examples:
Adjectives are also used in a sentence to make language more diverse and
colorful. Consider this example:
He is a man.
He is a smart, tall, young, Colombian man.
When there is more than one adjective within the same sentence, a chosen
order must be followed. Check the following chart: (cuando tenemos más de un
adjetivo en una oración, se debe respetar el orden que se presenta a
continuación).
Order of Adjectives
CATEGORY EXAMPLES
Opinion Beautiful, attractive, smart, ugly, etc.
Size Small, little, big, huge, tiny, etc.
Shape Square, flat, round, rectangular, etc.
Age Young, old, new, ancient, middle aged, etc.
Color Blue, green, red, black, purple, etc.
Origin Colombian, Chilean, American, Thai, etc.
Material Wooden, plastic, paper, diamond, etc.
Purpose Studying, working, sleeping, frying, etc.
Noun daughter, teacher, motorcycle, bed, etc.
Important note: when there is more than one adjective of the same category
within a sentence, start positioning them in alphabetic order accordingly.
Consider this example:
II. Matching exercise. Match the adjectives in the left column with
their corresponding category in the right column. Relacione los
adjetivos en la columna de la izquierda con su respectiva categoría
en la derecha. Use el ejemplo como referencia. (1,0)
Adjective Category
1. Blue (d) a. Purpose
2. Enormous b. Material
3. Hunting c. Origin
4. Disgusting d. Color
5. Metal e. Age
6. Japanese f. Shape
7. Modern g. Size
8. Oval h. Opinion
9. Ancient i. Origin
10. Tiny j. Size
11. Italian k. Age
Possessive Adjectives
III. Write the correct Possessive Adjective for each sentence. (1,0)
IV. Complete the sentences with “have, has, don’t have or doesn’t
have”. Take a look at the family tree to answer the exercises (2,0)
1. Paul __________ an aunt. Example: Paul has an aunt.
2. Ross and Margaret __________ two songs.
3. Margaret __________ one daughter.
4. Heather and Sam __________ three children.
5. Tony __________ a fiancée.
6. Sandra __________ a daughter.
7. Heather __________ a husband.
8. Mark __________ a brother.
9. Paul __________ two brothers.
10. Tony __________ a wife.
11. Robyn __________ a brother and a sister.