UNIVERSITY OF QUINDIO

MODERN LANGUAGES PROGRAM

SEGUNDA LENGUA I
UNIDAD I
ESPACIO DE APRENDIZAJE 2 – TALLER 2

NAME: kevin johan olarte ardila

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:

• I have a beautiful daughter.

• She is a smart student.

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:

• She is a beautiful, smart, Colombian teacher.

(Two opinion adjectives together + an origin adjective)
 I. Choose the correct set of adjectives for each of the following
sentences. En las oraciones a continuación, seleccione el orden
correcto de los adjetivos según la explicación dada en el cuadro
anterior. Use el resaltador para la opción seleccionada (1,0)

Use un diccionario, en caso de ser necesario.

1. Starbucks is a ____________ café in the city.

a. American, delicious, new.
b. Delicious, new, American.
c. New, American, delicious.

2. Give me now my ____________ wallet!

a. Leather, small, expensive.
b. Small, leather, expensive.
c. Expensive, small, leather.

3. Central Park in New York City is a ____________ place to spend a good

time in summer.
a. Large, rectangular, green.
b. Green, large, rectangular.
c. Rectangular, large, green.

4. Sonia’s son is just a ____________ baby.

a. Little, reddish, cute.
b. Reddish, little, cute.
c. Cute, little, reddish.

5. My English teacher is asking me to learn this ____________ list of

adjectives.
a. Difficult, important, long.
b. Long, difficult, important.
c. Important, long, difficult.

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 (j) b. Material
3. Hunting (a) c. Origin
4. Disgusting (h) d. Color
5. Metal (b) e. Age
6. Japanese(i) f. Shape
7. Modern (e) g. Size
8. Oval (f) h. Opinion
 9. Ancient (k) i. Origin
10. Tiny (g) j. Size
11. Italian (c) k. Age

Possessive Adjectives

Personal Pronoun Possessive Adjectives

I My
You Your
He His
She Her
It Its
We Our
They Their

III. Write the correct Possessive Adjective for each sentence. (1,0)

1. I’m Marcus and this is my garden.

2. My mother is Susan and this is her hat.
3. They are Robert and Adam and this is their bedroom.
4. He’s Marco and this is his living room.
5. She is Rachel and this is her sister.
6. These are my teachers. Their names are Paul and Rita.
7. This is my brother. His name is Peter. He is a student in Hungary.
8. We are Betty and Barbara and this is our favorite book.
9. I’m Sophie and this is my dog, Aladdin.
10. We are friends, our hobbies are gardening and walking.

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 has an aunt. Example: Paul has an aunt.
2. Ross and margaret don’t have two songs.
3. Margaret doesn’t have one daughter.
4. Heather and Sam have three children.
5. Tony has a fiancée.
6. Sandra doesn’t have a daughter.
7. Heather has a husband.
8. Mark doesn’t have a brother.
9. Paul doesn’t have two brothers.
10. Tony doesn’t have a wife.
11. Robyn has a brother and a sister.