This document discusses the order of adjectives in English. It states that opinion adjectives come before factual adjectives when describing a noun. A chart shows the typical order of different types of adjectives: opinion, size, color, shape, nationality, and material. When using two color adjectives together, they are joined by "and". For three adjectives, a comma is used after the first and "and" is used between the last two if they follow a linking verb. Examples are provided to illustrate these rules.

2. THE ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

3. ADJECTIVE ORDER
 When we use more than one adjective before a
noun, we put the adjective that gives our
opinion before the adjective that gives
factual information.
 Ex He´s a pleasant young man ( NOT a young
pleasant man)
 Martin is pleasant= an opinion
 Martin is young= a fact

4. ADJECTIVES CHART
Adjectives usually go in a particular order:
Example: A lovely big pink striped Spanish silk
shawl
OPINION SIZE COLOR SHAPE NATIONALITY MATERIAL
A lovely big pink striped Spanish silk

5. TWO ADJECTIVES TOGETHER
 TWO ADJECTIVES TOGETHER ARE
OFTEN JOINED BY AND WHEN THERE
ARE TWO COLOUR ADJECTIVES.
 IF THEY ARE TWO OTHER ADJECTIVES
THERE´S NO AND.
Ex: He also bought a red and gold duvet
cover to go on the bed.
Ex: He´s got short fair hair.

6. THREE ADJECTIVES
 When there are three adjectives before
the noun you don´t use AND.
Ex: A lively warm intelligent woman
 When there are three adjectives alone
after a link verb, we usually put a
comma after the first, and AND
between the last two.
Ex: She´s lively, warm and intelligent

7. PRACTICE 3
Put the adjectives in the best order.
1 That (tall/young/nice) man is
Martin Paxman
2 He´s got a (blue/grey) Mercedes.
3 His girlfriend´s got (
round/big/brown) eyes.

8. ANSWERS
1 That (tall/young/nice) man is Martin Paxman
That nice tall young man is Martin Paxman
2 He´s got a (blue/grey) Mercedes.
He´s got a blue and grey Mercedes.
3 His girlfriend´s got ( round/big/brown) eyes.
His girlfriend´s got big round brown eyes.

9. PRACTICE 4
Go to Workbook page 31 Activities 2 & 3!