Is he funny?

Why?
Do you like to act like him?
Why?
Why not?
 Arrange the Following Adjectives!

IThe
We store carries an assortment of_________________ objects.
love
wentthatfor
__1__
a two__2____3__
week cruise on__4__
a/an__5__ car.
A. New, old, interesting and antique
___1__
The house ___2__
is ____________. ___3__ ___4__.
(large and white/
B. Old, new, interesting and antique
white and large/ white large)
(Green/old/really/antique/big)
C. (brand-new/incredible/Italian/huge)
Interesting, new, old and antique
 Order of Adjectives; where to
position an adjective

• Prepared by: Mohammad Zia

• Instructor: Mr. Rajabali Ahmadi
• Class: TTP
Table of Contents:
• Introduction; when and why do we need to order adjectives?
• Rule of ordering adjectives
• Ordering coordinate adjectives
• Ordering cumulative adjectives
• Quiz
• Conclusion
• Reference
 When and why do we order adjectives?
• Adjective tells us more and gives us extra information about something. (grammar rules)
• An adjective can be attributive, green house, predicative, he seems good, or
postpositive, there are plenty of rooms available.
• Adjectives make sentences more interesting and add spice to writing. (grammar rules)
• Jason gave me a piercing look before he shut the open
• The Titanic was a great movie, but it was long and sad!
• Lauren has excellent managerial skills and is a superb listener.
 When and why do we order adjectives?

• In descriptive writing or whenever we want to paint a picture in receiver’s mind,

we make the scene as touchable as possible by adding as much adjectives as we
need.
• However, ignoring or making mistakes in the order of adjectives results in both
ambiguity of our writing and disheartening and losing our audience.
• To avoid mistakes, we must know that multiple adjectives describing a noun can
be either of the same (coordinate) or different (cumulative) categories.
 Ordering Coordinate Adjectives
• When we use two adjectives of the same category, we use “and” in between.
• Ex: white and red car
• Or: red and white car
• When we use more than two adjectives of the same category, we use “comma”
between all except the two lasts.
• Ex: we have two, three, four and five rooms building.
• The stupid, pointless, frustrating homework assignment.
 Ordering Cumulative Adjectives
• However, when we use multiple adjectives of different types, the position of
an adjective depends on what type of adjective it is.
• Is the adjective describing the noun’s appearance?
• Is it telling you the quantity of the noun?
• Is it telling you what the noun is made of ?
• All of these factors will influence the adjective’s position.
 Ordering Cumulative Adjectives

1. Number/ Quantity 2. Opinion/value

• Adjectives describing the quantity • These adjectives communicate how the
of the noun come first. noun is viewed by yourself or others.

• These include numbers (one, 4.5, • These are subjective terms.

100) or adjectives such as many, • wonderful, unusual, annoying
several, few, etc. or delicious describe opinion/value.
• Two/Several chairs • A wonderful chair
 Ordering Cumulative Adjectives

3. Size
• This word tells the reader or
listener how big or small the noun
is.
• large, huge, tiny and mini
• A wonderful little chair
4. Temperature
• Adjectives placed next in line give
information about the temperature,
if necessary.
• Cold, cool, freezing, warm or hot
• A wonderful little cold chair
 Ordering Cumulative Adjectives
5. Age
• Age doesn’t have to be a number.
• Age can also be communicated with
words that explain the time, period or
era the noun lived in or was created in.
• new, young, antique and prehistoric.
• A wonderful little cold antique chair
6. Shape
Angular, round and square are some
of the words communicating the shape
the noun looks like.
• A wonderful little cold antique square
chair
 Ordering Cumulative Adjectives

7. Color 8. Origin
• brown, blue or silver, are • Adjectives that describe where the
positioned next. noun came from.
• A wonderful little cold antique • American, British, Dutch, Indian
square red chair or Australian.
• A wonderful little cold antique
square red American chair
 Ordering Cumulative Adjectives
9. Material
• These adjectives simply indicate what
the noun is made of.
• wood, metal, paper, silk or rubber.
• A wonderful little cold antique square
red American wood chair
10. Purpose
• This explains what the noun is used for.
• A tennis ball is used for tennis.
• A stirring spoon is used for stirring.
• A diving pool is used for diving. You get
the idea.
• A wonderful little cold antique square
red American wood rocking chair
 Keep in Mind!
How to Choose Adjectives Wisely
• As well as making mistake in ordering adjectives damage your writing and speech,
using too many adjectives gives off a very confusing message to readers and
listeners, too.
• To prevent confusion, focus on learning the position of each type so that when
you do need one, you know exactly where to put it.
• Look at this example: A magnificent huge newly-opened blue American water
swimming pool
• Not all of these adjectives are relevant. We know that swimming pools are made of water
and they’re blue.
Quiz Clue: (NOSTASHCOMP)

1. They have 2. The playroom has

a) a lovely old red post-box. a) six round small plastic tables.

b) a red old lovely post-box. b) six small round plastic tables.
c) six plastic small round tables.
c) an old lovely red post-box.
d) Six plastic round small tables.
d) None
Quiz Clue: (NOSTASHCOMP)

3. I love that ………………..car 4. We live in the.....………house

a) Big green antique really old a) Green white red
b) Big old green really antique b) Green white and red
c) Really, big, old, green, antique c) Green red and white
d) Really big old green antique d) Green, red and white
Quiz Clue: (NOSTASHCOMP)

5. We took a ride on………….bus 6. My grandmother lives in the……...

a) A blue old chines a) Little, blue, green, and white house
b) A chines old blue b) Little blue, green and white house
c) An old blue chines c) Blue, green, little and white house
d) old blue chines d) Blue, green and white little house
Conclusion:
o People use adjectives to add spice to their speech or writing.
o Moreover, imagery is a figure of speech by which adjectives take the receiver as near to the
scene as he feels himself in.
o However, making mistakes in the order of adjectives gives contradictory result.
o Most English learners have little trouble adding one adjective to their sentences. But as soon
as they want to use more than one adjective, things can get complicated
o The position of an adjective depends on what type of adjective it is.
o The order in which you use cumulative adjectives is: Number, Opinion, Size, Temperature,
Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material and Purpose.
References:
1. https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/common-mistakes-in-english/
2. https://www. grammarrules.com
3. https://www.EF.EDUCATIIONFIRST.com/ORDERINGADJECTIVES
4. https://www.ENGLISHGRAMMARTODAY.com
 Any Question?
Thank you for your attention!