ADJECTIVES #4 | Adjective Order | Basic English Grammar

Hello guys and welcome to this English course on adjectives.

In this video, I'm gonna talk to you about adjectives order in a sentence using more than one

adjective to modify a noun.

Now this is a very important topic

because if you use more than one adjective to modify a noun,

you have to follow a specific order, so you need to keep watching.

Let's get started.

Let's take a look at this adjective order.

It looks like a lot at first, but you will learn very fast and practice will help.

Let's have a look together.

First, we will use the adjectives describing quality or giving your opinion.

Like delicious, beautiful, or good.

Then, we will talk about size. Adjectives like tall, short, big.

Then comes age. Like old, young, new, twenty-year-old.

Then comes shape. Adjectives like round, or square.

Then color - red, green, blue.

Origin - like Korean, Mexican, or American.

Material - like glass, gold, or wooden.

And finally, purpose adjectives like sport or coffee.

Remember my cup from the first video?

Well we could say - it's a great big old round white Korean plastic cup.

So a great - giving my opinion.

big - the size.

old - the age.

round - for the shape .

white - the color.

Korean - for the origins.

plastic - the material.

That's the adjective order. I cannot break it. I have to follow it.

Don't worry guys.

Most of the time you will only use one maybe two or three adjectives in one sentence.

But still you have to follow this order.

Let's now look together at a few sentences with multiple adjectives.

For example, these beautiful young girls went to school.

First, how many adjectives do you see in that sentence?

I see two adjectives beautiful and young.

The order is beautiful - your opinion.

And then, 'young' for age.

Second example.

I have dirty old running shoes.

How many adjectives can you see?

There are three.

Dirty - your opinion.

Old -the age

And running - which is a purpose adjectives.

Then we have - that's a hot green Korean pepper.

How many adjectives?

There are three adjectives.

Hot - your opinion.

Green - the colour.

Korean - the origins.

And finally, Canada is a nice large country.

Two adjectives.

Nice - for your opinion.

And large - for the size.

Let's now review the sentences together for pronunciation.

Please repeat after me.

These beautiful young girls went to school.

These beautiful young girls went to school.

I have dirty old running shoes.

I have dirty old running shoes.

Good.

That's a hot green Korean pepper.

That's a hot green Korean pepper.

Very nice. And finally,

Canada is a nice large country.

Canada is a nice large country.

Good job guys.

Let's now move on to more practice.

Okay guys you are experts now. Time to move on to some extra practice.

I have sentences for you - some of them are correct - some of them are not.

And it's up to you to tell me.

Let's have a look.

She is a tall British woman.

Now how many adjectives can you see in this sentence?

I see two adjectives.

And is the order correct?

Tall - is the size.

British - the origins.

So it is correct. Yes.

Size comes before origins.

She is a tall British woman.

I have a red big ball.

How many adjectives?

Two.

And is the order correct?

Red is the color

and big is the size.

Well no it isn't.

It should be - I have a big red ball.

Size comes before color.

I got a gold new watch.

Again, I suppose you know - two adjectives.

Gold for the material.

and new for the age.

And age comes before material so it should be

I got a new gold watch.

My mother has red long hair.

We have two adjectives.

Red for the colour.

And long - the size.

And size comes before color so it should be,

My mother has a long red hair.

And finally,

this is a cute little white puppy.

Three adjectives.

Is the order correct?

what do you think?

Well it is correct.

We have 'cute' for your opinion. '

'little' for the size.

'white' for the color.

And the order is correct.

This is a cute little white puppy

Okay guys. Thank you for watching this video.

I hope this helped you understand adjective order.

This is not that difficult.

My students learn this order very quickly and I'm sure you will, too.

That's it for this video. I hope to see you in the next one. Bye.

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