The Order of the Adjectives When we need to describe a noun with more than one adjective, we must put

the adjectives into order. There are many usages and sometimes different orders in this form. The most common order is below: 1. Determiners 2. What we think 3. Size 4. Age 5. V3 6. Shape 7. Color 8. Origin 9. Material 10. Purpose + Noun pen, summer, girl, book... the, our, this, there... nice, lovely, ugly... tall, small, big... new, old, young... stolen, well-kept... slim, round, square... white, purple, yellow... English, Canadian, American... cotton, plastic, woolen... reading, writing, scratch...

Examples: Look. It is a lovely small wooden house. Where is your beautiful tall young sister? I want that expensive Swiss watch. It is a wonderful small, old, round, wooden coffee table. There is a pair of nice, white, leather, walking trainers. When a noun is not used, the place of AND and BUT is significant. Raymond is tall and thin. New York is big, noisy and crowded. She is intelligent but lazy. Weather is nice but polluted.

Degrees of Adjectives

Positive Degree : Expresses a quality without a comparison The twins are smart. The tree is tall. The book is old.

Comparative Degree : Used to compare things to each other. Form Use Example

er

Shorter adjectives (1 syllable or 2)

hotter area, warmer water

more

longer adjectives (2 or more syllables)

more interesting subject, more comfortable couch

more

adjectives that end withed , ing , 's' (even if they are 1 syllable)

I am more tired , more boring book

Fred is taller than Barney. He is the more aggressive of the two. Barney is smarter than Fred. Climbing is more tiring than running.

Superlative Degree : Superlative is the highest or the lowest degree when comparing two or more things/persons. The inflectional suffix for superlative degree is est. Longer superlatives usually takemost instead of est. This is the brightest room in the house. Duncan is the tallest player on the team. Britney is the most beautiful girl in the class. Article the is used with superlative adjectives since it is definite (thing/person) what's being talked about.

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