THE ORDER OF ADJECTIVE

GROUPS

• Aprina Cindy Asmara ( 08 )• Elisa Ratih ( 11 )• Jesica Magdalena ( 17 )• Rima Dwi Cahyani ( 24 )• Yulfa Hadi Wicaksono ( 32 )

We order adjectives according to their meaning.

“DeDek Si Asep , Kori, Main Porno”

Word order

1.

Determiner

2. Descriptio

n

Adjectives 10.Noun

3. Size

4. Age

5. Shape

6. Colour

7. Origin

8. Material

9. Purpos

e

Group Examples

1. Determiner A/an, this, the, those,3,2...

2. Description Beautiful, amazing, terrible...

3. Size Big, small, long, short...

Group Examples

4. Age old, new, modern...

5. Shape Round, square, triangle...

6. Colour Blue, green, yellow...

Group Examples

7. Origin Chinese, American, Indonesian…

8. Material Plastic, silk, wooden...

9. Purpose Hiking, climbing, shoping…

10. Noun House, flower, table...

Some examples

1. It is a big young black cat.

size colour

2. I bought some nice plastic American souvenirs.

descriptionmaterial

age

origin

Some examples

3. He has amazing old brown shoes.

age colour4. It is a wonderful red England silk dress.

description colour

description

origin material

Some examples

5. I had a boring long journey.

description size6. It is a beautiful triangle wooden picture

frame.

descriptionmaterialshape

Quiz

1. desk – office – big – ugly – an – wooden – brown

2. gave – Dono – beautiful – tie – a – Sheila – silk.3. family – oval – a – photograph - black -historic

– and - white4. big – red – square – the – buildings – two –

stone – old – beautiful5. new – a – big – moon – pretty

6. new – suit – best – my – pink – small – swimming 7. stone – brown – great – building – the – old – Chinese

– square8. Gold (material`)– high - the – old – tower – big –

Indonesian 9. old – a – silk – brown - Indonesian - clothes –

traditional10. handsome – boy – a – tall – Japanese - young4. big – red – square – buildings – two – stone – old –

beautiful