UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS ENGLISH MAJOR GRAMMAR V THEME: Positions Adjectives GROUP MEMBER: Erika Arguello Mario Salazar Shirley Vásquez
1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE
LA EDUCACIN HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGAS ENGLISH MAJOR GRAMMAR V THEME:
Positions Adjectives GROUP MEMBER: Erika Arguello Mario Salazar
Shirley Vsquez
2. ADJECTIVES POSITION WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE? An adjective is a
word that describes or clarifies a noun, by giving some information
about an objects size, shape, age, color, origin or material.
EXAMPLES: Its a big table. (size) Its a round table. (shape) Its an
old table. (age) Its a brown table. (color) Its an English table.
(origin) Its a wooden table. (material) Its a lovely table.
(opinion) Its a broken table. (observation) Its a coffee table.
(purpose)
3. DET NUM OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOR PROPER ADJ TYPE NOUN A
beautiful old Italian sport car The three beautiful little gold
plates An amazing heart- shape red and white sofa ORDEROF
ADJECTIVES
4. EXAMPLES I love that really old big green antique car that
always parked at the end of the street. [quality - age - size -
color - proper adjective] My sister has a big, beautiful, tan and
white, bulldog. [size - quality - color - color] A wonderful old
Italian clock. [opinion - age - origin] A big square blue box.
[dimension - shape - color] A disgusting pink plastic ornament.
[opinion - color - material] Some slim new French trousers.
[dimension - age - origin] A wonderful old Italian clock. [opinion
- age - origin] I bought a pair of black leather shoes. [color -
material]
5. 1) When two or more adjectives come before a noun, they are
usually separated by commas. EXAMPLES: A large, round table. A
short, fair, pretty girl. Note that we do not put a comma after the
last adjective in the series. SOMEADJECTIVES POSITIONSRULES 2) When
the last two are adjectives of color, they are usually separated by
and. EXAMPLES: A black and white cow (NOT black white cow) Red and
blue socks
6. 3) When two or more adjectives come in the predicative
position, we use and between the last two. EXAMPLES: It was hot and
sultry. The boy was handsome, smart and polite. The clouds looked
white and fluffy. 4) Sometimes we put an adjective after the noun
for the sake of emphasis. EXAMPLE: There lived an old man strong
and wicked.(More emphatic than There lived a strong and wicked old
man.)
7. 5) In phrases such as those given below, the adjective
always comes after the noun. EXAMPLES: Time-immemorial
Heir-apparent God Almighty President elect 6) In lines of poetry,
too, the adjective is sometimes put after the noun. EXAMPLE: O men
with sisters dear! (Instead of O men with dear sisters)
8. ACTIVITY PUT THE ADJECTIVES IN ORDER: 1) my teacher old math
smelly. 2) new a perfect system. 3) a big old brown bear. My smelly
old math teacher. A perfect new system. A big old brown bear.
9. 2) CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER: 4) He was wearing a shirt.
dirty old flannel flannel old dirty old dirty flannel 5) I used to
drive car. a blue old German an old German blue an old blue German
dirty old flannel an old blue German
