Class 12 English Unit 20: Grammar: Adjective Order Language Development Section

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Grammar : Adjective order (page 176)

A.   Study the following qualifiers used with the word ‘house.’

A house                                        A large house

A large white house                       A large old white house

A beautiful large old white house

A beautiful large old rectangular white house

B.    Choose the correct alternative.

Answer only:

a.      an old foreign car/a foreign old car

b.     a beautiful white dress/ a white beautiful dress

c.      a nice tall young man/a tall nice young man

d.     a big black wooden desk/ a black wooden big desk

e.      a delicious Italian pizza/ an Italian delicious pizza

f.       a huge brown bear/a brown huge bear

g.     a purple cotton sleeping bag/ a cotton purple sleeping bag

h.     a beautiful old Indian village/an old beautiful Indian village

i.       a cute little kitten/ a little cute kitten

j.       an expensive antique /an antique expensive table

C.    Put the adjectives in the following sentences in the correct order.

a.      I bought (red/ a /comfortable/new) scooter.

I bought a comfortable new red scooter.

b.     She reached home and sat on (relaxing/old/her/wooden) chair.

She reached home and sat on her old relaxing wooden chair

c.      We ate (Chinese/delicious/some) food.

We ate some delicious Chinese food.

d.     I need (golden/delicious/some/round) apples.

I need some delicious round golden apples.

e.      We like to live in a (calm/unmediated/remote) place for some time.

We like to live in a calm unmediated remote place for some time.

f.       She is wearing (silver/beautiful / a(n)/ old) ring.

She is wearing an old beautiful silver ring.

g.     I am looking for (golden/stylish/a/Japanese) watch.

I am looking for a stylish Japanese golden watch.

h.     She dropped (old/china/attractive/a(n)) cup and smashed it.

She dropped an old attractive China cup and smashed it.

i.       He wants to marry (young/pretty/educated/a(n)/rustic) girl.

He wants to marry a pretty young educated rustic girl.

j.       We stayed in a (luxurious/five star/new) hotel in Dubai.

We stayed in a new luxurious five star hotel in Dubai. 

Common Rules for Adjective Order

1. Determiner (e.g., articles, possessives, demonstratives):
• Examples: a, an, the, my, your, this, those
2. Quantity or Number:
• Examples: one, two, several, many, few
3. Opinion or Observation:
• Examples: beautiful, ugly, nice, terrible, interesting
4. Size:
• Examples: big, small, tiny, huge
5. Age:
• Examples: old, young, new, ancient
6. Shape:
• Examples: round, square, rectangular, flat
7. Color:
• Examples: red, blue, green, yellow
8. Origin or Nationality:
• Examples: American, French, Italian, Chinese
9. Material:
• Examples: wooden, metal, silk, plastic
10. Purpose or Qualifier (often a noun used as an adjective):
• Examples: sleeping (bag), racing (car), coffee (cup)

Example Sentences:

• A beautiful small old round red Italian wooden dining table.
• Determiner: A
• Opinion: beautiful
• Size: small
• Age: old
• Shape: round
• Color: red
• Origin: Italian
• Material: wooden
• Purpose: dining
• Two huge ancient square gray stone Egyptian pyramids.
• Quantity: Two
• Size: huge
• Age: ancient
• Shape: square
• Color: gray
• Material: stone
• Origin: Egyptian

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