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See you at 11.
Good morning.
Today’s agenda:
1. Continue with sentence combining work
2. continue with adjective work – Order of Adjectives
3. Pass-in writing - descriptive writing from homework
The cute little brown dog was running in the park.
brown cute little dog XXX wrong order of adjectives
little brown cute dog XXX wrong order
What is the right order of adjectives?
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose NOUN
Order of Adjectives
Opinion An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you).
For example: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult
Size A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is.
For example: large, tiny, enormous, little
Age An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is.
For example: ancient, new, young, old, five-year-old
Shape A shape adjective describes the shape of something.
For example: square, round, flat, rectangular
Colour A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something.
For example: blue, pink, reddish, grey, sky blue, forest green
Origin An origin adjective describes where something comes from.
For example: French, lunar, Canadian, eastern, Greek
Material A material adjective describes what something is made from.
For example: wooden, metal, cotton, paper, leather
Purpose A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with “-ing”.
For example: sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), roasting (as in “roasting tin”), school, work
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose NOUN
beautiful gold wedding ring
Janice has a beautiful gold wedding ring. order of adjectives
Janice has a gold beautiful wedding ring. XXX
The kid has a large round green beach ball.
HIGHER LEVEL: We use commas when we have two adjectives in the same category.
e.g. The cute, gorgeous baby is smiling at me. same category, comma
The cute little baby is smiling at me. different categories, no comma
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose NOUN
informative new exercise book
“The teacher gave us an informative new exercise book.” different categories, no comma
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose NOUN
informative/challenging exercise book
“The teacher gave us an informative, challenging exercise book.” informative, challenging same category, comma
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose NOUN
sky blue Japanese kimono
“Junko is wearing a sky blue Japanese kimono.”
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose NOUN
Try one of your own in the Chat.
1. My son has a small red car that is his favorite car.
2. Mary bought a beautiful red car yesterday.
3. She wore a beautiful red dress.
4. Yesterday I saw the majestic large Lake Louise.
5. Lily has a large gray/grey cat in her house.
6. she is taking large old expensive book
She is taking an expensive large old book.
7. My sister bought some big fresh shrimp for dinner.
8. My Five years old daughter wearing blue cotton dress.
9. My five-year-old daughter was wearing a blue cotton dress.
10. My sister has long curly light brown hair.
My sister has beautiful, healthy hair.
My sister has healthy, beautiful hair.
11. Lily bought a small silver ring yesterday.
12. The party yesterday was enjoyed, beautifully birthday for me.
The party yesterday was an enjoyable, beautiful birthday for me.
The party yesterday was an beautiful, enjoyable birthday for me.
13. I have a friend who is playing a funny short videogame.
funny? fun?
funny – makes you laugh
fun – enjoyable
Swimming is funny. strange meaning
Swimming is fun. probably our meaning
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose NOUN
PASS-IN WRITING
Yesterday for homework, you wrote a description of a person or thing.
Pass-in your paragraph by 12:45.
Make sure each sentence is simple, compound, or complex.
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