adjectives - describe nouns
Order of Adjectives
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose NOUN
It is a beautiful green tea cup.
Vancouver is a quiet, clean city. Both opinion , can be switched
Vancouver is a clean, quiet city.
She has a pretty big old round red Japanese wooden soup spoon.
She has an old wooden soup spoon.
She has an old, wooden, and soup spoon. XXX
She has a big old wooden soup spoon.
She has a big, old, and wooden soup spoon. XXX
adjective clauses - more complicated descriptions
high-frequency words
who - people, polite, respectful
that - things that are not alive, animals
which - things not alive, special things , unique things (only one)
lower frequency words
whose
who
The woman who lives next to me likes to go to the casino to gamble.
The person who was sitting next to me on the bus accidentally spit on me.
that
The pen that I found in the old house looks like it might be an antique.
I saw a dog who/that was catching frisbees in its mouth.
which
Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a huge city.
She comes from a small city that is located in Saskatchewan. It is called Saskatoon.
Her wedding ring, that/which her husband gave her, is made of white gold.
Her ring that is made of gold was not too expensive.
that - not special
which - special
I returned the diamond wedding ring that/which I found on the table.
You can express your opinion or emotion about the object. that/which
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