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The document defines and categorizes different types of adjectives in English. It explains that adjectives are used to describe, identify, modify, or quantify nouns. It then lists and provides examples of 12 common categories of adjectives: quantity, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose, sound, taste, and touch. It notes the typical order adjectives are used in English. Finally, it provides a chart showing an example of multiple adjectives used together to modify a noun.

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Order Adjective

The document defines and categorizes different types of adjectives in English. It explains that adjectives are used to describe, identify, modify, or quantify nouns. It then lists and provides examples of 12 common categories of adjectives: quantity, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose, sound, taste, and touch. It notes the typical order adjectives are used in English. Finally, it provides a chart showing an example of multiple adjectives used together to modify a noun.

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ADJECTIVERAAAAOpinion

An opinion adjective :explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). Examples: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult Size A size adjective: of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples: large, tiny, enormous, little Age An age adjective :tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples: ancient, new, young, old Shape A shape adjective: describes the shape of something. Examples: square, round, flat, rectangular Colour A colour adjective: of course, describes the colour of something. Examples: blue, pink, reddish, grey Origin An origin adjective :describes where something comes from. Examples: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek Material A material adjective :describes what something is made from. Examples: wooden, metal, cotton, paper Purpose A purpose adjective :describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing". Examples: sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting (as in "roasting tin")
An adjective is a word that describes, identifies, modifies, or quantifies something (a noun or a pronoun). In the phrase, "the black cat" the word black is an adjective because it describes the cat. In English, an adjective usually comes before the noun it pertains to (for example, a red apple or a cute cat.). Adjectives can be classified into many categories. In English, adjectives are generally used in the order: quantity-->opinion-->size-->age-->shape->color-->origin-->material-->purpose. Some of these categories are (roughly in the order in which adjectives are used in English):

quantity - few, no, one, two, three, four, several, many, all, some, every, each, ... opinion - good, better, best, bad, worse, worst, mediocre, awful, fantastic, pretty, ugly, clean, dirty, wasteful, difficult, comfortable, valuable, worthless, useful, useless, important, evil, angelic, rare, scarce, poor, rich, lovely, disgusting, amazing, surprising, loathesome, unusual, usual, pointless, ... personality/emotion - happy, sad, excited, scared, frightened, outgoing, funny, sad, zany, grumpy, cheerful, jolly, carefree, quickwitted, blissful, lonely, elated, ... sound - loud, soft, silent, vociferous, screaming, shouting, thunderous, blaring, quiet, noisy, talkative, rowdy, deafening, faint, muffled, mute, speechless, whispered, hushed, ... taste - sweet, sour, acidic, bitter, salty, tasty, delicious, savory, delectable, yummy, bland, tasteless, palatable, yummy, luscious, appetizing, tasteless, spicy, watery, ... touch - hard, soft, silky, velvety, bumpy, smooth, grainy, coarse, pitted, irregular, scaly, polished, glossy, lumpy, wiry, scratchy, rough, glassy, ... size, weight - heavy, light, big, small, tiny, tall, short, fat, thin, slender, willowy, lean, svelte, scrawny, skeletal, underweight, lanky, wide, enormous, huge, vast, great, gigantic, monstrous, mountainous, jumbo, wee, dense, weighty, slim, trim, hulking, hefty, giant, plump, tubby, obese, portly, ... smell - perfumed, acrid, putrid, burnt, smelly, reeking, noxious, pungent, aromatic, fragrant, scented, musty, sweet-smelling,... speed - quick, fast, slow, speeding, rushing, bustling, rapid, snappy, whirlwind, swift, hasty, prompt, brief, ... temperature - hot, cold, freezing, icy, frigid, sweltering, wintry, frosty, frozen, nippy, chilly, sizzling, scalding, burning, feverish, fiery, steaming, ... age - young, old, baby, babyish, teenage, ancient, antique, oldfashioned, youthful, elderly, mature, adolescent, infantile, bygone, recent, modern, ... distance - short, long, far, distant, nearby, close, faraway, outlying, remote, far-flung, neighboring, handy, ... shape - round, circular, square, triangular, oval, sleek, blobby, flat, rotund, globular, spherical, wavy, straight, cylindrical, oblong, elliptical, zigzag, squiggly, crooked, winding, serpentine, warped, distorted, ... miscellaneous qualities- full, empty, wet, dry, open, closed , ornate, ... brightness - light, dark, bright, shadowy, drab, radiant, shining, pale, dull, glowing, shimmering, luminous, gleaming, ... color - pink, red, orange, yellowish, dark-green, blue, purple, black, white, gray, brown, tanned, pastel, ...

time - early, late, morning, night, evening, everlasting, initial, first, last, overdue, belated, long-term, delayed, punctual, ... origin/location - lunar, northern, oceanic, polar, equatorial, Floridian, American, Spanish, Canadian, Mexican, French, Irish, English, Australian, ... material - glass, wooden, cloth, concrete, fabric, cotton, plastic, leather, ceramic, china, metal, steel, ... purpose - folding, swinging, work, racing, cooking, sleeping, dance, rolling, walking, ...

Example of the Sequence of Multiple Adjectives in Chart Form:


QUANTITY OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOR

five battered many one few many several magnificent studious shiny well-made cheap

huge

young old antique teenaged round shapeless

black gray

blue brown purple

tiny large

elongated

ORIGIN Canadian British American Indian

MATERIAL

PURPOSE

NOUN

cotton work reference

bears pants books boy gems

wooden polyester

fishing sleeping

boats bags

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