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Grammar
Let’s learn and practise.
Mount Vesuvius in Italy is the only active volcano in Europe.
The floods are worse than last year’s.
The eruption was the most spectacular ever seen.
The words in bold are called adjectives. Adjectives are words that
describe nouns. You can describe a noun using more than one adjective.
In such cases, we use this order of adjectives.
Quantity or number Quality or opinion Size Age Shape Colour
Positive adjectives
Some delicious sandwich. A clever young man.
(quantity) (opinion) (opinion) (age)
A big old book. A round brown table.
(size) (age) (shape) (colour)
Describe the pictures using the order of adjectives.
happy graceful two short sharp young several blue
Describe five things in the classroom using suitable adjectives.
Example: There is a big red pencil case on the desk.
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