sequence of adjectives.ppt

SEQUENCE OF ADJECTIVESDOSASCOMP + Noun Head

1. Determiner2. Opinion3. Size4. Age5. Shape6. Colour7. Origin8. Material9. Purpose

• 1. Determiner :• a)partitive ALL,BOTH,HALF• b)articles (a, an,the)• c)indefinite adjectives (that

this,these ,those)

2. Opinion : beautiful, interesting,expensive.

3. Size : small,large

• 4. Age : old, young• 5. Shape : rectangular square,oval• 6. Colour : yellow, black, brown• 7. Origin : German, Indonesian• 8. Material : wooden, metal• 9. Purpose : dining,

announcement,chalk• 10. Noun : table, board, box

• Example :

• 1. A beautiful small old rectangular yellow German wooden dining table.

• 2. A small black wooden announcement board.

• 3. A small rectangular brown metal chalk box.

• Numerals :

• 1. ordinals (first,second )

• 2. cardinals ( ten,five )

• EXERCISES :Rewrite the following sentences, arranging the words in

parentheses in the proper order.1. (angry, those, young, all ) men.2. ( lively, black and white, a, little ) kitten.3. ( muddy, steep, a, river ) bank.4. (self-centered, those, old ) Frenchmen.5. ( bone, white, exquisitely designed ) China.6. ( recent, stormy, wet, this ) weather.7. (Italian, a, young, light- hearted ) schoolgirl.8. ( ivory, little, intricately carved ) figurines.

• 9. ( sympathetic, that, young, English ) teacher.• 10. ( white, expensive, Steinway, the teacher’s )

piano.• 11. ( gifted, young, college, Negro ) students.• 12.( old, American, two, colonial, spacious )

houses.• 13. ( commercial, the, first, jet, ten ) planes.• 14. ( alumunium, multi-purpose, kitchen, four )

utensils.

• 15. ( well-known, Catholic, several, French ) priests.• 16. ( brand-new, expensive, an, four- lane ) highway.• 17. ( small, very spoiled, two, French, black ) poodles.Note :Lively= lincah exquisitely= dg sangat indahSteep = curam stormy= yg berangin kerasMuddy = berlumpur intricately= ruwetFigurines= arca/ patung kecil gifted= bakatSpacious= luas

• The answer key :• 1. All those angry young men.• 2. A lively little black and white kitten.• 3. A muddy steep river bank.• 4. Those self centered old Frenchmen.• 5. Exquisitely designed white bone China.• 6. This wet recent stormy weather.• 7. A light- hearted young Italian schoolgirl.• 8. intricately carved little ivory figurines.

• 9. That sympathetic young English teacher.• 10. The teacher’s expensive white Steinway

piano.• 11. gifted young Negro college students.• 12. two spacious old American colonial houses.• 13. the first ten commercial jet planes.• 14. four multipurpose alumunium kitchen

utensils.

• 15. Several well – known Catholic French priests.

• 16.An expensive brand new four –lane highway.

• 17. Two very spoiled small black French poodles.