Adjective order (Easy)

Vocabulary points to take away:

1. opinion2. size3. age4. colour5. quality6. origin7. material
type
Noun
bigoldredleathersofa
bluestripycottoncushions
beautifulgreen and
blue
Turkishkilim
bigoldsmellydog
lovelypink and
white
silkcurtains
simple
but
delicious
Moroccanrecipe
nice easyquiz
small but
meaningful
tip
strange but
true
fact
helpfulEnglishtip

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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute Vocabulary with me Finn…

Catherine

And me Catherine. And today's show is all adjective order.

Finn

Adjectives  � yes, those useful words we use to describe things. Well look at what adjective

is  � and how to use it.

Catherine

Therell be a nice, easy quiz…

Finn

And well leave you a small, but meaningful tip for learning vocabulary.

Catherine

So: let's start off with Nikki and Joe who are in a furniture shop.

Finn

Here's a question to think about while you listen: what did Nikki's grandparents have?

What did Nikki's grandparents have? Let's find out.

INSERT

Nikki

Joe! Come and sit on this sofa!

Joe

It's uncomfortable.

Nikki

I know... but Ive always wanted a big, old, leather sofa. My grandparents had one when I little.

Joe

That's not a good reason to buy a horrible sofa! The one with the stripy blue cotton looks

a lot nicer.

Nikki

Maybe… Ooh what's this… Look, a beautiful green and blue Turkish kilim!

Joe

Kilim? , a little carpet. Sofas first, Nikki.

Finn

So, that's Joe and Nikki. And we asked you: what did Nikki's have?

Catherine

And the answer is: they had a big, old, leather sofa.

Finn

That's right. And the phrase big, old, leather sofa is our first example of adjective order.

Catherine

Now, when we use two or more together to describe a noun, the order we put

them in is important. For example, we don't usually say old, leather, big sofa.

Finn

So for our sofa example, first it's size - so big, then age - , and then material - leather. A

big, old, leather sofa.

Catherine

So that's size, age, and material type. And new adjective in the list needs to go in the

right place.

Finn

For example, colour goes between age material type. So we can say: a big, old, red,

leather sofa.

Catherine

Now some people find it difficult remember the adjective order…

Finn

But there's a good tip which is: the adjective with the meaning most closely to the

noun goes nearest to it.

Catherine

And in our example, the material type  � leather  � is closely connected to the noun. Big,

old and red are more general. So: big, old, red, leather sofa. Another please, Finn?

Finn

Blue stripy cotton cushions.

Catherine

That's colour  � blue, quality - stripy, and material type - . Blue stripy cotton cushions.

Finn

And Nikki got very excited about a beautiful green and blue Turkish kilim.

Catherine

she? I can understand that.

Finn

Yes. So it's a beautiful green and blue Turkish kilim. There we had : beautiful, and

then colours: green and blue, we had two colours joined by ''and', and then country: Turkish.

IDENT

listening to BBC Learning English.

Finn

And were talking about adjective order. And you might have noticed that we some

adjectives at the beginning of the programme.

Catherine

We had nice, easy quiz  � with two opinion adjectives. has a closer connection to the

noun quiz than nice. So we put easy next to the noun. A , easy quiz.

Finn

A nice, easy quiz. And another one: a small but meaningful tip.

Catherine

We can put ' ' between adjectives when they seem a bit unusual next to each other. Like

small, but meaningful.

Finn

Strange, but , eh, Catherine?

Catherine

Indeed. Nothing strange about vocabulary. So let's hear today's examples again. First, size,

age, colour, and .

Finn

Big, old, red, leather sofa.

Catherine

And leather has the strongest connection to the noun. Next, colour, quality, material.

Finn

Blue stripy cotton cushions.

Catherine

And opinion, colour, and country.

Finn

Beautiful green and blue Turkish kilim.

Right. And now it's quiz time. Put these adjectives in the right order. Number 1. I love my …*%��

, smelly, big dog.

Finn

Right: I love my big, old, smelly dog.

Catherine

Good. Number 2. This is a  � Moroccan, simple, but delicious recipe.

Finn

This is a simple, but delicious, Moroccan recipe.

Catherine

Very good. And that us almost to the end of the programme.

Finn

But before we go, here's that tip we promised you, it's a game this time. Now, this is a

game to play with a friend to practise describing things. of a noun but don't tell your

friend what it is. Then give adjective clues to help them guess noun.

Catherine

Good game. Do you want to play?

Finn

Let's give it a go.

Catherine

Brilliant. There's more this at wwwbbclearningenglishcom... Join us again for more 6

Minute Vocabulary.

Both

Goodbye!

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