Name: ADJECTIVES #4 | Adjective Order | Basic English Grammar
Uploaded: 2020-06-08T04:00:29.000Z
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Hello guys and welcome to this English course on adjectives.

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In this video, I'm gonna talk to you about adjectives order in a sentence using more than one

To-infinitive

because if you use more than one adjective to modify a noun,

you have to follow a specific order, so you need to keep watching.

Let's take a look at this adjective order.

It looks like a lot at first, but you will learn very fast and practice will help.

First, we will use the adjectives describing quality or giving your opinion.

Then, we will talk about size.  Adjectives like tall, short, big.

Then comes age. Like old, young, new, twenty-year-old.

Then comes shape. Adjectives like round, or square.

Origin - like Korean, Mexican, or American.

And finally, purpose adjectives like sport or coffee.

Well we could say - it's a great big old round white Korean plastic cup.

That's the adjective order. I cannot break it. I have to follow it.

Most of the time you will only use one maybe two or three adjectives in one sentence.

Let's now look together at a few sentences with multiple adjectives.

For example, these beautiful young girls went to school.

First, how many adjectives do you see in that sentence?

I see two adjectives beautiful and young.

And running - which is a purpose adjectives.

Then we have - that's a hot green Korean pepper.

And finally, Canada is a nice large country.

Let's now review the sentences together for pronunciation.

These beautiful young girls went to school.

Okay guys you are experts now.  Time to move on to some extra practice.

I have sentences for you - some of them are correct - some of them are not.

Now how many adjectives can you see in this sentence?

Again, I suppose you know - two adjectives.

And age comes before material so it should be

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