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5.3.1 Order of Adjectives

English · Grade 9 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Types of adjectives: opinion, size, shape, age, colour, origin, material, purpose
  • The usual order of adjectives before a noun
  • Describing people and places vividly with ordered adjectives

What you will be able to do

  • identify various types of adjectives in texts
  • use the correct order of adjectives in oral and written texts
  • appreciate the role of order of adjectives in communication for clarity

Key questions

“How can we use words to create vivid pictures of a person or place?”

“Why is it important to order adjectives correctly?”

Lessons

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  1. Put adjectives in order
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Name the eight types of adjectives and place them in the correct order before a noun.
  2. Describe people and places
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Use ordered adjectives in a chain story to describe a character or a place vividly.