Question

Read the sentences and the adjectives. What type of information do the adjectives give?
1.When I was a child I used to play with a BOY . [small (size) , Argentinian (origin) ]
2. She's beautiful GIRL . She could be a model. (tall, dark-haired)
3. There used to be a TREE in pur garden . ( huge, wonderful , green)
4. We lived in a HOUSE . (stone, old, lovely)
5.My grandmother was a LADY . (funny, Scottish)
6. She had a kind FACE . (round)
7. We were all excited when my father bought a CAR . (red, beautiful, American)

Answer 1

Hello!

Read the sentences and the adjectives. What type of information do the adjectives give?

Citiți enunțurile și adjectivele. Ce tip de informații oferă adjectivele?

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Model:

1. When I was a child I used to play with a boy. (small, Argentinian)

• [small (size), Argentinian (origin)]

When I was a child I used to play with a small Argentinian boy.

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Răspuns:

2. She's beautiful girl. She could be a model. (tall, dark-haired)

• [tall (size), dark-haired (colour)]

She's beautiful tall dark-haired girl. She could be a model.

3. There used to be a tree in our garden. ( huge, wonderful , green)

• [huge (size), wonderful (value/opinion), green (colour)]

There used to be a wonderful huge green tree in our garden.

4. We lived in a house . (stone, old, lovely)

• [stone (material), old (age), lovely (value/opinion)]

We lived in a lovely old stone house.

5. My grandmother was a lady. (funny, Scottish)

• [funny (value/opinion), Scottish (origin)]

My grandmother was a funny Scottish lady.

6. She had a kind face. (round)

• [round (shape)]

She had a kind round face.

7. We were all excited when my father bought a car. (red, beautiful, American)

• [red (colour), beautiful (value/opinion), American (origin)]

We were all excited when my father bought a beautiful red American car.

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Explicații:

În limba engleză, adjectivele stau înaintea substantivelor.

Adjectivele multiple urmează ordinea de mai jos:

• quantity (three, ten, fifteen)
• value/opinion (beautiful, funny, annoying)
• size (big, tall, fat)
• age (new, old, young)
• shape (round, square)
• colour (green, yellow)
• origin (Argentinian, Romanian)
• material (stone, silver, glass)