Adjective Order
| The adjectives in the table below follow this order: | |
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Opinion
/ value
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beautiful,
lovely, easy, boring, interesting
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Size
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big, huge,
small, tall, short
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Age
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old, new,
young, ancient
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Shape
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round, square,
rectangualr
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Colour
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white, black,
red, green
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Origin
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Chinese,
American, Japanese, European
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Material
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wooden,
plastic, glass, paper
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| Examples: |
| long wavy hair |
| a lovely young American lady |
| a small old round wooden table |
| an interesting old story book |
| a fierce-looking big 5-year-old German dog |