Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together:

0 My brother lives in a nice new house.

0 In the kitchen there was a beautiful large round wooden table.
Adjectives like new/large/round/wooden are fact adjectives. They give us factual information about
age, size, colour etc.
Adjectives like nice/beautiful are opinion adjectives. They tell us what somebody thinks of something
or somebody.
Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives.

opm10n fact
a nice long summer holiday
an interesting young man
delicious hot vegetablesoup I
a beautiful large round wooden table

Sometimes we use two or more fact adjectives together. Usually (but not always) we put fact
adjectives in this order:
3 4 5
1 2
what where what is it NOUN
how big? how old?
colour? from? made of?
a tall young man (1 ---7 2) a Large wooden table (1 ---7 5)
big blue eyes (1 ---7 3) an old Russian song (2 ---7 4)
a small black plastic bag (1 ---7 3 ---7 5) an old white cotton shirt (2 ---7 3 ---7 5)
Adjectives of size and length (big/small/tall/short/Long etc.) usua lly go
before adjectives of shape and width (round/fat/thin/slim/wide etc.):
a Large round table a tall thin girl a long narrow street
When there are two or more colour adjectives, we use and:
a black and white dress a red, white and green flag
This does not usually happen with other adjectives before a noun:
a Long black dress (not a long and black dress)

We use adjectives after be/get/become/seem:

CJ Be careful!
0 I'm tired and I'm getting hungry.
0 As the film went on, it became more and more boring.
0 Your friend seems very nice.
We also use adjectives to say how somebody/something looks, feels, sounds, tastes or smells:
0 You Look tired . I I feel tired. I She sounds tired.
0 The dinner smells good.
0 This tea tastes a bit strange.
But to say how somebody does something you must use an adverb (see Units 100- 101):
0 Drive carefully! (not Drive careful)
0 Susan plays the piano very well. (not plays ... very good)
We say 'the first two days I the next few weeks I the Last ten minutes' etc. :
0 I didn't enjoy the first two days of the course. (not the two first days)
0 They'll be away for the next few weeks. (not the few next weeks)

Adverbs -+ Units 100- 101 Comparison {cheaper etc.) -+ Units 105- 107
Superlatives (cheapest etc.) -+ Unit 108
Exercises
Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position.
1 a beautiful table (wooden I round) av ~~-4-fu.~ . r00.¥}~... ~.9.9.~~~... to.P..~ ...................... ... . .... ......

2 an unusual ring (gold) ........................................................................................................................................ ..

3 an old house (beautiful) .......... ............. .................. ............................ ........... ........... ......... .......................
4 black gloves {leather) . . . ....... .. ........ ... ... ... .. . ... . ........................ ...... ..... .. . .......... ....... . .
5 an American film (old) . . . ...... . ...... ..... ..................... . .. . ..... .............. .. ..... ..................
6 a long face (thin) . . . ... ................................... . ..... .. .................. .. . ... . . ..................... .. .... .. . . ......... .
7 big clouds (black) ... ........ .............................. ............................................................................................................
8 a sunny day {lovely) .... ............. ..... ......................................................................................... ...................
9 an ugly dress (yellow) . . . ...................... ..... .. .. .......... . ...... .. .. ..... . . ......................... .. .................. .
10 a wide avenue (long) ... . ...... .......... .............. .... ........... ................. . ..... . . .......... ....... ..... ..... . .... ..
11 a lovely restaurant {little) .... ............................................ ......................................................................................
12 a red car (old I little) .... ...... . ................................ .............................. ...............................................................
13 a new sweater (green I nice) .................................................... .................. ................................................................. .
14 a metal box (black I small) ... .... .. ..................... ..... ... ..... . ..... ......... ...... ...................... ....... .. ............ .
15 a big cat (fat I black) . . .. .. ...................... .. .... .... . ....... . ....... ....... ..... .... . ... ........... .... .
16 long hair (black I beautiful) .... .. .. . .......... . ..... ..... . . .... .. ..... . ..... . .. .. .................. . .............. .... ..
17 an old painting (interesting I French) ............. .................................................. .............................. ................................. ..
18 an enormous umbrella (red I yellow) . ... .. . ........................... ..... . . ...... .... ........ ...... . . .. .. .......... .............. ................ ..

0 Complete each sentence with a verb (in the correct form) and an adjective from the boxes.
feel look seem awful fine interesting·
smell sound taste nice upset wet

1 Helen ...... ?..~ .e<:L 0.P?..~t . this morning. Do you know what was wrong?
2 I can't eat this. I've just tried it and it .. . ..... ....... ..... . . .. .. .. ..
3 I wasn't very well yesterday, but I................... .. ... ....... .......... .. ... . . today.
4 What beautiful flowers! They .............................. .. . ..................... .... too.
5 You .............. ... .... .... ............................... . Have you been out in the ra in?
6 james was telling me about his new job. lt .............................. .. ......................... -much better than his
old job.

- Put in the correct word .

1 This tea tastes a bit ..... ?..t.r.Mg~..... . (strange I strangely)
2 I always feel ... .................... ... when the sun is shining. (happy I happi ly)
3 The children were playing ..... ........ . . in the garden. (happy I happily}
4 The man became ......................................... when the manager of the restaurant asked him to leave.
(violent I violently)
5 You look ............................... .......... ! Are you all right? (terrible I terribly)
6 There's no point in doing a job if you don't do it ................. ..... (proper I properly)
7 The soup tastes .......... ....... . ...... . (good I well)
8 Hurry up! You're always so . ........ ........... ..... . . (slow I slowly)

- Write the following in another way using the first ... I the next ... I the last .. . .
1 the first day and the second day of the course .....t:¥.1.~ . fir?.~ ...~.o ....~~- of .. :th.~... <;P0.r.?.e .....................
2 next week and the week after ..... th.~ ~ext ~ o ....~~.?. .....................................................
3 yesterday and the day before yesterday . ....... . ... ....... .. .. .. ..... .......................... ..... . ...... .
4 the first week and the second week of May ............................................................................................................................. ..
5 tomorrow and a few days after that .... ............. ....... . .. .............. ....... ... .............. ......................... ......... ....................... ..
6 questions 1, 2 and 3 in the exam ..... ........ . ..... . . ....... .. ...... ............. .................................................... .
7 next year and the year after ............................. . . ... .......................... ........ ... ........ .... ...... . ................. .
8 the last day of our holiday and the two days ...............................................................................................................................
before that

-+ Additional exercise 31 (page 32 0) 199