User:Mishael Estrella

Topic: Order and Degrees of Adjectives

Adjective: An adjective is a word used to modify or describe a noun or pronoun.

Order of Adjectives:

opinion

Unusual. lovely. beautiful. good. bad. smart

Appearance

Usually follows this order:

Size/measure,

big, small. tall. high. low

Shape

round, square, rectangular

Condition

Fresh broken. rotten. cracked. ripped

Age

Young. old. youthful. antique Three-year old

Color

Blue, red. pink, violet, white. yellow. green

Origin

Japanese. Turkish. Korean, American. Italian

Material

metal, wood. plastic, cotton, silk, paper

Degrees of Adjectives:

Positive Degree: An adjective is said to be in the positive degree when there is no comparison.

Comparative: An adjective is said to be in the comparative degree when it is used to compare two nouns/pronouns.

Superlative Degree:

An adjective is in superlative degree when it is used to compare more than two nouns/pronouns.