English lesson for high graders

1. English language teacher Oyunzaya.G
Order of Adjectives
Тэмдэг нэрийн дараалал
For the high
graders

2. The Quick Answer
• The order of adjectives in English is opinion,
size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, and
purpose.
• For example: A lovely, large, antique, round,
black, Spanish, wooden, mixing bowl.

3. What is the Order of Adjectives in English?
• When two or more adjectives are required to describe something, there is
an established order for the adjectives. The order is generally as follows:
Opinion
(санал)
Size
(хэмжээ)
Age
(нас )
Shape
(хэлбэр)
Colour
(өнгө)
Origin
(гарал үүсэл)
Material
(материал)
Purpose
(зорилго)
The first letter of these words spell 'OSASCOMP' and thinking about
the word 'osascomp' is a great way to remember the order of
adjectives.

4. • The following examples with eight adjectives are ordered correctly:
Deter-
miners
/numb
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Opinion
(санал)
Size
(хэмжээ)
Age
(нас )
Shape
(хэлбэр)
Colour
(өнгө)
Origin
(гарал үүсэл)
Material
(материал)
Purpose
(зорилго)
Noun
(нэр үг)
A lovely, large, antique, round, black, Spanish, wooden, mixing bowl.
An ugly small old thin red Italian cotton sleeping bag.
Two unusual big new triangle colourful Russian iron racing cars.
Determiners (words like 'a' or 'some' or' several') go at the beginning. We also put adverbs like
'really' and 'very' at the beginning, after the determiners. For examples:
1.I carried a very small black suitcase. 2.They have some old French paintings.
3.She was wearing a new red silk dress. 4.That is a really ugly wooden chair.

5. .
• Using two or more adjectives is called
enumeration of adjectives.
• Of course, it is extremely rare to describe something with
eight adjectives. Enumeration of adjectives occurs most
commonly with just two adjectives and occasionally
three.
• For example:

6. .
• With two adjectives:
• A lovely, mixing
bowl .
• A black, wooden
bowl.
• With three adjectives:
• A large, round, mixing
bowl .
• A lovely, antique,
Spanish, wooden
bowl.
A Spanish, lovely, wooden bowl not correct.
(This is wrong because opinion (lovely) should precede origin (Spanish).)

7. .
1)Wehave an /a . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . vase.
A.expensive white old B. oldwhite expensive
D. expensiveoldwhite E. whiteexpensiveold C.old expensivewhite
Correctanswer:D.expensiveoldwhite -osascomp
2) Thereis. . .. .. . .. .. .. . maninthe room.
A. French handsome young B. Frenchyoung handsome
C. handsomeyoungFrench D. handsomeFrenchyoung E. younghandsomeFrench
Correctanswer:C.handsomeyoungFrench-osascomp
3) Hewearsa .. .. .. . .. .. watch.
A. cheapround big B. bigcheapround C. cheapbiground
D. round big cheap E. roundcheapbig
Correctanswer:C.cheapbiground-osascomp
4) Theybought . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. pictureframe.
A. beautiful goldenold B.beautiful old golden D.old beautifulgolden E. oldgoldenbeautiful C.
goldenoldbeautiful
Correctanswer:B.beautifuloldgolden-osascomp /theentranceexam test-2015/

8. .
For homework : - to memorize “OSASCOMP”
-to work on “the entrance exam” tests /2017and 2018/
1.My father brought from America ______________shoes.
A. modern wonderful sports B. sports wonderful modern C. wonderful modern sports
D. sports modern wonderful E. wonderful sports modern
2.On Christmas, we bought some ______________ books.
A.valuable English old B. English old valuable C. English valuable old
D. valuable old English E. old English valuable
3. They brought from Turkey a ___________quilt.
A. beautiful woolen red B. red beautiful woolen C. woolen red beautiful
D. beautiful red woolen E. beautiful red woolen
4. The lady looks smart in a / an _____________ sari.
A. beautiful Indian silk B. Indian beautiful silk C. silk Indian beautiful
D. Indian silk beautiful E. beautiful silk Indian
Answer:1C,2D,3D,4A

9. Thank you for watching!

11. Slide Title
• When we use more than one adjective
before a noun in English, we often put the
adjectives in a specific order. It can sound
quite strange if the adjectives are in a
different order. However, there are two
things to remember. First, it's very rare to
use more than three adjectives before a
noun. Second, sometimes the order can be
changed, usually to emphasise something.

12. Slide Title
Product A
• Feature 1
• Feature 2
• Feature 3
Product B
• Feature 1
• Feature 2
• Feature 3

13. Tips:
• Determiners (words like 'a' or 'some' or' several') go at the
beginning. We also put adverbs like 'really' and 'very' at the
beginning, after the determiners.
Here are some examples:
• I carried a very small black suitcase.
• They have some old French paintings.
• She was wearing a new red silk dress.
• That is a really ugly wooden chair.
• We bought a new round kitchen table.
• There are some new Chinese students in the class.

14. (These adjectives are modifying the noun bowl.)
• opinion (lovely)
• size (large)
• age (antique)
• shape (round)
• colour (black)
• origin (Spanish)
• material (wooden)
• purpose (mixing)
• Note: Using two or more adjectives is called enumeration of
adjectives.

15. • The following example with eight adjectives is
ordered correctly:
•
• - A lovely, large, antique, round, black,
Spanish, wooden, mixing bowl.

17. In English we sometimes use more than one adjective to
describe a noun. We can’t just put them wherever we want.
We need to remember that there is a proper way of putting
them in order.
For example:
• A lovely, large, antique, rounA lovely, large, antique, round,
black, Spanish, wooden, mixing bowl.
• d, black, Spanish, wooden, mixing bowl.