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Thursday, 2 June 2011
Order of adjectives
Adjective order
Order of adjectives
When we use more than one adjective to describe something (e.g. A big, red car) there are rules about which order the adjectives come in.
Colour, origin, material, purpose
Just before the noun come adjectives that tell you the purpose of the noun.
· A dining table.
· A tennis racket.
In these sentences ‘dining’ and ‘tennis’ are adjectives that tell us the purpose of the noun.
Before ‘purpose’ come adjectives that tell us what something is made of – the ‘material’
· A wooden dining table.
· A plastic lunch box.
‘Wooden’ and ‘plastic’ tell us the material that the noun is made from. Other ‘material’ adjectives include ‘steel’, ‘metal’, ‘woollen’, ‘stone, ‘leather’ etc.
Before ‘material’ come adjectives that talk about ‘origin’ – where something comes from.
· A Swedish wooden dining table.
· Egyptian cotton bed sheets.
Before ‘origin’ comes colour.
· A black Swedish wooden dining table.
· A bright blue dressing gown.
· Some red leather shoes.
So, the order of adjectives is:
COLOUR then ORIGIN then MATERIAL then PURPOSE
It’s important to remember that it’s unusual to have all of these adjectives in one sentence.
Other adjectives
Other adjectives can describe the size or age of something and also our opinion of it.
Adjectives describing ‘size’, ‘length’ or ‘age’ come before ‘colour’, ‘origin’, ‘material’ and ‘purpose’.
· He drives a big Japanese car.
· She’s got long black hair.
· They live in an old stone farmhouse in France.
An adjective that gives our opinion of something usually comes before all other adjectives.
· She’s got beautiful long black hair.
· He’s wearing an expensive Italian silk suit.
Finally, numbers usually come before adjectives.
· We bought four beautiful Swedish dining chairs.
· They’ve got two lovely children.
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Unit "Tourism" 3ºD Vocabulary
Attractions: things for tourists to see and do
e.g The zoo is our city's most popular attraction for kids.
Baggage: bags and suitcases packed with personal belongings
e.g If you need help with your baggage we have a cart you can use.
Bed and Breakfast: a home that offers a place to stay and a place to eat
e.g I can book you into a beautiful Bed and Breakfast on the lake.
Bellboy: a staff member who helps guests with their luggage
e.g The bellboy will take your bags to your room for you.
Book: arrange to stay in a hotel
e.g I can book our family in for the weekend of the seventh.
Booked: full, no vacancies
e.g I'm afraid the hotel is booked tonight.
Brochures: small booklets that provide information on the local sites and attractions.
e.g Feel free to take some brochures to your room to look at.
Check-in: go to the front desk to receive keys
You can check-in anytime after four o'clock.
Check-out: return the keys and pay for the bill.
e.g Please return your parking pass when you check-out.
Front desk, reception: the place where guests go to check in and out and to get information.
e.g Towels are available at the front desk.
Guest: a person that is staying at the hotel.
e.g Our washrooms are for guests only.
Hostel: a very inexpensive place for backpackers and travellers on a budget
e.g In the hostel you probably won't get your own room.
Hotel manager: person in charge at the hotel.
e.g I'll let you make your complaint to the hotel manager.
Reservation: a request to save a specific room for a future date
e.g They say they made a reservation but it doesn't show on the computer.
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