SEQUENCE OF

ADJECTIVES
DOSASCOMP + Noun Head
1. Determiner
2. Opinion
3. Size
4. Age
5. Shape
6. Colour
7. Origin
8. Material
9. Purpose
• 1. Determiner :
• a)partitive ALL,BOTH,HALF
• b)articles (a, the)
• c)indefinite adjectives (that,those)

2. Opinion : beautiful,
interesting,expensive.
3. Size : small,large
• 4. Age : old
• 5. Shape : rectangular
• 6. Colour : yellow, black, brown
• 7. Origin : German
• 8. Material : wooden, metal
• 9. Purpose : dining,
announcement,chalk
• 10. Noun : table, board, box
• Example :
• 1. A beautiful small old rectangular yellow
German wooden dining table.
• 2. A small black wooden announcement
board.
• 3. A small rectangular brown metal chalk
box.
• Numerals :
• 1. ordinals (first,second )
• 2. cardinals ( ten,five )
• EXERCISES :
Rewrite the following sentences, arranging the words in
parentheses in the proper order.
1. (angry, those, young, all ) men.
2. ( lively, black and white, a, little ) kitten.
3. ( muddy, steep, a, river ) bank.
4. (self-centered, those, old ) Frenchmen.
5. ( bone, white, exquisitely designed ) China.
6. ( recent, stormy, wet, this ) weather.
7. (Italian, a, young, light- hearted ) schoolgirl.
8. ( ivory, little, intricately carved ) figurines.
• 9. ( sympathetic, that, young, English ) teacher.
• 10. ( white, expensive, Steinway, the teacher’s )
piano.
• 11. ( gifted, young, college, Negro ) students.
• 12.( old, American, two, colonial, spacious )
houses.
• 13. ( commercial, the, first, jet, ten ) planes.
• 14. ( alumunium, multi-purpose, kitchen, four )
utensils.
• 15. ( well-known, Catholic, several, French ) priests.
• 16. ( brand-new, expensive, an, four- lane ) highway.
• 17. ( small, very spoiled, two, French, black ) poodles.
Note :
Lively= lincah exquisitely= dg sangat indah
Steep = curam stormy= yg berangin keras
Muddy = berlumpur intricately= ruwet
Figurines= arca/ patung kecil gifted= bakat
Spacious= luas
• The answer key :
• 1. All those angry young men.
• 2. A lively little black and white kitten.
• 3. A muddy steep river bank.
• 4. Those self centered old Frenchmen.
• 5. Exquisitely designed white bone China.
• 6. This wet recent stormy weather.
• 7. A light- hearted young Italian schoolgirl.
• 8. intricately carved little ivory figurines.
• 9. That sympathetic young English teacher.
• 10. The teacher’s expensive white Steinway
piano.
• 11. gifted young Negro college students.
• 12. two spacious old American colonial houses.
• 13. the first ten commercial jet planes.
• 14. four multipurpose alumunium kitchen
utensils.