📖 Notes LESSON 3 OF 16

Adjectives & Adverbs

⏱️ 20 min

📝 Grammar

Order Matters More Than You Think

English adjectives follow a strict order (opinion, size, age, shape, colour...) that native speakers use instinctively — and adverbs of frequency, manner, and degree each have their own position in a sentence.

Adjective Order

Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Colour → Origin → Material

The Adjective Order Chain

1. Opinion

lovely

2. Size

small

3. Age

old

4. Shape

round

5. Colour

brown

6. Origin

English

7. Material

leather

Full example: "a lovely small old round brown English leather case."

Comparatives & Superlatives

1-syllable: big → bigger → biggest
2+ syllables: beautiful → more beautiful → most beautiful
Irregular: good/bad/far → better/worse/farther → best/worst/farthest

Types of Adverbs

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Frequency

Before the main verb: always, usually, often, sometimes, never.

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Manner

After the verb/object: "She spoke quietly."

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Degree

Before the adjective/adverb: very happy, extremely well.

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