THE ORDER OF THE ADJECTIVES

when we use adjectives together,we put words which express opinion before words which describe the type of what we are talking about

Example: a beautiful Turkish carpet (beautiful=opinion + turkish= type)

Not : a turkish beautiful carpet

When we use more than one adjective to describe type they usually follow this order

Size temperature age shape color nationality material type

small mountain village a beautiful old round table

hot black coffee

when there are two or more adjectives after a verb or noun,we use and between the last two :

The people are very welcoming and friendly towards visitors

Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing

Some adjectives connected with feelings are formed from verbs and have two possible forms , usually –ed or –ing e.g. tired/tiring.we use –ed forms to talk about how we feel :

I was facinated to see the extraordinary range of patterns

I was amazed at the variety of wonderful animals

we use –ing forms to describe the things or people that cause the feelings:

It’s an absolutely amazing city to visit.

India is a facinating country