Adjective Before Noun We often use more than one adjective before the noun:

I like big black dogs. She was wearing a beautiful long red dress.

What is the correct order for two or more adjectives? 1. First of all, the general order is: opinion, fact "Opinion" is what you think about something. "Fact" is what is definitely true about something.

a lovely new dress (not a new lovely dress) a boring French film (not a French boring film)

2. The "normal" order for fact adjectives is other / size, shape, age, colour / origin / material / purpose

a small 18th-century French coffee table a rectangular black wooden box

3. Determiners usually come first, even though they are fact adjectives:

articles (a, the) possessives (my, your...) demonstratives (this, that...) quantifiers (some, any, few, many...) numbers (one, two, three)

Note that when we want to use two colour adjectives, we join them with "and":

Many newspapers are black and white. She was wearing a long, blue and yellow dress.

Here are some examples of adjective order:

adjectives determiner opinion adjectives fact adjectives other two a a your a some a this an my a wonderful cheap old new 15th-century Arabic fabulous lovely ugly well-known small, 18th-century new pink and green black big black and white plastic wooden rain fishing tennis Thai Spanish silk leather riding size, shape, age, colour black Chinese French coffee sports origin material purpose* guard

head noun

dogs artist table car dress boots dog coat boat racket poem

*often a noun used as an adjective

Not all grammarians agree about the exact order of adjectives, and the detailed rules are complicated. The rules on this page are for the normal, "natural" order of adjectives. These rules are not rigid, and you may sometimes wish to change the order for emphasis. Consider the following conversations: Conversation 1 A "I want to buy a round table." B "Do you want a new round table or an old round table?" Conversation 2 A "I want to buy an old table". B "Do you want a round old table or a square old table?"

Adjective After Verb An adjective can come after some verbs, such as: be, become, feel, get, look, seem, smell, sound Even when an adjective comes after the verb and not before a noun, it always refers to and qualifies the subject of the sentence, not the verb. Look at the examples below: subject verb adjective

Ram is English. Because she had to wait, she became impatient. Is it getting dark? The examination did not seem difficult. Your friend looks nice. This towel feels damp. That new film doesn't sound very interesting. Dinner smells good tonight. This milk tastes sour. It smells bad.

These verbs are "stative" verbs, which express a state or change of state, not "dynamic" verbs which express an action. Note that some verbs can be stative in one sense (she looks beautiful | it got hot), and dynamic in another (she looked at him | he got the money). The above examples do not include all stative verbs. Note also that in the above structure (subject verb adjective), the adjective can qualify a pronoun since the subject may be a pronoun.

Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes something.

afraid
When you're afraid, ajar you are scared. Something that is ajar is partly open. The door is ajar.

alike

When things are alike they look When you are angry, you are very the same. mad.

angry

asleep
When you are asleep you are not awake.

awake
When you are awake, you are not asleep.

bad
When something is bad, it is has unpleasant qualities. The opposite of bad is good.

big
When someone or something is big, it is above average size.

bigger
The boy in the middle is bigger than the boy on the left.

biggest
The boy on the right is the biggest of the three.

black

brittle blue brave

Someone who is brave has courage.

broken

Black is the color of The sky is blue during the day. a very dark night.

When something is Something that is brittle will break or snap in two easily. Potato chips broken, it does not work or has been damaged. are brittle.

brown

colorful clean
Something that is colorful is brightly colored or has many colors.

closed Brown is the color of When something is clean, it is When something is closed, it is wood. not dirty. not open. The door is closed.

courage
A quality in which a person can face danger or pain without showing

excessive fear.

dark
When it is dark, there isn't much light.

different
When things are different they are not the same.

dirty
When something is dirty, it is not clean.

early

excellent

When somethings happens early, it When something is occurs in the beginning part of the excellent, it is very, very day or it occurs before it was good. expected to happen.

fast
This girl can run very fast.

fat
The opposite of fat is thin.

fiery
Fiery means very hot. Fiery embers flew out of the campfire.

friendly full
This glass is full. Empty is the opposite of full. When people act nicely to each other, they are being friendly.

frightened
When we are frightened, we are afraid.

gray
Elephants are large, gray good When something is good, it is mammals. Gray paint can be made by mixing black and white has nice qualities. The paint. opposite of good is bad.

green
Grass, broccoli, and many other plants are green. You can make green paint by mixing blue and yellow paint.

happy
People usually smile when they're happy.

healthy
When you are healthy, you are not sick.

hot
Fire is very hot.

large
When someone or something is large, it is above average size.

last
The last item or person is the one at the end.

little
When someone or something is little, it is below average in size.

littler
The boy in the middle is littler than the boy on the right.

littlest
The boy on the left is the littlest of the three.

long
When something is long, it is not short.

mad loud
The opposite of loud is quiet. When you are mad at someone, you are angry with them.

multicolored many
The are many apples above. Multicolored means having many colors.

narrow
When something is narrow, it doesn't take up a lot space from side to side.

new
When something is new, it hasn't been used before.

old
When someone or something is old, it has been around for a long, long time.

orange

Orange is a color. You can open Pink is the color you get when mix red and yellow paint to get Something that is you mix red and white paint. orange. open is not shut. The door is open.

pink

purple
The color purple is made by mixing red and blue paint.

quiet
When it is quiet there is no noise.

red
Red is the first color in the rainbow.

sad
Sometimes people cry when they're sad.

scared
When you're scared, you are afraid.

short
When someone or something is short, it is below average height.

shorter
The boy in the middle is shorter than the boy on the right.

shortest
The boy on the left is shut the shortest of the When something is shut, it is three. not open The door is shut.

sick
When you are sick, you are not healthy.

slow
When something is slow it does not move quickly.

small
When someone or something is small, it is below average size.

________
smaller
The boy in the middle is smaller than the boy on the right.

smallest
The boy on the left is the smallest of the three.

straight
Someone who is smart can think When something is splendid, it is very, very good. well.

smart

splendid

Something straight is not curvy or bent.

tall
When someone or something is tall, it is above average height.

taller
The boy in the middle is taller than the boy on the left.

tallest
The boy on the right is the tallest of the three.

tiny
When someone or something is tiny, it is very small.

tinier
The boy in the middle is tinier than the boy on the right.

tiniest ugly The boy on the left is Something that is ugly is not the tiniest of the nice to look at. three.

unhappy
Sometimes people cry when they're unhappy.

upside down
When something is upside down, its top is where its bottom used to be.

violet
Violet is a bluish purple color.

young white
Snow is white.

wide
When something is wide, it takes up a lot space from side to side.

wiggly
When something or someone is wiggly, it twists and moves all over.

yellow
Yellow is a color. The sun is yellow. Lemons are yellow.

When someone or something is young, it has only been around for a short time. A baby is young.

Label the Tooth

Read the definitions, then label the tooth below.
Bone - the hard supportive tissue in which the tooth's root is anchored. Crown - the visible part of a tooth. Dentin - the hard but porous tissue located under both the enamel (and cementum) of the tooth. Dentin is harder than bone. Enamel - the tough, shiny, white outer surface of the tooth. Gum - the soft tissue that surrounds the base of the teeth. Nerves and Blood Vessels - nerves transmit signals, and blood vessels carry nutrients to the tooth - they run through the tooth's root within the pulp. Pulp - the soft center of the tooth. The pulp contains blood vessels and nerves; it nourishes the dentin. Root - the anchor of a tooth that extends into the bone of the jaw. The number of human tooth roots ranges from one to four.

Tooth Anatomy

Humans have two sets of teeth, the baby teeth (also called the primary teeth) and the permanent teeth. Children have 20 primary teeth; they are replaced by the permanent teeth by about age 13. Adults have 32 permanent teeth. Tooth Glossary: Cementum - a layer of tough, yellowish, bone-like tissue that covers the root of a tooth. It helps hold the tooth in the socket. The cementum contains the periodontal membrane. Crown - the visible part of a tooth. Dentin - the hard but porous tissue located under both the enamel and cementum of the tooth. Dentin is harder than bone. Enamel - the tough, shiny, white outer surface of the tooth. Gums - the soft tissue that surrounds the base of the teeth. Nerves - nerves transmit signals (conveying messages like hot, cold, or pain) to and from the brain. Periodontal membrane/ligament - the fleshy tissue between tooth and the tooth socket; it holds the tooth in place. The fibers of the periodontal membrane are embedded within the cementum. Pulp - the soft center of the tooth. The pulp contains blood vessels and nerves; it nourishes the dentin. Root - the anchor of a tooth that extends into the jawbone. The number of roots ranges from one to four.