Order of Adjectives
Adjectives are words that modify (change, say something about) nouns: an old book; a young girl; a fast car; a boring lecture, a bored student.
When there are more than one adjective in front of a noun, they have a specific order:
When there are more than one adjective in front of a noun, they have a specific order:
Non-Gradable Adjectives and Intensifiers
A non-gradable adjective is an adjective that do not occur in comparative and superlative forms. or example, you cannot say pregnant - more pregnant - the most pregnant. The person either is pregnant or not. You also cannot say gorgeous - more gorgeous - the most gorgeous. There are many adjectives like that. I'll give here a short list of the most common non-gradable adjectives: alive, amazing, awful, black, boiling, certain, correct, dead, domestic, enormous, environmental, excellent, fascinated, freezing, furious, gigantic, huge, immediately, impossible, married, miniscule, mortal, nuclear, overjoyed, perfect, pregnant, principal, ridiculous, superb, terrible, terrified, unique, unknown, white, whole, wooden.
There is no point of learning the lists of non-gradable adjectives by heart. it is better to understand what makes an adjective a non-gradable one. However, to develop this understanding, you can check the tricky adjectives here.
2. Exercises on gradable and non-gradable adjectives
Although you cannot for comparative and superlative forms of non-gradable nouns, you can still modify their meaning by using intensifiers, for example: It was an utterly terrible day. I feel absolutely exhausted.
3. Exercises on intensifiers (some of the exercises overlap with gradable and non-gradable ajdectives exercises at the link above; you can skip these and do the exercises that you have not done yet.)
There is no point of learning the lists of non-gradable adjectives by heart. it is better to understand what makes an adjective a non-gradable one. However, to develop this understanding, you can check the tricky adjectives here.
2. Exercises on gradable and non-gradable adjectives
Although you cannot for comparative and superlative forms of non-gradable nouns, you can still modify their meaning by using intensifiers, for example: It was an utterly terrible day. I feel absolutely exhausted.
3. Exercises on intensifiers (some of the exercises overlap with gradable and non-gradable ajdectives exercises at the link above; you can skip these and do the exercises that you have not done yet.)