ORDEN DE LOS ADJETIVOS

Cuando utilizamos varios adjetivos seguidos, el orden depende de la función de cada adjetivo. El orden habitual
es:

Cantidad, valor/opinión, tamaño, temperatura, edad, forma, color, origen, material

Lo que expresa el adjetivo Ejemplos

Cantidad four, ten, a few, several

Valor / opinión delicious, charming, beautiful

Tamaño tall, tiny, huge

Temperatura hot, cold

Edad old, young, new, 14-year-old

Forma square, round

Color red, purple, green

Origen Swedish, Victorian, Chinese

Material glass, silver, wooden

EJEMPLOS
 They have a lovely old red post-box.
 The playroom has six small round plastic tables.
 I bought some charming Victorian silver ornaments at the flea market.
 She is selling her flashy 3-year-old Italiancar.
 It was a beautiful cold day.
verb definition example

singleword verb look direct your You must look before

eyes in a you leap.
certain
direction

multiword phrasal look up search for and You can look up the

verbs find word in a dictionary.
information in
a reference
book

prepositional look after take care of Who is looking

after the baby?

phrasal- look anticipate with I look forward

prepositional forward pleasure to meeting you.
to

example
Adjective comparative superlative sentence

good better the best irregular Tara is the

best athlete in
the school.

well (healthy) better the best He is still in

hospital, but
he is better
than he was
 last week.

bad worse the worst irregular You are the

worst driver I
have ever
known.

far further the furthest irregular My house is

the furthest
one.

farther the farthest regular My house is

the farther
one.

old (people in a elder the eldest irregular Ram is my

family) elder brother.

old (general use) older the oldest regular Your teacher is

older than my
teacher.

interjection meaning example

ah expressing pleasure Ah, that feels good.

expressing realization Ah, now I understand.

expressing resignation Ah well, it can't be

 helped.

expressing surprise Ah! I've won!

alas expressing grief or pity Alas, she's dead now.

dear expressing pity Oh dear! Does it hurt?

expressing surprise Dear me! That's a

surprise!

eh asking for repetition It's hot today. / Eh? / I

said it's hot today.

expressing enquiry What do you think of

that, eh?

expressing surprise Eh! Really?

inviting agreement Let's go, eh?

er expressing hesitation Lima is the capital

of...er...Peru.

hello, hullo expressing greeting Hello John. How are you

today?
 expressing surprise Hello! My car's gone!

hey calling attention Hey! look at that!

expressing surprise, joy Hey! What a good idea!

etc

hi expressing greeting Hi! What's new?

hmm expressing hesitation, Hmm. I'm not so sure.

doubt or disagreement

oh, o expressing surprise Oh! You're here!

expressing pain Oh! I've got a

toothache.

expressing pleading Oh, please say "yes"!

ouch expressing pain Ouch! That hurts!

uh expressing hesitation Uh...I don't know the

answer to that.

uh-huh expressing agreement Shall we go? / Uh-huh.

 um, umm expressing hesitation 85 divided by 5
is...um...17.

well expressing surprise Well I never!

introducing a remark Well, what did he say?

US -> I

SINGULAR PLURAL
alumnus alumni
cactus cacti
focus foci/focuses
fungus fungi/funguses
nucleus nuclei
radius radii
stimulus stimuli

IS -> ES

SINGULAR PLURAL
axis axes
analysis analyses
basis bases
crisis crises
diagnosis diagnoses
ellipsis ellipses
hypothesis hypotheses
oasis oases
paralysis paralyses
parenthesis parentheses
synthesis syntheses
synopsis synopses
thesis theses

IX -> ICES

SINGULAR PLURAL
appendix appendices
index indeces/indexes
matrix matrices/matrixes

EAU -> EAUX

SINGULAR PLURAL
beau beaux
bureau bureaus/bureaux
tableau tableaux/tableaus

*** -> EN

SINGULAR PLURAL
child children
man men
ox oxen
woman women

*** -> A

SINGULAR PLURAL
bacterium bacteria
corpus corpora
criterion criteria
curriculum curricula
datum data
genus genera
medium media
memorandum memoranda
phenomenon phenomena
stratum strata

NO CHANGE

SINGULAR PLURAL
deer deer
fish fish
means means
offspring offspring
series series
sheep sheep
species species

OO -> EE

SINGULAR PLURAL
foot feet
goose geese
tooth teeth

A -> AE

SINGULAR PLURAL
antenna antennae/antennas
formula formulae/formulas
nebula nebulae
vertebra vertebrae
vita vitae

OUSE -> ICE

SINGULAR PLURAL
louse lice
mouse mice

Latinate plurals
Some nouns have retained their plural forms from Latin and other languages:
singular plural
addendum addenda
alga algae
alumnus alumni
amoeba amoebae
antenna antennae
bacterium bacteria
cactus cacti
curriculum curricula
datum data
fungus fungi
genus genera
larva larvae
memorandum memoranda
stimulus stimuli
syllabus syllabi
vertebra vertebrae
-o  becoming –oes
Most nouns ending in –o are pluralized by adding an –s, but some take –es instead—for example:
singular plural
echo echoes
embargo embargoes
hero heroes
potato potatoes
tomato tomatoes
torpedo torpedoes
veto vetoes
Changing vowel sounds
Some nouns change their central vowel sounds when pluralized—for example:
singular plural
foot feet
goose geese
louse lice
man men
mouse mice
tooth teeth
woman women
-f  becoming –ves

Some nouns ending in –f are pluralized by dropping the –f and adding –ves:
singular plural
calf calves
elf elves
half halves
hoof hooves
knife knives
leaf leaves
life lives
loaf loaves
self selves
shelf shelves
thief thieves
wife wives
wolf wolves
-is  becoming –es
Some nouns ending in –is are pluralized by dropping the –is and adding –es:
singular plural
axis axes
analysis analyses
basis bases
crisis crises
diagnosis diagnoses
ellipsis ellipses
emphasis emphases
hypothesis hypotheses
neurosis neuroses
oasis oases
paralysis paralyses
parenthesis parentheses
thesis theses
-ix  becoming –ices
Some nouns ending in –ix are pluralized by dropping the –ix and adding –ices:
singular plural
appendix appendices
index indices
matrix matrices
Unchanged plurals
A few nouns are unchanged in their plural forms:
singular plural
barracks barracks
deer deer
fish fish
gallows gallows
means means
offspring offspring
series series
sheep sheep
species species