形容詞口訣（第一次修訂）

原資料來源：

限定描繪大長高，

形狀年齡和新老；

顏色國籍跟材料，

作用類別往後靠；

其中，“限定詞”包括：冠詞、物主代詞、指示代詞、或數詞，它位於各類形容詞前。它本身分為三位，即：前、中、後。前位限定詞有all、 half、both、分數和倍數；中位限定詞有冠詞、指示代詞、物主代詞等；後位限定詞有基數詞和序數詞，但序數詞位於基數詞前。如:both my hands、all half his income等。“描繪”性形容詞如：beautiful、bad、cold、great等。“大長高”表示大小、長短、高低等一些詞。表示“形狀”的詞 如：round square等。“國籍”指一個國家或地區的詞。“材料”的詞如：wooden, woolen, stone,silk等。“作用類別”的詞如：medical, college，writing desk，police car等。

Jason老師所反駁網路上之口訣：

Jason老師個人口訣Saascome規則（sars come: sars 來了）

1. determiners: a, an, the, this, my, Judy’s

2. ordinals: first, one thousandth

3. quantifiers: one, a few, some, many

4. adjectives (in the following order):

A. size: small, huge, tall, wide

B. an opinion or quality: beautiful, clear, weird, obsessive

C. age or temperature: young, middle-aged, antique, freezing

D. shape: round, triangular

E. color: black, greenish

F. origin: British, handmade

G. material: glass, silk, metal

5. noun: student, childhood, book, teapot

ex: My first few small beautiful old triangular red British cold spoon.

My(determiners) first(ordinals) few(quantifiers) small(size) beautiful(an opinion) old(age) triangular(shape) red(color) British(origin) gold(material) spoon(noun).

限定描繪大長高，

限定大長高s描繪a。

形狀年齡和新老；

年齡新老a和形狀s。

顏色國籍跟材料，

顏色c國籍o跟材料m，

作用類別往後靠；

作用類別往後靠；

限定(determiner)大長高(size)描繪(an opinion)，（大部分的外國人都是先形容大小再描繪: ex: A big beautiful young cat.）

年齡和新老(age)和形狀(shpae)；(如此使用較符合句意：ex: a new triangular love.)

顏色(color)國籍(origin)跟材料(material)，

作用類別(function)往後靠；

其中，“限定詞”包括：冠詞、物主代詞、指示代詞、或數詞，它位於各類形容詞前。它本身分為三位，即：前、中、後。前位限定詞有all、 half、both、分數和倍數；中位限定詞有冠詞、指示代詞、物主代詞等；後位限定詞有基數詞和序數詞，但序數詞位於基數詞前。如:both my hands、all half his income等。“描繪”性形容詞如：beautiful、bad、cold、great等。“大長高”表示大小、長短、高低等一些詞。表示“形狀”的詞如：round square等。“國籍”指一個國家或地區的詞。“材料”的詞如：wooden, woolen, stone,silk等。“作用類別”的詞如：medical, college，writing desk，police car等。

參考資料：

http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_adjective_order.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm

The basic types of adjectives

Opinion	An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). Examples: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult
Size	A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples: large, tiny, enormous, little
Age	An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples: ancient, new, young, old
Shape	A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples: square, round, flat, rectangular
Colour	A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. Examples: blue, pink, reddish, grey
Origin	An origin adjective describes where something comes from. Examples: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek
Material	A material adjective describes what something is made from. Examples: wooden, metal, cotton, paper
Purpose	A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing". Examples: sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting (as in "roasting tin")

When using more than one adjective to describe a noun place the adjectives in the following order before the noun.

NOTE: We usually use no more than three adjectives preceding a noun.

1. Opinion

Example: an interesting book, a boring lecture

2. Dimension

Example: a big apple, a thin wallet

3. Age

Example: a new car, a modern building, an ancient ruin

4. Shape

Example: a square box, an oval mask, a round ball

5. Color

Example: a pink hat, a blue book, a black coat

6. Origin

Example: some Italian shoes, a Canadian town, an American car

7. Material

Example: a wooden box, a woolen sweater, a plastic toy