TRẬT TỰ CỦA TÍNH TỪ – THE ORDERS OF THE ADJECTIVES

1. Quy tắc

Khi dùng từ hai tính từ trở lên để miêu tả cho một danh từ, nếu các tính từ cùng loại thì ta phân cách chúng bằng dấu phẩy, còn nếu khác loại thì ta xếp chúng cạnh nhau.

Trật tự các tính từ được quy định theo thứ tự sau:

OSASCOMP

Opinion – Size – Age – Shape – Color – Origin – Material – Purpose

Trong đó:

1. Từ nhận xét (Opinion): Useful (hữu ích), beautiful (đẹp), interesting (thú vị), lovely (đáng yêu), delicious (ngon miệng), handsome (đẹp trai), glorious (lộng lẫy), luxurious (sang trọng)

2. Kích cỡ (Size): big (to), small (nhỏ), large (lớn), huge (khổng lồ), tiny (bé xíu), long (dài), short (ngắn),

tall (cao)…

3. Tuổi thọ (Age): old (già, cũ), young (trẻ), new (mới), brand-new (mới toanh), ancient (cổ đại), modern

(hiện đại),…

4. Hình dáng (Shape): round (tròn), triangle (tam giác), cubic (hình hộp), heart-shaped (hình trái tim), flat

(bằng phẳng), square (hình vuông)…

5. Màu sắc (Color): black (đen), red (đỏ), white (trắng), blue (xanh), yellow (vàng), cream (màu kem), violet (tím), purple (đỏ tía), navy blue (xanh hải quân), magenta (hồng thẫm), brick red (đỏ gạch), emerald (xanh ngọc), jet black (đen nhánh),…

6. Nguồn gốc (Origin): Vietnamese, English, Indian, Thai, German, American,…

7. Chất liệu (Material): Silk (lụa), gold (vàng), silver (bạc), wooden (gỗ), metal (kim loại), plastic (nhựa),

leather (da), glass (thuỷ tinh), concrete (bê tông), ivory (ngà)…

8. Mục đích (Purpose): sitting, sleeping, wedding, waiting… Ví dụ:

A beautiful old Indian lamp. (Một chiếc đèn Ấn Độ cổ tuyệt đẹp.)

A luxurious big new red Japanese car. (Một chiếc ô tô Nhật Bản to mới màu đỏ sang trọng.)

Luyện tập:

1. They take their _______children to the park every day.

lovely African small young

African small young lovely

small young lovely African

young lovely African small

2. At first sight I met her. I was impressed with her _______

big beautiful round black eyes

beautiful black big round eyes

beautiful big round black eyes

beautiful round big black eyes

3. This is a picture of a_______.bus.

red bright London

bright red London

London bright red

London red bright

4. Lara goes to a_______temple every week.

great big ancient Buddhist

Buddhist great big ancient

ancient great big Buddhist

big great ancient Buddhist

5. There are some._______.pictures in this newspaper.

white interesting computer-generated new

computer-generated white interesting new

interesting new white computer-generated

new interesting computer-generated white

6. She is doing extremely well in her _______graduate course.

intensive one -year English

one -year English intensive

intensive English one-year

English intensive one-year

7. During the winter I like having a _______house.

pretty small red wooden

wooden pretty small red

small pretty red wooden

red wooden pretty small

8. I would like to have _______sports shoes to run in the park.

grey medium leather comfortable

comfortable medium grey leather

comfortable leather grey medium

medium leather comfortable grey

9. They say he's a_______student for his age.

tall mature brilliant

mature brilliant tall

brilliant tall mature

tall brilliant mature

10. The speaker is a _______professor.

old short Spanish kind

kind short old Spanish

Spanish kind old short

kind Spanish short old

11. My sister lives in a _______apartment.

nice wooden new

new nice wooden

nice new wooden

wooden nice new

12. My cousin bought a _______bowl.

blue ancient lovely small

lovely blue small ancient

small blue ancient lovely

lovely small ancient blue

13. They cook a _______meal for their children.

delicious big traditional Vietnamese

Vietnamese delicious big traditional

traditional delicious big Vietnamese

big delicious traditional Vietnamese

14. They are trying to build a _______house.

four-bedroom elegant modern Italian

modern elegant four-bedroom Italian

Italian elegant four-bedroom modern

elegant four-bedroom modern Italian

15. His brother presented her a clock.

oval nice Japanese digital

nice oval digital Japanese

digital oval Japanese nice

digital Japanese oval nice

16. The old man owns a coffee table.

French beautiful round old

beautiful French old round

old round beautiful French

beautiful old round French

17. My father has a box.

old small black Turkish

small old Turkish black

small old black Turkish

small Turkish old black

18. Jack’s father bought him a(n).........bike as a birthday gift.

blue Japanese expensive

expensive Japanese blue

Japanese expensive blue

expensive blue Japanese

19. She is good at creating paintings.

interesting Vietnamese new square

square Vietnamese new interesting

Vietnamese interesting square new

interesting square new Vietnamese

20. My mother would like to buy a ............bag.

big plastic blue Russian

big Russian blue plastic

big blue Russian plastic

Russian plastic big blue

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