A lovely old wooden table

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Reading: vintage findsReading comprehension
4. 4What does it mean?Grammar exercise
5. 5Find the adjectivesGrammar exercise
6. 6The order of adjectivesGrammar rule
7. 7Which order?Grammar exercise
8. 8What kind of adjective?Grammar exercise
9. 9Find the mistakeGrammar exercise
10. 10Write the listingsGrammar exercise
11. 11Say it naturallySpeaking practice
12. 12At the gift shopSpeaking practice
13. 13About youGrammar exercise
14. 14Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: Scottish musicGrammar exercise
2. 2Homework: which order?Grammar exercise
3. 3Homework: build the sentencesGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: my listingsDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

1. What is the oldest thing in your home? Where did it come from?
2. Have you ever sold something online? What was it?
3. What is your favorite piece of furniture at home?

Grammar rule

The order of adjectives

a / an / the / my / two…	opinion	size	age	color	where from	material	noun
a	nice		old			stone	house
a		tiny	new	pink			phone
two				white	Japanese	paper	lamps
my	funny	little					brother

• Opinion first (what you think: nice, lovely, ugly, cute, comfortable), then the facts: size, age, color, where from, material.
• Two or three adjectives are usual. More sounds strange.
• No and between adjectives of different kinds before the noun: a big old bag (not a big and old bag). But two colors take and: a black and white cat. After be, use and: The bag is big and old.
• Adjectives have no -s: three small boxes (not smalls).

A way to remember it: "What do I think? How big? How old? What color? From where? Made of what?"