描述词：大小与评价 Adjectives 1

Is the food good or bad? Is the room big or small? Adjectives describe nouns—they tell what something is like.

Size adjectives (尺寸):

• big / large: not small (大的)
• small / little: not big (小的)
• tiny: extremely small (极小的)
• huge / enormous: extremely big (巨大的)

Opinion adjectives (评价):

• good / great / excellent: positive
• bad / terrible / awful: negative
• nice / lovely: pleasant and good
• boring: not interesting
• interesting: holds your attention
• exciting: makes you feel excited

Appearance adjectives (外观):

• beautiful / pretty: looks nice (usually for people/things)
• handsome: good-looking (usually for men)
• ugly: not nice looking (avoid this word—it's rude!)
• clean / dirty: washed or not washed
• new / old: recently made or not

Personality adjectives (性格):

• happy / sad: emotions
• friendly: acts like a friend
• shy: quiet around people
• brave: not afraid
• smart / clever: intelligent
• kind: nice to others
• lazy: doesn't want to work

Using two adjectives:

• Opinion before fact: a beautiful new dress (not new beautiful dress)
• Size before color: a big red apple

Order rule (形容词顺序): Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material Purpose

• Example: a nice small old round brown French wooden cooking table
  (You'll almost never use this many adjectives together!)

Practice: Describe 3 things near you using adjectives. Example: "My pencil case is blue and small."