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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

My First Car

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1 My first car was old and ugly, but I love it anyway. lts main paint color was
black, but it also had blue, green, yellow, and white paint in different places.
3 The body was in terrible condition. lt had several big dents. The Joe on the
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hood was broken, so I had to tie it down with a strong rope. Also, the door
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handle back bumper was rusty, and the front window was cracked. The inside
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of the car was also in terrible condition. The passenger was missing, so you

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couldn't open the passenger door from the inside. The seats had at least ten
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large holes in them. Also, the gas gauge was broken. lt always showed
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"full," so I often ran out of gas. The speedometer was broken too, so I never
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knew how fast I was driving. Like a first love, my old VW had a few faults,
1 but in my mind it was perfect.

Order of Adjectives

When you write several adjectives in a row, sometimes you must put them in a
particular order, and sometimes you can choose your own order depending on
the kind of adjective. One kind is called cumulative adjectives, and the other
kind is called coordinate adjectives.

Cumulative Adjective Coordinate Adjective.
The poor little black dog The wet, cold, (and) hungry dog
The cold, wet, (and) hungry dog
The hungry, wet, (and) cold dog

Cumulative Adjectives

Cumulative adjectives always go before a noun. They must be in a particular
order. For example, you cannot write the little black poor dog; you must write
the poor little black dog. Do not put commas between cumulative adjectives.

The following list shows you the order of cumulative adjectives.
Order of Cumulative Adjective
Kind of Adjective Examples

1. Articles, demonstrative an, an, the, this, that, these, those, her, their,
pronouns, possessives Mary's
2. Quantity two, fifty, some, many, (a) few
3. Opinion poor, beautiful, interesting, cheerful, expensive

4. Appearance Size Big, little

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