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Adjectives<\/h2>\r\nIf you're a native English speaker, you may have noticed that \"the big red house\" sounds more natural than \"the red big house.\" The video below explains the order in which\u00a0adjectives occur in English, using the acronym DOSA-SCOMP<\/em>. DOSA-SCOMP stands for D<\/strong>eterminer O<\/strong>pinion S<\/strong>ize A<\/strong>ge S<\/strong>hape C<\/strong>olor O<\/strong>rigin M<\/strong>aterial and P<\/strong>urpose, and the video defines those concepts:\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/7sHbB9VQBgo\r\n
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Practice<\/h3>\r\nSelect\u00a0the adjectives that are in a natural sounding word order for each sentence.\r\n
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  1. A(n) ________ sports car emerged from the 3D printer in Milne Library.\r\n
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    1. beautiful, new, Italian<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. Italian, new, beautiful<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. Italian, beautiful, new<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. The town's \u00a0________ barber pole dates from medieval times.\r\n
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      1. red and white, striped,\u00a0big<\/li>\r\n \t
      2. big, red and white, striped<\/li>\r\n \t
      3. striped, red and white, big<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
      4. We put an ________\u00a0tree on stage to represent the protagonist's stunted emotional state.\r\n
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        1. ugly, tiny, artificial<\/li>\r\n \t
        2. artificial, ugly, tiny<\/li>\r\n \t
        3. ugly, artificial,\u00a0tiny<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
        4. The architect rendered his futuristic style ironic by living in a ________\u00a0house in the Roemer Arboretum.\r\n
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          1. little, charming, mushroom<\/li>\r\n \t
          2. mushroom, little,\u00a0charming<\/li>\r\n \t
          3. charming, little, mushroom<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"5845\"]Show Answers[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"5845\"]\r\n
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            1. a: beautiful, new, Italian<\/li>\r\n \t
            2. b:\u00a0big, red and white, striped<\/li>\r\n \t
            3. a:\u00a0ugly, tiny, artificial<\/li>\r\n \t
            4. c: charming, little, mushroom<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

              Adverbs<\/h2>\r\n

              Only<\/em><\/h3>\r\nThe\u00a0word\u00a0only<\/em> can mean different things in\u00a0a sentence, depending on where it's placed. Let's look at a simple sentence:\r\n

              She loves Economics.<\/p>\r\nMoving\u00a0only<\/em> can influence the meaning of this sentence:\r\n