About this episode

This episode teaches listeners about the order of adjectives in English sentences.

Learn about adjective order and adjective phrases. An old, black guitar or a black, old guitar? Believe it or not, one sounds much more natural. We have some general rules about adjective order in a sentence. Learn about it with grammar guru Georgie and presenters Phil and Pippa. Find a transcript and worksheet at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-grammar/260217 Want to boost your speaking skills? Try Beating Speaking Anxiety, our series to help fight your fears of speaking English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_speaking_anxiety Get our latest programmes. Subscribe to our free email newsletter https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters

People in this episode

Hosts: Phil, Pippa, Georgie

Topics covered

• adjective order
• adjective phrases
• grammar rules
• language learning
• speaking skills

Keywords

• adjective order
• grammar
• language
• speaking skills
• English learning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio

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