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In one of our situations, a boy is talking with his mother about a farmhouse. He’s talking about what color it is and what material it’s made of.

Son: It’s a white wooden farmhouse about 20 miles away.

color + material + noun

When we are talking about something and we mention its color and the material it is made of, we fi rst mention the color and then the material.

Here are some other examples.

Is your sister one of the girls sitting

on that green wooden bench?

Yeah, she’s the girl

wearing the red cotton

blouse.

Got it!

Can I borrow your blue cotton

pants?

Sure, after you return my orange wooden bracelet.

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ORDER OF ADJECTIVES (COLOR+MATERIAL+NOUN)

Here are some more examples.

PLURAL OF WORDS THAT END IN -CH, -S, -SH, -SS, -X, AND -Z

It’s simple to form the plural of words that end in -ch, -s, -sh, -ss, -x, and -z. Just add -es.

Take a look at this example with dishes.

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Suzy made dinner, so you have to wash the dishes.

Oh, all right.

We need these boxes for the garage sale.

There are two glasses of juice on the table.

Those cool watches are on sale.

Mark takes two buses to get to work.

Emilia loves to do quizzes with her friends.

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