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Modifying nouns – Marketing houses in Umbria Hi and welcome to another great English lesson from New English Academy. I’m your guide Giles Parker and today we’re going to look at how to change or modify nouns – i.e. which adjectives come before others when they describe a noun. This lesson is aimed at advanced level students but everyone can learn something from it. The comprehension text is titled ‘Marketing houses in Umbria’ and talks about the way real-estate agents describe the beautiful old houses here when they want to sell them to buyers. As ever, check out the website New English Academy.com for all the fun interactive online games, quizzes and tests for this lesson. Also, if you like what you read and hear, don’t forget to leave a review on iTunes or Stitcher Radio or send me a comment on how to make this better. First I’ll talk about the grammar point and give you a few important rules on how to order or sequence adjectives before a noun. Then we’ll look at compound modifiers which