Adjective Order

​Adjective Order

​When you want to use more than one adjective to describe people or something, you usually follow the order

​Example:

​He is wearing an expensive long brown Italian cotton jacket.

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1. ​A small red suitcase.

2. ​The new blue silk T-shirt.

3. ​An ugly wooden chair.

4. ​This round new kitchen table.

5. ​A comfortable new velvet dress.

6. ​These lovely old ceramic mugs.

7. ​That beautiful German sports car.

8. ​Those amazing heart-shaped red balloons.

9. ​A wonderful old French clock.

​Examples:

Multiple Choice

It is a _____________ building.

• big round

• round big

Multiple Choice

He is an _______artiste.

• local famous

• famous local

Multiple Choice

I bought a pair of ___________ shoes.

• black leather

• leather black

Multiple Choice

My mother bought a _______ table.

• wooden long expensive

• long expensive wooden

Multiple Choice

We ordered two _____ cakes for the class party.

• square chocolate tasty

• tasty square chocolate

Multiple Choice

He has ____________________ ring.

• an old beautiful silver

• a beautiful old silver

• a silver beautiful old

Multiple Choice

I bought a .... boots.

• leather black new

• black new leather

• new black leather

• black leather new

Multiple Choice

Pass me the ... cups.

• plastic big blue

• big blue plastic

• big plastic blue

• blue big plastic

Multiple Choice

They live in a __________________ house.

• large and white

• white and large

• large white

Multiple Choice

I used to drive an ... car.

• red old German

• red German old

• old red German

• German red old

Multiple Choice

He recently married a ... woman.

• young beautiful Greek

• beautiful young Greek

• beautiful Greek young

• Greek beautiful young

Multiple Choice

The house is __________________.

• large and white

• white and large

• large white