Order of adjectives

Order of Adjectives

Can use adjectives correctly.

​We place adjectives before the noun that they describe.

​​-A hot day

-A French city

-A red ball

-An international student

-Good students

​In sentences with the verb to be, we place the adjective after the verb. We can use after a linking words: become, feel,get,look, seem, sound, taste,smell etc.

-Alyssa is beautiful.

-SIngapore City is clean.

-Students are hard-working.

-Her voice sounds fantastic.

-The cake tastes great.

It is very important to place the adjective in the correct order.​

N- number
O- opinion
S- size
A- age
S- shape
C- color
O- origin
M- material
P- purpose

​Order of the Adjectives

The order of adjectives before a noun is the following:

OPINION - Attitude/Observation: ugly, beautiful, lovely, nice, cool;

SIZE - Height - big, huge, tiny, small, tall;

AGE - How old is it? - old, young, new, antique

SHAPE - Weight/Length - round, fat, square, long;

​COLOUR - Green, blue, purple;

ORIGIN - Where is it from? - American, British, Turkish;

MATERIAL - What is it made of? - Gold, plastic, wooden;

PURPOSE - What is it used for? - Gardening, shopping, riding.

​Before adjectives + noun we normally have a determiner: a, an, the, my, four, this, those, some, etc.

Ex:

• A WONDERFUL LARGE ROUND SPANISH MARBLE TABLE.

• THE LITTLE OLD MAN

• MY BROWN LEATHER RIDING BOOTS

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Oh! Superman always shyly captures old men's photos.

• Oh=opinion

• Superman=size

• Always=Age

• Shyly=Shape

• Capture=colour

• Old=origin

• Men's=material

• Photos =purpose

Put the following adjectives in order:

• thin, Italian, sleeping, red, cotton, small, ugly, old - BAG

• long, French, wedding, silk, white, beautiful - DRESS

• flower, large, Greek, ancient, clay - VASES

​Correct Answers:

• ugly small old thin red Italian cotton sleeping bag

• beautiful long white French silk wedding dress

• large ancient Greek clay flower vases