When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order – order of adjectives.
Order of Adjectives in English | Video
Order of Adjectives | English Rules
In general, the adjective order in English is:
1. Determiner:
The determiner: to inform it the adjectives is singular or plural, definite or indefinite, next or far.
Examples:
a car, an apple, the book, the flowers, this man, that woman, these computers, those teachers
2. Opinion:
An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you).
Examples:
good, bad, great, terrible, pretty, lovely, silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult, comfortable/uncomfortable, ugly, awful, strange, delicious, disgusting, tasty, nasty, important, excellent, wonderful, brilliant, funny, interesting, boring
3. Size:
A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is.
Examples:
huge, big, large, tiny, enormous, little, tall, long, gigantic, small, short, minuscule.
4. Age:
An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is.
Examples:
ancient, new, young, old
5. Shape:
A shape adjective describes the shape of something.
Examples:
triangular, square, round, flat, rectangular
6. Color:
A color adjective, of course, describes the color of something.
Examples:
black, yellow, blue, pink, reddish, grey
7. Origin:
An origin adjective describes where something comes from.
Examples:
British, Chinese, French, American, Greek, Italian, Japanese, German
8. Material:
A material adjective describes what something is made from.
Examples:
woollen, wooden, silk, metal, paper, gold, silver, copper, cotton, leather, polyester, nylon, stone, diamond, plastic
9. Purpose:
A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with “-ing”.
Examples:
writing (as in “writing paper”), sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), roasting (as in “roasting tin”), running (as in “running shoes”), a flower vase, a tennis racket
10. Noun:
The noun: the figure that is receiving the adjectives.
Order of Adjectives in English | Pictures
A very good teaching way by giving me defferent types of adjectives,examples as well.I feel as if i hadn’t got a teacher before,thanks.
Hi,
I am an English teacher at Karaganda State technical university (http://www.kstu.kz)and I started teaching 12 years ago. So I have a problem with the right order of adjectives. Your tables and other pictures are helpful, but could you share other ways to memorize it.
Hi,
I am an English teacher at Karaganda State technical university (http://www.kstu.kz). I have been teaching english since 2007 but this is a still problem. Can you share other ways?