Order of Adjective

Order of Adjectives

An adjective is a word used to describe or qualify a noun or a pronoun.

It is a sweet mango.

When more than one adjective comes before a noun, modifying the same noun, they are usually placed in certain order.

Determiner  ⟶     Opinion   ⟶    Size   ⟶     Age   ⟶     Shape   ⟶   

 colour   ⟶     Origin   ⟶    Material    ⟶     Purpose   ⟶     Noun.

                       

1)  Determiner –    

       A determiner is a word used before a noun to give additional information about that noun.

 E.g. -

Articles – a, an, the, etc.

Demonstrative – this, that, these, those, etc.

Possessive adjective – my, our, your, his, her, their, etc.

Quantitative adjective – some, few, little etc.

Numeral adjective – first, second, one, two etc.

                                        

 2)  Opinion –

        What we think about something or someone.

 E.g. - Beautiful, lovely, good, bad, delicious, expensive, etc.

 

    3)   Size – 

       This adjective tells us about the size how big or small something or someone is.

 E.g. - Big, large, huge, long, small, little, short, etc.

 

    4)   Age –

       This adjective tells us how young or old something or someone is.

 E.g. - Young, old, new, ancient, modern, etc.    

   

5)   Shape – 

       This adjective tells us about the shape of something.

  E.g. -Round, square, triangular, rectangular, wavy, zigzag etc.

    6)   Colour –

      This adjective describes the colour of something.

 E.g. -Red, black, bright, pale, faded, etc.

    
7)   Origin –

        It describes where something comes from.

  E.g. -Indian, American, French, Japanese, etc.

 

      8)      Material –

        It describes what something is made of.

  E.g. -Gold, copper, wooden, metal, cotton, paper, plastic, etc.

 

     9)   Purpose – 

        It describes what something is used for. It often ends with ing.

  E.g. -Rolling (pin), writing (pad), racing (car) etc.

 

Now let's form some sentences using proper order of adjective:

1)      I saw two beautiful, tall, young, black-haired Indian girls.

(black-haired/ two/ young/ Indian/ tall/ beautiful)

2)      I want to buy this small, square, black leather hand bag.

(black/this/square/leather/small)

3)      My friend gifted me an expensive, long, multicolored woolen sweater.

(woolen/ multicolored/ expensive/an/long)

4)      I want to buy that big, round, wooden dining table.

(dining/ round/ wooden/big/that).