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.
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).
