Order of Adjectives

By Lilian Marchesoni

BEFORE A NOUN, THE USUAL ORDER OF

ADJECTIVES IS:

opinion

size

color

shape

nationality

material

O

SI

CO

SHA

NA

MA

Yesterday my uncle bought a beautiful big yellow rectangular

Thai silk rug.

beautiful

big

rectangular

Thai

silk

opinion

size

shape

nationality

material

yellow color

Bill is wearing ugly big black squared Italian plastic glasses.

ugly

big

square

Italian

plastic

opinion

size

shape

nationality

material

black color

Your Turn!

Sam has a (white / small / metal / rectangular) toolbox.

Sam has a small white rectangular metal

toolbox.

Michael is wearing (brown / leather / big) boots.

Michael is wearing big brown leather boots.

Lucy bought a (plastic / short / beautiful / black) miniskirt last

week.

Lucy bought a beautiful short black plastic miniskirt last week.

My uncle gave me a (Italian / big /

nice / red / cotton) sweatshirt.

My uncle gave me a nice big red Italian

cotton sweater.

John always wears his brown baggy denim pants.

John always wears his (denim / brown / baggy) pants.

My favorite singer has long blond straight hair.

My favorite singer has (blond / long / straight) hair.

My brother always wears his old red leather jacket.

My brother always wears his (leather / old / red) jacket.

Phil bought pretty black Italian plastic sunglasses.

Phil bought (Italian / pretty / plastic / black) sunglasses.

My grandparents bought a nice small brown round wooden table.

My grandparents bought a (round / brown / nice / wooden /

small) table.