Order of Adjectives in a

Series
Number describes the number of one, two, three, four
nouns

Opinion describes your judgment horrible, ugly, beautiful

or what you think about
something

Size describes how big or huge, tiny, long

small something is

Age describes how old or old, new, young

young something is

Shape describes the shape of circular, square,

something triangular
Color describes the color of black, red, blue
something

Origin describes where the noun chinese, american,

came from african

Material describes what the noun wooden, leather, plastic

is made of

Purpose describes where the noun fishing, cooking, sleeping

is used for
Numb Opini Size Age Shape Color Origin Mater Purpo Noun
er on ial se
strang old black jacket
e
one amazi violet sofa
ng donut
-
shape
d
small antiqu gold weddi ring
e ng
beauti new Italian sports car
ful
two new red cotton night dresse
s
two cute little puppi
Siberi es
an