GRAMMAR

Order of Adjectives
 Order of Adjectives

What is an adjective
 Order of Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

Order of Adjectives

a black leather jacket

a leather black jacket
 Order of Adjectives

In English, it is common to use more than

one adjective to describe a noun but these
adjectives must be used in proper order.
There are nine types of adjectives that
are usually put in the following order:

e O S
D A
i g S C
o O
r M
a
P
u
p l i t r
h
t i z o g
e a
e n u i e p
o
p
r i e r n r s
m i
e
o e
i a
n
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adjectives

expensive
Italian
yellow

an expensive yellow Italian car

D O C Or N
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adjectives

purple
short
horrible

a horrible short purple minion

D O S C N
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adjectives

wooden
new
round

two new round wooden tables

D A S M N
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adjectives

little
American
smart

a smart little American girl

D O S O N
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a big red plastic chair

a red big plastic chair

a big plastic red chair

and the answer is…

a big red plastic chair

Choose the correct answer

a blue fancy sailing boat

a blue sailing fancy boat

a fancy blue sailing boat

and the answer is…

a fancy blue sailing boat

 Choose the correct answer

an expensive antique golden necklace

an antique expensive golden

necklace

a golden expensive antique necklace

 and the answer is…

an expensive antique golden necklace