Order of Adjectives

Order of Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
Some adjectives describe by telling what kind or how many.
-Sometimes more than one adjective describes a noun or
pronoun. We saw three interesting wooden statues at the
museum.
-Notice how the adjective three comes before interesting and
wooden. When you use more than one adjective, it is
important to place them in a certain order.
Number Opinion Size Shape Color Material
Three Pretty Huge Oval Green Leather
Several Cute Tall Square Yellow plastic

How could we fix this sentence?

-There are colorful two huge murals near the exit.
Write the underlined adjectives in the correct order:
Number Opinion Size Shape Color Material
Three Pretty Huge Oval Green Leather
Several Cute Tall Square Yellow plastic

1. The museum has metal beautiful blue vases on display.

2. Round one crystal vase comes from India.
3. I see tiny wonderful many paintings on that wall.
4. That painting includes brick several tall buildings.
Choose the answer that has the underlined adjectives in the correct order.

1. 2.
a. This artist created square small a. Did you notice the red long silk
green paintings. tablecloth?
b. This artist created green square b. Did you notice the long red silk
small paintings. tablecloth?
c. This artist created square green c. Did you notice the silk red long
small paintings. tablecloth?
d. This artist created small square d. Did you notice the red silk long
green paintings. tablecloth?

Number Opinion Size Shape Color Material

Three Pretty Huge Oval Green Leather
Several Cute Tall Square Yellow plastic