When more than one adjective comes before a noun, the adjectives are normally in a particular order. Adjectives which describe opinions or attitudes (e.g. amazing) usually come first, before more neutral, factual ones (e.g. red):
She was wearing an amazing red coat.
Not: … red amazing coat
If we don’t want to emphasise any one of the adjectives, the most usual sequence of adjectives is:
order | relating to | examples |
1 | opinion | unusual, lovely, beautiful |
2 | size | big, small, tall |
3 | physical quality | thin, rough, untidy |
4 | shape | round, square, rectangular |
5 | age | young, old, youthful |
6 | colour | blue, red, pink |
7 | origin | Dutch, Japanese, Turkish |
8 | material | metal, wood, plastic |
9 | type | general-purpose, four-sided, U-shaped |
10 | purpose | cleaning, hammering, cooking |
It was made of a 1strange, 6green, 8metallic material.
It’s a 2long, 4narrow, 8plastic brush.
Panettone is a 4round, 7Italian, 9bread-like Christmas cake.
Here are some invented examples of longer adjective phrases. A noun phrase which included all these types would be extremely rare.
She was a 1beautiful, 2tall, 3thin, 5young, 6black-haired, 7Scottish woman.
What an 1amazing, 2little, 5old, 7Chinese cup and saucer!
LETS PRACTICE:
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/adjectives/order-3
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/order-of-adjectives-exercise-1.html
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/adjective-order/
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/order.htm
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