ADJECTIVES ORDER

Example:

• I have short black hair.
• She has a big blue house. 

Formula

Determiner – Opinion – Size – Age – Shape – Color – Origin – Material -Purpose + Noun

1.    Opinion

Explains what you think about something and other people may not agree with you.
Example: cute, ugly, hard, beautiful, silly, horrible, handsome, etc.

2.    Size

Tells how big or small something is.
Example: small, medium, large, big, small, little, large, tiny, etc.

3.    Age

Tells how young or old something or someone is.

Example: new, ancient, old, old, new, young, ancient, etc.

4.    Shape

Describe the shape of something.
Example: rectangular, round, oval-shaped, square, circle, flat, round, etc.

5.    Color

Describe the color of something.
Example: blue, red, yellow, etc.

6.    Origin

Describe where something comes from.
Example: American, Greek, Saudi Arabian, Indonesian, etc.

7.    Material

Describe what something is made from.

Example: metallic, plastic, wooden, metal, cotton, etc.

8.    Purpose

Describe what something is used for; often end with "ing".
Example: sleeping (bag), cooking (oil), running (shoes), etc.

Example

1.    A pretty young Japanese lady.

2.    A large black metallic chair.

3.    The interesting, small, rectangular, blue car is parked in my space."

4.    "I bought a beautiful, long, red, Italian, silk tie."

5.    "My father lives in a lovely, gigantic, ancient, brick house."

6.    "I have an annoying, small, circular, American, tin, alarm clock that wakes me up."

7.    "Let’s order a delicious, huge, rectangular, pepperoni pizza."

8.    "We all love our smart, petite, British teacher."

9.    "They all received several dazzling, small, ancient, gold coins."

10. "She owns a stunning, large, old, brown dog named Boris."

EXERCISE

1.        I bought a pair of _____ shoes.

a.        black leather

b.        leather black

2.        It was a ____ car.

a.        red fast

b.        fast red

3.        It's a ____ building.

a.        big round

b.        round big

4.        I bought ____ knife.

a.        a Swiss army

b.        an army Swiss

5.        It's ____ film.

a.        a beautiful old

b.        an old beautiful

6.        He's ____ man.

a.        an unfriendly rich

b.        a rich unfriendly

7.        It's ____ phone.

a.        a mobile expensive

b.        an expensive mobile

8.        It's ____ village.

a.        an old lovely

b.        a lovely old

9.        The ____ visitors were Japanese.

a.        two last

b.        last two

10.     He's got ____ eyes.

a.        blue big

b.        big blue

11.     It's a ____ house.

a.        nice new

b.        new nice

12.     It's ____ airline.

a.        a popular American

b.        an American popular

13.     It's ____ company

a.        a family old

b.        an old family

14.     It's a ____ restaurant.

a.        cheap good

b.        good cheap

Now choose the correct sentence:

15.     A green, tie ugly.
An ugly, green tie.
A green, ugly tie.

16.     An interesting, old book.
A book, interesting old.
An old, interesting book.

17.     A wooden, big, white table.
A white, big, wooden table.
A big, white, wooden table.

18.     An old, blue, tiny, bent, Swiss pen.
A bent, tiny, old, blue, Swiss pen.
A tiny, bent, old, blue, Swiss pen.

19.     My middle-aged, tall, Italian, funny, husband.
My tall, funny, middle-aged, Italian husband.
My funny, tall, middle-aged, Italian husband.

20.     Which is the correct order?

a.        a blue beautiful sailing boat

b.        a beautiful blue sailing boat

c.        a blue sailing beautiful boat

d.        a sailing beautiful blue boat

21.     Which is the correct order?

a.        a serving small Japanese bowl

b.        a Japanese small serving bowl

c.        a small serving Japanese bowl

d.        a small Japanese serving bowl

22.     Which is the correct order?

a.        a carving steel new knife

b.        a new carving steel knife

c.        a new steel carving knife

d.        a steel new carving knife

23.     Which is the correct order?

a.        a Canadian small thin lady

b.        a small thin Canadian lady

c.        a small Canadian thin lady

d.        a thin small Canadian lady

24.     Which is the correct order?

a.        a dirty old cotton tie

b.        an old cotton dirty tie

c.        a dirty cotton old tie

d.        a cotton dirty old tie

25.     Which is the correct order?

a.        an new French exciting band

b.        an exciting French new band

c.        an exciting new French band

d.        a French new exciting band

26.     Which is the correct order?

a.        an old wooden square table

b.        a wooden old square table

c.        an old square wooden table

d.        a square wooden old table

27.     Which is the correct order?

a.        a bit plastic red hat

b.        a big red plastic hat

c.        a red big plastic hat

d.        a plastic big red hat

EXERCISE

1.        round / small / reading / lamp                             

2.        German / old / yellow / car                                 

3.        wooden / huge / sailing / ship                              

4.        physics / boring / old / teacher                                      

5.        slim / Canadian / handsome / snowboarder            

6.        sugar / blue / round / bowl                                 

EXERCISE

1.        He was wearing a ________ shirt.
  dirty old flannel
  flannel old dirty
  old dirty flannel

2.        Pass me the ________ cups.
  plastic big blue
  big blue plastic
  big plastic blue

3.        All the girls fell in love with the ________ teacher.
  handsome new American
  American new handsome
  new handsome American

4.        I used to drive ________ car.
  a blue old German
  an old German blue
  an old blue German

 

5.        He recently married a ________ woman.
  young beautiful Greek
  beautiful young Greek
  beautiful Greek young

6.        This is a ________ movie.
  new Italian wonderful
  wonderful Italian new
  wonderful new Italian

7.        She is a ________ supermodel.
  beautiful slim Brazilian
  Brazilian beautiful slim
  slim Brazilian beautiful

8.        It's in the ________ container.
  large blue metal
  blue large metal
  blue metal large

9.        He sat behind a ________ desk.
  big wooden brown
  big brown wooden
  wooden big brown

10.     She gave him a ________ vase.
  small Egyptian black
  black Egyptian small
  small black Egyptian