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Order of Adjectives
• In English, it is common to use more than one adjective to describe a noun. These
adjectives must be used in the proper order.

Example: Here is a beautiful, red, cloth flag.

Why does beautiful come before red? Why does red

come before cloth?

• Understanding the proper order of adjectives takes practice. Use the following table to
practice using the proper order of adjectives in the following sentences.

Number Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material Purpose Noun
small round German

red sleeping
generous old man

four metal

Directions: Choose the correct order of adjectives in the following sentences.

B) young intelligent
1) The woman is wearing a ________
dress. 7) The ticket costs ________ dollars.
A) yellow long A) ten US
B) long yellow B) US ten

2) He is a ________ man. 8) The scientists have found a

A) tall thin ________ cure for the disease. A)
B) thin tall new great
B) great new
3) The company makes ________
products. A) excellent farming
B) farming excellent

4) James recently departed on a 9) I am going to wear my ________ tie

________ trip. to the wedding. A) big cotton blue
A) camping long B) blue big cotton
B) long camping C) big blue cotton

5) I love eating ________ strawberries. 10) Please recycle those ________

A) red big bottles.
B) big red A) three water empty
B) three empty water
C) water empty three
6) The ________ woman did well on
the test.
11) She packed her clothes in a
A) intelligent young
________ box.
 A) green flimsy cardboard A) small English tea
B) flimsy green cardboard B) tea small English
C) cardboard flimsy green C) English small tea

12) Their dog is a ________ shepherd. 14) My ________ teacher talks for
A) brown big German hours!
B) big brown German A) philosophy old boring
C) German big brown B) old philosophy boring
C) boring philosophy old
13) I am drinking from a ________ cup. D) boring old philosophy

Directions: Now write two of your own sentences using more than one adjective to describe a noun.

1) ____________________________________________________________________________

2) ____________________________________________________________________________

1. We wanted __________________________________ (grey / a / metal) table.

2. They bought __________________________________ (red / a / new) car.
3. She went home and sat on __________________________________ (comfortable / her /
wooden / old) bed.
4. He bought __________________________________ (woollen / a / British / fabulous) suit.
5. They have __________________________________ (Dutch / black) bicycles.
6. He wants __________________________________ (some / French / delicious / really)
cheese.
7. __________________________________ (young / a / pretty) girl walked into the room.
8. He has __________________________________ (a lot of / old / interesting) books.
9. She bought __________________________________ (plastic / red / a / new) plastic
lunchbox.
10. He is looking for __________________________________ (leather / stylish / a /black) bag.
11. She dropped __________________________________ (old / beautiful / the) plate and it
smashed.
12. I want __________________________________ (silk / green / an / amazing) dress.
13. She drank __________________________________ (Italian / black / hot) coffee.
14. He saw __________________________________ (French / writing / old / an) desk.
15. They stayed in __________________________________ (little / a / cute) cottage.
16. I visited __________________________________ (ancient / a / spooky / German) castle.
17. He has __________________________________ (silver / old / beautiful / a) ring.
18. We ate __________________________________ (green / English / round / some) apples.
19. I need __________________________________ (computer / comfortable / a) desk.
20. They went on holiday to __________________________________ (small / wooden / a /
beautiful) cabin.