Adjective Order

Adjective Order

Introduction

In English, it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun — for example, “He's a silly young fool,” or “She's a smart, energetic woman.” When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to type. This page will explain the different types of adjectives and the correct order for them.

1. The basic types of adjectives

Opinion	An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). For example: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult
Size	A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. For example: large, tiny, enormous, little
Age	An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. For example: ancient, new, young, old
Shape	A shape adjective describes the shape of something. For example: square, round, flat, rectangular
Colour	A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. For example: blue, pink, reddish, grey
Origin	An origin adjective describes where something comes from. For example: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek
Material	A material adjective describes what something is made from. For example: wooden, metal, cotton, paper
Purpose	A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with “-ing”. For example: sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), roasting (as in “roasting tin”)

2. Some examples of adjective order

	Opinion	Size	Age	Shape	Colour	Origin	Material	Purpose
a	silly		young			English			Man
a		huge		round			metal		Bowl
a		small			red			sleeping	Bag

LATIHAN SOAL

1. Which is the correct order?
1.   ?    a carving steel new knife
2.   ?    a new carving steel knife
3.   ?    a new steel carving knife
4.   ?    a steel new carving knife
2. Which is the correct order?
1.   ?    a small Canadian thin lady
2.   ?    a thin small Canadian lady
3.   ?    a small thin Canadian lady
4.   ?    a Canadian small thin lady
3. Which is the correct order?
1.   ?    a dirty cotton old tie
2.   ?    an old cotton dirty tie
3.   ?    a dirty old cotton tie
4.   ?    a cotton dirty old tie
4. Which is the correct order?
1.   ?    an exciting new French band
2.   ?    an new French exciting band
3.   ?    a French new exciting band
4.   ?    an exciting French new band
5. Which is the correct order?
1.   ?    a plastic big red hat
2.   ?    a bit plastic red hat
3.   ?    a red big plastic hat
4.   ?    a big red plastic hat
6. Which is the correct order?
1.   ?    a small Japanese serving bowl
2.   ?    a serving small Japanese bowl
3.   ?    a Japanese small serving bowl
4.   ?    a small serving Japanese bowl
7. Which is the correct order?
1.   ?    a square wooden old table
2.   ?    a wooden old square table
3.   ?    an old wooden square table
4.   ?    an old square wooden table
8. Which is the correct order?
1.   ?    a blue sailing beautiful boat
2.   ?    a beautiful blue sailing boat
3.   ?    a sailing beautiful blue boat
4.   ?    a blue beautiful sailing boat

1. round / small / reading / lamp

A.SMALL ROUND READING LAMP

B.ROUND SMALL LAMP READING

C.READING  ROUND LAMP SMALL

2. German / old / yellow / car

A.YELLOW OLD GERMAN CAR

B.GERMAN YELLOW OLD CAR

C.OLD YELLOW GERMAN CAR

3. wooden / huge / sailing / ship

A.WOODEN  HUGE SAILING  SHIP

B.HUGE WOODEN SAILING SHIP

C.SAILING HUGE WOODEN SHIP

4. physics / boring / old / teacher

A.BORING OLD PHYSICS TEACHER

B.OLD BORING PHYSICS TEACHER

C.PHYSICS BORING OLD TEACHER

5. slim / Canadian / handsome / snowboarder

A. SLIM HANDSOME CANADIAN SNOWBOARDER

B.HANDSOME SLIM CANADIAN SNOWBOARDER

C.CANADIAN SLIM  HANSOME SNOWBOARDER

6. sugar / blue / round / bowl

A.ROUND BLUE SUGAR BOWL

B.BLUE  ROUND  SUGAR BOWL

C.ROUND BLUE BOWL SUGAR

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