Order of Adjectives

1. Adjectives normally go before nouns: He has a big car. adj. noun 2. Adjectives like good, bad, beautiful, etc., are

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1. Adjectives normally go before nouns: He has a big car. adj. noun

2. Adjectives like good, bad, beautiful, etc., are “opinion” adjectives. These adjectives describe what you think about something and go before adjectives like new, big, etc. which are “fact” adjectives: They have a beautiful big house. opinion adj.

fact adj.

noun

3. When there are two or more adjectives, they go in the following order:

It’s a

opinion

size

age

shape

colour

origin

material

noun

beautiful

big

new

square

brown

Indian

wooden

box.

Put the adjectives in the correct order before the noun. 1. a(an) metal / old / rectangular / grey / table _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. a (an) enormous / Roman / amazing / monument _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. a (an) round / plastic / yellow / plate _____________________________________________________________________________ 4. a (an) cotton / pretty / red / modern / dress _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. a (an) Greek / marble / ancient / big / statue _____________________________________________________________________________ 6. a (an) ugly / black / square / frame _____________________________________________________________________________ Your

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