ADJECTIVE POSITION 1. Adjectives can be used before the noun: Hes an old soldier. Theyre intelligent students.

ts. Thats an expensive car. 2. Adjectives can be used after a linking verb: The soldier is old. The students seem intelligent. The car looks expensive.

ADJECTIVE ORDER 1. Opinion or Observation beautiful, ugly, easy, fast, interesting, boring, etc. 2. Size small, tall, short, big, enormous, huge, tiny, etc. 3. Age young, old, new, historic, ancient, etc. 4. Shape round, square, rectangular, etc. 5. Colour red, black, etc. 6. Nationality French, Asian, American, Canadian, Japanese, Malaysian, Indian, etc. 7. Material wooden, metallic, plastic, glass, paper, etc. 8. Purpose or Qualifier foldout sofa, fishing boat, racing car, etc. ADJECTIVE ORDER CHART
OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOUR NATIONALITY MATERIAL PURPOSE NOUN

expensive pretty

small antique tiny long medium medium round square blue young 4-year old white yellow blonde

German gold

racing

strong tasty noisy

American Italian Siamese

checker cardboard doll baseball

car mirror flowers hair board house player food cat

SUMMARY a. c. An expensive small German racing car. Some tiny round yellow flowers.

b. A pretty antique gold mirror. d. Long blonde hair. e. A medium square checker board. f. A little blue cardboard doll house. g. A strong young American baseball player. h. Some testy Italian food. i. A noisy 4-year old white Siamese cat.

ADJECTIVE POSITION 1. Adjectives can be used before the noun: Hes an old soldier. Theyre intelligent students. Thats an expensive car. 2. Adjectives can be used after a linking verb: The soldier is old. The students seem intelligent. The car looks expensive.

ADJECTIVE ORDER 1. Opinion or Observation beautiful, ugly, easy, fast, interesting, boring, etc. 2. Size small, tall, short, big, enormous, huge, tiny, etc. 3. Age young, old, new, historic, ancient, etc. 4. Shape round, square, rectangular, etc. 5. Colour red, black, etc. 6. Nationality French, Asian, American, Canadian, Japanese, Malaysian, Indian, etc. 7. Material wooden, metallic, plastic, glass, paper, etc. 8. Purpose or Qualifier foldout sofa, fishing boat, racing car, etc. ADJECTIVE ORDER CHART
OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOUR NATIONALITY MATERIAL PURPOSE NOUN

expensive pretty

small antique tiny long medium medium round square blue young 4-year old white yellow blonde

German gold

racing

strong tasty noisy

American Italian Siamese

checker cardboard doll baseball

car mirror flowers hair board house player food cat

SUMMARY a. An expensive small German racing car. b. A pretty antique gold mirror. c. Some tiny round yellow flowers. d. Long blonde hair. e. A medium square checker board. f. A little blue cardboard doll house. g. A strong young American baseball player. h. Some testy Italian food. i. A noisy 4-year old white Siamese cat.