Order of adjectives

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

SIZE (large, small) OTHER QUALITIES/OPINION (fresh, frothy, delicious) AGE (old, new) SHAPE/PATTERN/COLOUR (black, cream) ORIGIN/PLACE (Italian) MATERIAL (leather) PURPOSE (drinking) TYPE (espresso) + NOUN

Example: A lovely, big, new, yellow, Spanish, cloth beach bag

Put these adjectives in the correct order:

A

south-westerly

frightening

gale

A (n)

weather-beaten

hunter’s

interesting

face

A

threadbare

winter

grey

woollen

coat

A

Chinese

ancient

tiny

carving

Mottled

attractive

blue

ceramics

Spanish

tiles

A

huge

slightly damaged

Victorian

oak

chest of drawers

green

English

breath-taken

countryside

A

Dutch

18th century

sombre

landscape

faded

painting

A

white

uncomfortable

cycling

plastic

helmet

A

evening

spicy

delicious

Italian

colourful

meal

A

fresh

black

espresso

delicious

Italian

coffee

And the click here so see the key:   Order of adjectives in English