Adjective Order

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. so take a look carefully what the structure that you should know in this material.

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

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

In this adjectives order, sometimes the word that contain adjective are not exist in the sentences, so if it happen you can move the adjective word after it. for example take a look the table above.

• a silly young english man.......there is some order that didn't mention it such as size, shape, color, material and purpose. just pass the word that doesn't exist and carry on with the next adjectives. remember use as the order structure above.
• a huge round metal bowl......there is some order that didn't mention it such as opinion, age, colour, material dan purpose, just pass the word that doesn't exist and carry on with the next adjectives. remember use as the order structure above. 

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