English Grammar

Order Of Adjectives

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There are 9 different adjective groups.

The order of the adjectives are:

1. determiner - a, an, her, five, many, much, several, etc
2. opinion - pretty, ugly, smart, cheap, etc
3. size - big, fat, thin, tall, large, small, etc.
4. shape - circle, square, tall, short, etc
5. age - old, young 10 years, a year, a week, new, etc
6. color - yellow, green, pink, etc
7. origin - American, English , Asian, Middle Eastern, African, European, Chinese, etc
8. material - cotton, wood, plastic, cloth, glass, gold, etc
9. purpose/qualifier - hat box, sleeping bag, computer table, safe island, football field, etc

Examples:

• I have a big car.
• The girls have a new house.
• I have a pink sleeping bag.
• I have a new car.
• We have 10 new students.
• Do you want the expensive computer?
• I love the big black bear.

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Order Of Adjectives

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