Order of adjectives

• Adjectives are used to describe people, animals and non-living things

• Basically, adjectives are used for description

Adjectives can be classified into many categories. In English, adjectives are generally used in the order:

Quantity:•few, no, one, two, three, four, several, many, all, some, every, each

Opinion:•good, best, bad, worst, mediocre, awful, fantastic, pretty, ugly, clean, dirty, wasteful, difficult, comfortable, valuable, worthless, useful, important, evil, angelic, rare, scarce, rich, lovely, disgusting, amazing, surprising, troublesome, usual, pointless.

Size

•heavy, light, big, small, tiny, tall, short, fat, thin, slender, lean, underweight, lanky, wide, enormous, huge, vast, great, monstrous, weighty, slim, trim, hefty, gigantic, obese

Age

•young, old, baby, teenage, ancient, antique, old-fashioned, youthful, elderly, mature, adolescent, recent, modern

Shape•round, circular, square, triangular, oval, flat, wavy, straight, cylindrical, oblong, crooked, distorted

Colour•pink, orange, red, yellowish, dark-green, blue, purple, black, white, grey, brown, tanned, pastel

Origin•Italian, Malaysian, American, Spanish, Scottish, Mexican, French, Irish, English, Australian, African, Indian, Russian, German

Material

•glass, wooden, concrete, fabric, cotton, plastic, leather, ceramic, metal, steel

Purpose

•folding, swinging, working, ruuning, cooking, sleeping, dancing, rolling, walking

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Victory

A victory.

A glorious victory.

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Husband

A husband.

A wonderful husband.

A wonderful middle-aged husband.

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College

A college.

An old college.

An old American college.

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House

The house.

The big house.

The big blue house.

The big blue wooden house.

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Flower

A flower.

A beautiful flower.

A beautiful purple flower.

A beautiful purple Australian flower.

Are these words correct?A black big bear.

That old talkative man.

An old ceramic lovely coffee mug.

Our teacher was ill.

Old King Cole was a merry old soul.

He lives in a district that was eastern.

She is a lovely well-mannered lady.

That policeman seemed to be very annoyed.

There were countless problems with the machinery.

A big fierce dog.