Order of Adjectives | English Grammar | Adjective with Examples

Published: 12 May 2024
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Order of adjectives refers to the specific sequence in which multiple adjectives are arranged when describing a noun in English grammar.

This order may vary depending on the context and the specific adjectives being used. However, following this order can help ensure that adjectives are used in a logical and natural way when describing a noun.

Adjectives in English language are arranged based on categories, the following are the categories of adjectives and the order in which they are arranged.

1. Articles/Determiners: The, a, an, my, some, few, your, any etc
2. Ordinal Adjectives: first, tenth, twenty second, ninety sixth etc
3. Cardinal Adjectives: three, one, dozen, fifteen etc
4. Subjective/Opinion: Beautiful, nice, rich, smart, delicious, important, friendly etc
5. Size: tiny, huge, small, big, gigantic, massive, enormous
6. Shape: fat, thin, obese, round, rectangular, curved etc
7. Age: aged, old, ancient, new, young etc
8. Colour: balck, light-blue, brown, green, reddish, dark-green etc
9. Participles: dancing, racing, cooling, possessed, carved, broken etc
10. Material/Origin/Nationality: plastic, cotton, rubber, Italian, wooden, African etc
11. NOUN

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