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6.3 Word Order of Adjectives

Noun as
Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material Noun
Adjective
I wore my new black leather shoes.
We made a delicious chocolate cake.
We sat at a small round table.
I work in an old red brick building.
We saw some beautiful chinese paintings.
He gave her a gorgeous wedding ring.
That’s a great German soccer team.

1. When more than one adjective is used to ✓ We saw some ancient egyptian sculptures.
describe a noun, they usually follow the order in ✗ We saw some Egyptian ancient sculptures.
the chart.
2. Be careful! We rarely use more than three ✓ They live in a big brown house.
adjectives together. ✗ They live in a beautiful big old brown house.

3. Use a comma or and between adjectives that He’s a kind, patient person.
give the same kind of information. Use and He’s a kind and patient person.
when the adjectives come after a linking verb. He’s kind and patient.
Do not use commas between adjectives that I have a big orange cat.
give different types of information. She has short curly blonde hair.

8 Put the adjectives in parentheses in the correct order to complete each sentence. Add a
comma or and where necessary.

1. I live in a big apartment (apartment / big) building.

2. There are two (Mexican / good) restaurants in my neighborhood.

3. Dani keeps her jewelry in a (round / glass) box.

4. Susi bought a (new / winter / nice) coat.

5. Luke knows many (historical / interesting) facts
about this town.

6. The restaurant was in a (old / strange / stone) building.

7. Anita is wearing a (silk / beautiful / green)
scarf today.

8. We watched a (old / great) movie last night.

9. The animals claws are (long / sharp).

10. My town has many
(modern / impressive / beautiful) buildings.

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