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I love that beautiful old big green antique car that always parked at the end of the street. ...

My sister has a big beautiful tan and white bulldog. ...

A wonderful old Italian clock. ...

A big square blue box. ...

A disgusting pink plastic ornament. ...

Some slim new French trousers. ...

An amazing new American movie.

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In English, the proper order for adjectives is known as the Royal Order of Adjectives. The Royal Order of Adjectives is as follows:

Determiner (This isn’t a type of adjective, however, determiners—including articles, possessives, and demonstratives—are considered in the Royal Order of Adjectives. They must always come before adjectives and the nouns they modify.)

The, your, our, these

Quantity

One, seven, many, few.

Opinion

Delicious, heroic, misunderstood, valuable.

Sometimes, this category is divided into two categories: general and specific opinion, with general opinion coming before specific opinion. For example, you might describe a specific tablet as a popular, perfect choice for digital illustrators. The general opinion here is that it’s popular, an opinion held by many (and easily verified). The more specific opinion is that it’s perfect for digital illustrators—it’s your personal opinion, but it might not be as widely held as the opinion that it’s popular.

Size

Huge, tiny, medium-sized, small.

Age

New, old, decades-old, second-newest

Shape

Square, round, triangular, geometric

Color

Blue, gray, yellow, red

Origin/material

American, wooden, velvet, African

Qualifier

Hound dog, denim skirt, pickup truck, vampire bat

Although you might not have ever seen the proper adjective order listed like this, you may have picked up on it and used it without even realizing what you’re doing. You could naturally follow this order any time you use more than one adjective to describe a noun, no matter where those adjectives fall within the Royal Order.

Take a look at this chart to see how different noun phrases illustrate the Royal Order:

Quantity | Opinion | Size | Age | Shape | Color | Origin/Material | Qualifier | Noun
one | beautiful |  | old |  |  | brick |  | house
|  | small |  |  | black |  |  | dog
|  |  | new |  |  | wool | button-down | sweater

See how even when you don’t use an adjective from every category, you still follow this order?

However, even with a specific adjective order to follow, there are circumstances where you need to change the order to communicate your message clearly. One of these circumstances is when one of the adjectives in your sentence is part of a compound noun. Take a look at this example:

She moved into a brand-new tiny house.

According to The Royal Order of Adjectives, this sentence should read “She moved into a tiny brand-new house,” right? If you’re describing a smaller-than-average new house, yes. But if you’re specifically referring to a tiny house, the answer is no. There are a lot of ways English can be confusing and in some of those cases, there’s a hidden logic as to why.

Why do adjectives need to be in this order?

It’s an unsatisfying answer, but it’s the only answer: We don’t really know. However, there are a few theories. One is that the closer an adjective sits to its noun, the more vital it is to the noun’s description. For example, referring to a house as a “brick house” is more specific than referring to it as an “old house” or a “beautiful house.” But this theory doesn’t always hold up. To use another example, compare “small dog” to “black dog.” Is a black dog really a more specific description than a small dog?

Like other English language quirks, adjective order is one you just have to roll with.

Using commas with adjectives

When you have more than one adjective in a sentence, some need commas and some don’t.

Confusing, right?

It’s actually not that bad—there’s a logic to this one.

When two or more adjectives come from the same category, they need to be separated by commas:

We rode in a comfortable, luxurious limousine.

When your adjectives come from different categories, they aren’t separated by commas:

She has a big green garden out back.

And you never use a comma between the final adjective and the noun it’s describing.

You also never put a comma between a noun’s determiner and its adjectives. A determiner is a word at the beginning of a phrase that communicates how many and which noun is being described. For example:

That car

Two geese

My university

Add some adjectives into these phrases and you get:

That square red car

Two fat white geese

My progressive, rigorous old university

If you’re stuck on whether to use a comma or not, here’s an easy trick: if you can add the word “and” between the adjectives and reverse the adjectives’ order without losing the sentence’s clarity, you don’t need a comma.

My progressive, rigorous, and old university

My progressive, old, and rigorous university

How sentence position affects adjective order

In a sentence, adjectives go before the noun they’re describing or modifying. Usually.

Take a look at this sentence:

The concert was loud and crowded.

In this sentence, they follow the verb (“to be,” which is in its past tense here: was).

The sentence can easily be rewritten as:

It was a loud, crowded concert.

Both are correct. But when your adjectives follow your verb as in the example above, they don’t follow the same comma rules as they would when they precede your noun. When the last word in the phrase, clause, or sentence is an adjective, it needs to follow “and”:

Her dog was small and white; it was a Maltese.

And when you have three or more adjectives, comma placement depends on whether your style includes the Oxford comma, otherwise known as the serial comma. If you don’t use the Oxford comma, each adjective before the second-to-last one needs to be separated by a comma:

Their house is cramped, drafty and modern.

If you do use the serial comma, each adjective needs to be separated by a comma:

Their house is cramped, drafty, and modern.

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1. We wanted __________________________________ (grey / a / metal) table. 2. They bought __________________________________ (red / a / new) car. 3. She went home and sat on __________________________________ (comfortable / her / wooden / old) bed. 4. He bought __________________________________ (woollen / a / British / fabulous) suit. 5. They have __________________________________ (Dutch / black) bicycles. 6. He wants __________________________________ (some / French / delicious / really) cheese. 7. __________________________________ (young / a / pretty) girl walked into the room. 8. He has __________________________________ (a lot of / old / interesting) books. 9. She bought __________________________________ (plastic / red / a / new) plastic lunchbox. 10. He is looking for __________________________________ (leather / stylish / a /black) bag. 11. She dropped __________________________________ (old / beautiful / the) plate and it smashed. 12. I want __________________________________ (silk / green / an / amazing) dress. 13. She drank __________________________________ (Italian / black / hot) coffee. 14. He saw __________________________________ (French / writing / old / an) desk. 15. They stayed in __________________________________ (little / a / cute) cottage. 16. I visited __________________________________ (ancient / a / spooky / German) castle. 17. He has __________________________________ (silver / old / beautiful / a) ring. 18. We ate __________________________________ (green / English / round / some) apples. 19. I need __________________________________ (computer / comfortable / a) desk. 20. They went on holiday to __________________________________ (small / wooden / a / beautiful) cabin.

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Generally, the adjective order in English is:

Quantity or number.

Quality or opinion.

Size.

Age.

Shape.

Color.

Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, or material)

Purpose or qualifier.

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rder of adjectives

| beautiful brown eyes.
| a dirty old jumper.
| a fast Nigerian athlete.
| a horrible poisonous snake.
| a long cold winter.
| a clever old man.
| two small plastic bottles.
| a handsome young boy.
| a big round table.
| a strange dark house.

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Determiner | Quantity or number | Quality or opinion | Size | Age | Shape | Color | Proper adjective | Purpose or qualifier | NounA |  | beautiful |  | old |  |  | Italian | sports | car
The | three | beautiful | little |  |  | gold |  |  | plates
An |  | amazing |  |  | heart-shaped | red and white |  |  | sofa
More examples:

1. I love that beautiful old big green antique car that always parked at the end of the street. [quality – age – size – color – proper adjective]

2. My sister has a big beautiful tan and white bulldog. [size – quality – color – color]

3. A wonderful old Italian clock. [opinion – age – origin]

4. A big square blue box. [dimension – shape – color]

5. A disgusting pink plastic ornament. [opinion – color – material]

6. Some slim new French trousers. [dimension – age – origin]

7. An amazing new American movie. [opinion – age – origin]

8. I bought a pair of black leather shoes. [color – material]

Order of adjectives exercises

1. Choose the best answer for each sentence.

1. The house is __________________.

large and white

white and large

large white

2. They live in a __________________ house.

large and white

white and large

large white

Answers: A – large and white B – large white

2. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

1. We took a ride on a blue, old Chinese bus.

2. We took a ride on a Chinese, old, blue bus.

3. We took a ride on an old, blue Chinese bus.

Answer: C

3. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

1. I’d like three good reasons why you don’t like spinach.

2. I’d like a good three reasons why you don’t like spinach.

3. I’d like good reasons three why you don’t like spinach.

Answer: A

4. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

1. I like that really big red old antique tractor in the museum.

2. I like that really big old red antique tractor in the museum.

3. I like that old, red, really big antique tractor in the museum.

Answer: B

5. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

1. My brother rode a beautiful big black Friesian horse in the parade.

2. My brother rode a beautiful Friesian big black horse in the parade.

3. My brother rode a big, black, beautiful Friesian horse in the parade.

Answer: A

6. For each of the following sentences, choose the correct order of adjectives to fill in the blank.

1. My grandmother lives in the ________________________ house on the corner

little blue, green and white

little blue and green and white

little, blue, green, and white

2. The store carries an assortment of _____________________ objects.

interesting new, old and antique

new, old, interesting and antique

interesting, old and new and antique

3. We went for a two-week cruise on a __________________________ ocean liner.

incredible brand-new, huge Italian

incredible, huge, brand-new Italian

Italian incredible, brand-new, huge

Answers: A – little blue, green and white B – interesting new, old and antique C – incredible, huge, brand-new Italian

7. For each of the following sentences, choose the correct order of adjectives to fill in the blank.

1. I bought a pair of _________________ boots.

new, nice, red rain

nice new red rain

red nice new rain

2. My dad was thrilled with his gift of ______________________ bowties for his clown act.

three squirting new nice big polka-dotted

three polka-dotted nice new squirting

three nice big new polka-dotted squirting

3. Please put the marbles into that ______________________ box.

round little old red

little old round red

little old red round

Answers: A – nice new red rain B – three nice big new polka-dotted squirting C – little old round red

8. For each of the following sentences, choose the correct order of adjectives to fill in the blank:

1. I was surprised to receive a __________________ puppy for my birthday.

little, cute, eight-week-old golden retriever

cute eight-week-old little golden retriever

cute little eight-week-old golden retriever

2. Our work uniform consists of black pants, black shoes, and a ________________ shirt.

yellow baggy big polo

big baggy yellow polo

baggy yellow big polo

3. I’ve been spending a lot of time in antique shops looking for the perfect _______________ clock.

little silver Italian cuckoo

little Italian silver cuckoo

silver little Italian cuckoo

Answers: A – cute little eight-week-old golden retriever B – big baggy yellow polo C – little silver Italian cuckoo

9. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

1. Our grandparents drive a motorhome with black and white stripes.

2. Our grandparents drive a motorhome with black with white stripes.

3. Our grandparents drive a motorhome with black, white stripes.

Answer: A

10. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

1. During my college years, I wore a red, white and black big hat to sporting events.

2. During my college years, I wore a big red, white and black hat to sporting events.

3. During my college years, I wore a big red white and black, hat to sporting events.

Answer: B

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Examples

1. I love that really big old green antique car that always parked at the end of the street.

2. My sister adopted a beautiful big white bulldog.

When there are two or more adjectives that are from the same group, the word and is placed between the two adjectives:

1. The house is green and red.

2. The library has old and new books.

When there are three or more adjectives from the same adjective group, place a comma between each of the coordinate adjectives:

1. We live in the big green, white and red house at the end of the street.

2. My friend lost a red, black and white watch.

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n many languages, adjectives denoting attributes usually occur in a specific order. Generally, the adjective order in English is:

1. Quantity or number

2. Quality or opinion

3. Size

4. Age

5. Shape

6. Color

7. Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, or material)

8. Purpose or qualifier