The Order

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. Colour - 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.

When there is more than one adjective from a group we make a list of those adjectives using commas and 'and' in the same way as we make any other list.

When there are 2 or more adjectives that are from the same group "and" is placed between the 2 adjectives.

1. The house is green and red.
2. The library has old and new books.

When there are 3 or more adjectives from the same adjective group. place a comma between each of the adjectives.

A comma is not placed between an adjective and the noun.

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 dog, if you see it please let me know.

Make sentences using the adjectives in this table

	Opinion	Size	Age	Shape	Colour	Origin	Material	purpose
a	silly	big	young	square	black	English	paper	rocking		man
a	fantastic	huge	ancient	round	scarlet	Chinese	metal	colouring	bowl
a	clumsy	little	junenile	triangular	green	Vietnamese	wooden	sleeping	bag