Adjective word order

This week we’ve been thinking about adjectives, with one of our lessons focusing on adjective word order.

When we have more than one adjective in a sentence we then need to think about putting them in the correct order in terms of adjective type.

As a rule, adjectives are used in this order:

General opinion, specific opinion, size, shape, age, colour, nationality, material.

For example:

‘a wonderful, comfortable, large, straight, new, green, British, sofa’

Correct the errors in the sentences below:

1. He bought a leather, large bag.
2. The children were wearing a plastic, gruesome facemask.
3. This weekend, I’m going to buy a Japanese, huge, widescreen tv.
4. She bought herself a white, long dress for the party.
5. I’m looking forward to reading the new, exciting book I just bought.
6. I mean the American, young teacher not the old, French one.
7. She’s holding a large, leather, green handbag.
8. I hate using plastic, soft cutlery to eat my lunch.
9. It’s a gold, small ring that I have lost.

Answers

1. He bought a large, leather bag.
2. The children were wearing a gruesome, plastic facemask.
3. This weekend, I’m going to buy a huge, Japanese, widescreen tv.
4. She bought herself a long, white dress for the party.
5. I’m looking forward to reading the exciting, new book I just bought.
6. I mean the young, American teacher not the old, French one.
7. She’s holding a large, green, leather handbag.
8. I hate using soft, plastic cutlery to eat my lunch.
9. It’s a small, gold ring that I have lost.

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