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Correct order of adjectives

The correct order of adjectives in an English sentence is:

1. Article: a, an, the
2. Opinion: interesting, boring, cute
3. Size: big, small, tiny, large
4. Shape: triangular, square
5. Age: old, modern, young
6. Colour: blue, black, red
7. Where from: Indian, Ankara, Russia, Chinese
8. Material: plastic, wooden, paper
9. Noun: eyes, bag, story, book, painting, cat

  • Big blue eyes.
    (size + colour + noun)
  • A small black plastic bag.
    (article + size + colour + material + noun)
  • An old Indian story.
  • An interesting Chinese painting.

Now do Correct order of adjectives · exercise 1