ADJECTIVES : Word Order
1. Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together :
Tom lives in a nice new house
In the kitchen there was a beautiful large round wooden table.
Adjectives like new / large / round / wooden are fact adjectives.
They give us objective information about something. ( age, size, color, etc ).
Adjective like nice / beautiful are opinion adjectives.
Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives :
Opinion Fact
a nice sunny day
delicious hot soup
an intelligent young man
a beautiful large round wooden table
2. Sometimes there are two or more fact adjectives. Very often ( but not only ) we put
fact adjectives in this order
They give us objective information about something. ( age, size, color, etc ).
Adjective like nice / beautiful are opinion adjectives.
Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives :
Opinion Fact
a nice sunny day
delicious hot soup
an intelligent young man
a beautiful large round wooden table
2. Sometimes there are two or more fact adjectives. Very often ( but not only ) we put
fact adjectives in this order
A tall young man ( 1 ----- 2 )
Big blue eyes ( 1 ------- 3 )
A small black plastic bag ( 1 ---- 3 ------5 )
A large wooden table ( 1 --------- 5 )
An old Russian song ( 2 ---------- 4 )
An old white cotton shirt ( 2 ------ 3 ------- 5 )
Adjectives of size and length ( big / small / tall / short / long / etc ) usually go before adjectives of shape and width ( round / far / slim / wide / etc ) :
A large round table a tall thin girl a long narrow street
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