I Adjective Order! Put the comma if you adjectives and noun in the correct order; you may need to use a have multiple adjectives of the same type The blue/old/bicycle was leaning on the garden shed She wore a dress/cotton/red/beautiful to the picnic The U.S President’s office is a(n) oval/room/large Theara grabbed his plastic/raincoat/old/orange as he headed out the door “That’s a really bamboo/table/lovely/coffee you have!” Anna said She bought a paper/huge/lantern/red/Chinese for her dorm room Andy was annoyed when the Dutch/middle-aged/businessman/important who was behind him in 10 11 12 line got moved to the front For Father’s Day, Petra got her dad a(n) leather/comfortable/antique/Italian/black/armchair A little/sad-looking/Labrador/black puppy sat at the pet store, waiting for someone to pet him The boy was playing with some green/pink/marbles/blue/glass Mike felt lucky that he had a nice /bag/sleeping/warm for camping as he went to sleep that night “I got this new/eye/glittery/Elizabeth Arden/makeup on sale! Can you believe it?” Taylor exclaimed II Order of Adjectives Chart Opinion/ Size Observation Ex: Age old Shape Colour blue Origin/ Material Nationality Purpose/ Qualifier 10 11 12 Key I Adjective Order! Put the adjectives and noun in the correct order; if they are adjectives of the same type, you may need to use a common 13 14 15 16 17 18 The blue/old/bicycle was leaning on the garden shed  old blue bicycle She wore a dress/cotton/red/beautiful picnic  beautiful red cotton dress The U.S President’s office is a(n) oval/room/large  large oval room Theara grabbed his plastic/raincoat/old/orange as he headed out the door  old orange plastic raincoat “That’s a really bamboo/table/lovely/coffee you have!” Anna said  lovely bamboo coffee table She bought a paper/huge/lantern/red/Chinese for her dorm room  huge red Chinese paper lantern 19 Andy was annoyed when the Dutch/middle-aged/businessman/important who was behind him in line got 20 21 22 23 moved to the front  important, middle-aged Dutch businessman For Father’s Day, Petra got her dad a(n) leather/comfortable/antique/Italian/black/armchair  comfortable, antique black Italian leather armchair A little/sad-looking/puppy/Labrador/black sat at the pet store, waiting for someone to pet him  sad-looking, little black Labrador puppy The boy was playing with some green/pink/marbles/blue/glass  green, pink, and blue glass marbles Mike felt lucky that he had a nice /bag/sleeping/warm for camping as he went to sleep that night  nice, warm sleeping bag 24 “I got this new/eye/glittery/Elizabeth Arden/makeup on sale! Can you believe it?” Taylor exclaimed  glittery new Elizabeth Arden eye makeup Key II Order of Adjectives Chart Opinion/ Size Observation large Colour Origin red cotton orange plastic lovely bamboo huge important comfortabl e sad-looking red middleaged antique little Purpose/ Qualifier oval old Material blue beautiful Shape old Age Chinese paper Dutch black Italian black Labrador leather coffee green, pink, and blue 10 11 12 nice, warm glittery, new glass sleeping (glittery) eye