Adjective Order

Adjectives cannot be written in any order. There are rules, so you should use the following order:

Determiner or article

Determiners e.g. this, that, these, those, my, mine, your, yours, him, his, her, hers, they, their, Sam's ;
orArticles - a, an, the

1. Opinion adjective
e.g. polite, fun, cute, difficult, hard-working

2.Size, including adjectives, comparatives and superlatives

 height; e.g. tall, short, high, low; taller, tallest

 width; e.g. wide, narrow, thin, slim; wider, widest
 length; e.g. long, short; longer, longest
 volume; e.g. fat, huge; fatter, fattest

3.Shape
e.g. circular, oval, triangular, square, 5-sided, hexagonal, irregular

4.Age
e.g. new, young, adolescent, teenage, middle-aged, old, ancient

5.Colour
e.g. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, grey, black, black and white, light blue, dark red,
pale blue, reddish brown, off-white, bright green, warm yellow

6.Nationality
e.g. Hong Kong, Chinese, English, American, Canadian, Japanese

7.Religion
e.g. Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Moslem, pagan, atheist

8.Material
e.g. wood, plastic, metal, ceramic, paper, silk

9.Noun used as an adjective

e.g. campus (as in 'campus activities')

The noun that the adjectives are describing.

Quiz:
Q1 - I bought a pair of _____ shoes. Q7 - It's ____ phone.
black leather a mobile expensive
leather black an expensive mobile

Q2 - It was a ____ car. Q8 - It's ____ village.

red fast an old lovely
fast red a lovely old

Q3 - It's a ____ building. Q9 - The ____ visitors were Japanese.

big round two last
round big last two

Q4 - I bought ____ knife. Q10 - He's got ____ eyes.

a Swiss army blue big
an army Swiss big blue

Q5 - It's ____ film. Q11 - It's a ____ house.

a beautiful old nice new
an old beautiful new nice

Q6 - He's ____ man. Q12 - It's ____ airline.

an unfriendly rich a popular American
a rich unfriendly an American popular

Q1 - I bought a pair of _____ shoes. Q7 - It's ____ phone.

black leather
a mobile expensive
leather black
an expensive mobile
Q2 - It was a ____ car.
Q8 - It's ____ village.
red fast
an old lovely
fast red
a lovely old
Q3 - It's a ____ building.
Q9 - The ____ visitors were Japanese.
big round
two last
round big
last two
Q4 - I bought ____ knife.
Q10 - He's got ____ eyes.
a Swiss army
blue big
an army Swiss
big blue
Q5 - It's ____ film.
Q11 - It's a ____ house.
a beautiful old nice new
an old beautiful new nice
Q6 - He's ____ man. Q12 - It's ____ airline.
an unfriendly rich a popular American
a rich unfriendly
an American popular