Adjective Placement

When using more than one adjective to describe a noun place the adjectives in the following order before the noun. NOTE: We usually use no more than three adjectives preceding a noun. 1. Opinion Example: an interesting book, a boring lecture . !imension Example: a big apple, a thin wallet ". #ge Example: a new car, a modern building, an ancient ruin $. %hape Example: a square box, an oval mask, a round ball &. 'olor Example: a pink hat, a blue book, a black coa t (. Origin Example: some Italian shoes, a Canadian town, an American car ). *aterial Example: a wooden box, a woolen sweater, a plastic toy +ere are some e,amples of nouns modified with three adjectives in the correct order based on the list above. Notice that the adjectives are not separated by commas. # wonderful old -talian cloc.. /opinion 0 age 0 origin1 # big s2uare blue bo,. /dimension 0 shape 0 color1 # disgusting pin. plastic ornament. /opinion 0 color 0 material1 %ome slim new 3rench trousers. /dimension 0 age 0 origin1 4lace the three adjectives in the correct order before the noun. boo. interesting 0 small 0 %panish picture modern 0 ugly 0 rectangular opinion old 0 boring 0 #merican apple ripe 0 green 0 delicious suit woolen 0 large 0 blac. house beautiful 0 modern 0 small maga5ine 6erman 0 slender 0 strange cap cotton 0 funny 0 green

boo. interesting 0 small 0 %panish #N%WE7: an interesting small Spanish book

picture modern 0 ugly 0 rectangular #N%WE7: an ugly modern rectangular picture

opinion old 0 boring 0 #merican #N%WE7: a boring old American opinion

apple ripe 0 green 0 delicious #N%WE7: a delicious ripe green apple

suit woolen 0 large 0 blac. #N%WE7: a large black woolen suit

house beautiful 0 modern 0 small #N%WE7: a beautiful small modern house

maga5ine 6erman 0 slender 0 strange #N%WE7: a strange slender German maga ine

cap cotton 0 funny 0 green #N%WE7: a funny green cotton cap