ADJECTIVES

- We use adjectives to describe nouns.

- Most adjectives can be used in front of a noun:
They have a beautiful house.
We saw a very exciting film last night.
or after a link verb like be, look or feel:
Their house is beautiful.
That film looks interesting.

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
- Sometimes we use more than one adjective in front of a noun:
He was a nice intelligent young man.
She had a small round black wooden box.

-Adjectives usually come in this order:

Gener
al
opinio

Specific
opinion

Size

Shape

Age

Colou
r

Nationali
ty

Materi
al

nice

handsome

young

American

man

General opinion adjectives: We can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun:
good, bad, lovely, strange, beautiful, nice, brilliant, excellent, awful, important,
wonderful, nasty...
Specific opinion adjectives: We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of
noun:
Furniture, buildings: comfortable; uncomfortable Ex. A nasty uncomfortable armchair
People, animals: clever; intelligent; friendly
Ex. A lovely intelligent animal
Food: tasty; delicious
Ex. A Nice tasty soup
- We use some adjectives only after a link verb: Afraid, alive, alone, asleep, content,
alone, asleep, glad, ill, ready, sorry, sure, unable, well
Ex.
Our teacher was ill. NO: We had an ill teacher.
My uncle was very glad when he heard the news. NO: When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle

- Some of the commonest - ed adjectives are normally used only after a link verb:
annoyed; finished; bored; pleased...
Ex. The policeman seemed to be very annoyed NO: He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman
- A few adjectives are used only in front of a noun: north, northern, south, southern, east,
eastern, west, western, countless, occasional
Ex. He lives in the eastern district. NO: The district he lives in is eastern
There were countless problems with the new machinery. NO: The problems with the new machinery were countless.

Try these tasks to improve your adjective ordering.

- See more at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives#sthash.kzkmrZhK.dpuf