Order of Adjectives in a sentence (NEB- XII)

Order of Adjectives in a sentence

The adjectives are often in a certain order when more than one adjective precedes a noun. Look at these instances below:

1. A house
2. A large house (size)
3. A large white house(size color)
4. A large old white house(size age color)
5. A beautiful large old white house(opinion size age color)
6. A beautiful large rectangular old white house(opinion size shape age color)
7. A beautiful large rectangular old white Nepali mud house. (opinion size shape age color  origin material )

Adjective placement in a sentence

1. Determiners (quantity and number as well): a. an, the, this, that, these, those, my, our, his, her, etc.        

2. Opinion: horrible, bad, good, brilliant, nasty, comfortable, etc.

3.  Size: big, colossal, enormous,  gigantic,  great, huge, immense, large,

4.  Shape: oval round, thin, flat, triangle, etc.

5.  Age: Old, new, modern, ancient, contemporary, mature, teenage, etc.

6. Colour: watery, colorless, red, black, etc.

7. Origin: Nepali, American, northern, oceanic, etc.

8. Material:  woolen, fiber, plastic, golden, wooden, synthetic, etc.

9. Purpose: folding, riding, rolling, tennis, fishing, writing, dancing, swinging, racing, sleeping, etc.

10.  Noun:  any naming word.

Choose the correct alternative

a. An old foreign car/a foreign old car.

b. A white beautiful dress/ a beautiful white dress

c. A nice tall young man/a tall nice young man

d. a black wooden big desk/ a big black wooden desk.

e. a delicious Italian Pizza/ an Italian delicious pizza

f. a brown huge bear/ a huge brown bear

g. a purple cotton sleeping bag/ a cotton purple sleeping bag

Answers: All the first options are in the correct form.

Rewrite putting the adjectives in the correct order

a. I bought (red/ a /comfortable/new) scooter.

b. She reached home and sat on (relaxing/old/her/wooden) chair.

c. We ate (Chinese/delicious/some) food.

d. I need (golden/delicious/some/round) apples.

e. We like to live in a (calm/unmediated/remote) place for some time.

f. She is wearing (silver/beautiful / a(n)/ old) ring.

g. I am looking for (golden/stylish/a/Japanese) watch.

h. She dropped (old/china/attractive/a(n)) cup and smashed it.

i. He wants to marry (young/pretty/educated/a(n)/rustic) girl.

j. We stayed in a (luxurious/five star/new) hotel in Dubai.

Order of Adjectives in a sentence

1. My brother rode……. horse.

       ( black beautiful Friesian big a)

2. I like that really…….tractor in the museum.

            ( red old big antique)

3. I wore… hat to sporting events.

           (a white red  and big black)

4. I love that … car.

            (old beautiful antique big green )

5. I watched…………. movie.

          (American an new  amazing )

Order of Adjectives in a sentence

1.  My brother rode a beautiful big black Friesian

     horse.

2. I like that really big old red antique tractor in

     the museum.

3. I wore a big red, white, and black hat to  

    sporting events.

4. I love that beautiful old big green antique car.

5. I watched an amazing new American movie.