What is the shape of this dress? Is it long or short? It is long. Color goes before Origin so we say it is: Its origin, French, goes before the material, Silk. So we say it is: France is a noun, its adjective is French. Silk is a material so it goes before the purpose. It isn’t made of plastic or gold, it is made of silk. What type of dress is it? What is the purpose of this dress?
A beautiful long white French silk wedding dress.I will go into more details about each of these categories in a moment. Ugly is an opinion, small is a size, old refers to age, thin refers to shape, red is a color, Italian refers to its origin, cotton refers to the material the bag is made of, sleeping is the purpose of the bag. It is not common to have so many adjectives before a noun, but I do this so you can see the correct order of adjectives. It is an ugly small old thin red Italian cotton sleeping bag.
Let’s look at an example about describing a bag. If we take the first letter of each one, it creates OSASCOMP which is an easy way to remember the order. Opinion – Size – Age – Shape – Color – Origin – Material – Purpose The order of adjectives before a noun is usually the following: So what is the correct order of adjectives before a noun? What happens if a hat is both brown AND old?ĭo we say… an old brown hat OR a brown old hat?Īn old brown hat is correct because a certain order for adjectives is expected.Ī brown old hat sounds incorrect or not natural. Correct order of adjectivesĪdjectives sometimes appear after the verb To Be (CARD – LINK TO VIDEO)Īdjectives sometimes appear before a noun.īUT… Sometimes you want to use more than one adjective to describe something (or someone). An adjective is a word that describes something (a noun).Īn adjective gives us more information about a person or thing.
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