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Adjectives and Adverbs > Word order: adjectives


Adjectives usually go before the noun they describe. When there are several adjectives the order is:

1. Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives
  • a beautiful, golden ring

  • a pretty, young girl

2. Adjectives of colour, origin, material and purpose usually go in that order:

Size - age - colour - origin - material - purpose

  • a small black metal box

  • an old English book

  • a new brown jacket

3. Numbers usually go before adjectives.

  • six large boxes

Some adjectives are seldom or never used before the noun they describe:

Afraid, alight, alike, alive, alone, ashamed, asleep, awake, aware.

  • The children were awake. (not - The awake children)

Some adjectives when they describe feelings and health are not used before the noun:

Fine, glad, content, ill, sorry, unsure, sure, upset, well
Note: “sick” can be used before the noun.

  • The woman who was ill. (not the ill woman)







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