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When there are more than one adjective in front of a noun, we follow an order.

Adjectives usually come in this order.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Quantity Value/ Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material
Opinion

five good big old round bright Indian wooden

ten beautiful small new square green Chinese silk

Identify the adjectives and add appropriate punctuation marks.

1. I want to buy a wonderful, antique, dark, Kashmiri table.
opinion age colour origin
Let’s Play
2. I found a big square steel box.
Form two groups.
3. It was an old navy blue nylon bag. One group

4. I saw a large new red plastic bucket. describes a thing
using three or
5. We bought a beautiful old vase yesterday.
four adjectives.
6. I bought a beautiful new green cotton sari. Then, the other

7. This is an excellent round antique wooden table. group guesses
the thing and puts
8. I love that big vintage green car parked on the street.
the adjectives in
9. A Buddhist monk gave us a fantastic old Tibetan souvenir. the correct order.

10. I bought some lovely small Kashmiri carpets and rugs.

Remember
• If we have more than two adjectives in a sentence, we use commas after each
adjective except the last one. (I have a big, red Mexican hat.)

• If there are only two adjectives to describe the noun, we do not put a comma
between the adjectives. (I bought some colourful Kashmiri carpets.)
• Adjectives help us to draw ‘word pictures’ for readers. This makes the sentence
more interesting and descriptive.

• It is not necessary to use adjectives in every sentence and with all nouns. Doing
that would only clutter your writing.

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