Adjective order - Learners' Questions

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Belen in Spain asks: "Which is the correct order for adjectives?" Dan has the answer. When using two or more adjectives together, the order is important. Adjectives are put in the following order: opinion, size, quality, age, shape, colour, participle forms, origin, material type and purpose It's a beautiful old Indian carpet. Joining Adjectives We can join 2 adjectives from the same group together using and: It's a beautiful old red and green Indian carpet. We can join two contradictory adjectives together using but: It's an old but expensive Indian carpet. Similar meaning If two adjectives have a similar meaning, the shorter one goes first: It's a soft, comfortable chair. For more, visit our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/english-you-need/unit-6/session-5 Transcript Hi guys! Dan for BBC Learning English here with this week's Learner Question. Find out what it is after this. OK! This week's learner question comes from Belen from Spain. Who asks, "May I ask which the correct order in adjectives is?" Of course you can Belen. Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Here we go. When we use two or more adjectives together to describe a noun, the order that we put them in is quite important. For example, we don't usually say an old Indian beautiful carpet. That sounds weird. It sounds much better say a beautiful old Indian carpet. As a general rule, adjectives are placed in the following order: opinion, size, quality, age, shape, colour,

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