Adjective Order

Adjectives are used to give more information about a noun.  Look at the sentence below.

The children are playing with a ball. 

Does that sentence describe the picture on the right very well?  Not really.  One way to improve the sentence is to use an adjective to describe the ball.  For example:

The children are playing with a big ball. 

The children are playing with a red ball.

That's easy, right?  How about when you want to describe the ball's color and its size.  Or its color, size and the material it is made of, in this case rubber?  Do you know what order the adjectives should be used?

As a general rule adjectives appear in the order in the table below. Click on the table to see a larger version.

Adjective Order in English