Types of adjectives, order of adjectives in the sentence. Students are taught how to organize adjectives within their sentences.

1. Order of Adjectives
Main Source:
First Steps in Academic Writing (Level 2)
Second Edition
By: Ann Hogue
Pearson Longman
Abdulaziz Assanosi
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2. Cumulative or Coordinate Adjectives
Cumulative Adjectives
Always go before nouns.
They must be in specific
order.
No comma between them
Coordinate Adjectives
Can go before nouns or
after linking verbs.
They can be in any order.
Use commas and the
word and with them

3. The cumulative adjectives should be in the
following order
(Articles, demonstratives, pronouns, possessive)
Quantity (two, many)
Opinion (beautiful, expensive)
Appearance (size, shape or length)(big, round, short)
Age, color (old, red)
Nationality, religion (French, Muslim)
Material, purpose (silk, skiing)
Noun as adjectives (shoe)

4. Coordinate Adjectives
Separate coordinate adjectives with commas and
write them in any order.
It was rainy, stormy, cold day.
It was stormy, cold , and rainy day
You MUST put and if the adjectives follow a linking
verb.
The weather was cold, rainy, and stormy.