This document provides information about ordering adjectives according to conventional patterns. It explains the typical order of adjectives as opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose. Several examples are given for each type of adjective. The document also includes practice ordering adjectives correctly and writing sentences using adjectives in the proper sequence.

1. Ordering Adjectives
I can order adjectives in sentences
according to conventional patterns.

2. ELACC4L1
Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
d. Order adjectives within sentences
according to conventional patterns (e.g.,
a small red bag rather than a red small
bag).

3. What are adjectives?
Adjectives are words that describe or tell
about nouns or pronouns.
Adjectives make sentences more
interesting.
They give details that make your meaning
clearer.
They tell what kind or how many.

4. Use adjectives to
describe the trees.

5. Use adjectives to
describe the bats.

6. Use adjectives to describe
the jack-o-lantern.

7. Use adjectives to
describe the monsters.

8. Sort the adjectives.
What
Kind?
How
Many?
white
few
ghoulish
several
round
wicked
six

9. Highlight the adjectives
in the sentences.
Seven ghastly goblins haunted the young
children.
We saw many pumpkins glowing orange
that scary night.
My blonde wig didn’t match my costume,
so I had to buy one black wig for fourteen
dollars.

10. Which sentence sounds
better?
The old green wicked witch cackled out
loud.
The green wicked old witch cackled out
loud.

11. Adjectives have an
ORDER!

12. Ordering
Adjectives
opinion
size
age
shape
color
origin
material
purpose

13. Ordering Adjectives
An opinion adjective explains what you
think about something (other people may
not agree with you).
For example: silly, beautiful, horrible,
difficult
Halloween opinion adjectives???

14. Ordering Adjectives
A size adjective, of course, tells you how
big or small something is.
For example: large, tiny, enormous, little

15. Ordering Adjectives
An age adjective tells you how young or
old something or someone is.
For example: ancient, new, young, old

16. Ordering Adjectives
A shape adjective describes the shape of
something.
For example: square, round, flat,
rectangular

17. Ordering Adjectives
A color adjective, of course, describes the
color of something.
For example: blue, pink, reddish, gray

18. Ordering Adjectives
An origin adjective describes where
something comes from.
For example: French, lunar, American,
eastern, Greek

19. Ordering Adjectives
A material adjective describes what
something is made from.
For example: wooden, metal, cotton,
paper

20. Ordering Adjectives
A purpose adjective describes what
something is used for. These adjectives
often end with “-ing”.
For example: sleeping (as in “sleeping
bag”), catching (as in “catching mitt”)

21. Some Examples of
Adjective Order
OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOR ORIGIN MATERIAL PURPOSE
NOUN
silly young English man
huge round metal bowl
small red sleeping bag
old green wicked witch

22. Ordering Adjectives
Click here to practice.

23. On your own…
Write a sentence using three or more
adjectives IN ORDER.
gigantic
four
orange
roasted
scary
round
farm-raised