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Order of Adjectives
When we use more than one adjective before a noun in English, we often put the adjectives in a specific order.

It can sounds quite strange if the adjectives are in a different order.

However, there are two things to remember.

First,
it’s very rare to use more than three adjectives before a noun.

Second,
sometimes the order can be changed, usually to emphasise something.

Here is the order that we generally follow:

1: Opinion: pretty, horrible, lovely
2: Size: huge, tiny, big, little
3: Age: old, young, new
4: Shape: round, square, triangular
5: Colour: black, red, yellow.
6: Origin: British, Chinese, French
7: Material: woollen, wooden, silk
8: Purpose: writing (paper), school (shoes)


Here are some examples:
 I carried a very small black suitcase.
 They have some old French paintings.
 She was wearing a new red silk dress.
 That is a really ugly wooden chair.
 We bought a new round kitchen table.
 There are some new Chinese students in the class.

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