Your ULTIMATE guide to order of adjectives in English!

Espresso English Podcast · Nov 4, 2025 · 6m

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Pop quiz: which is correct:

- a red big ball, or a big red ball?

- an awful old movie, or an old awful movie?

- a French lovely silk gown, or a silk French lovely gown, or a lovely French silk gown?

All of these examples are related to ordering adjectives in the English language - when we have multiple words describing something, how do we know which one comes first, next, and last?

That's exactly what you're going to learn today - and if you can master the correct adjective order, then you'll be able to…