Identifying a Sentence with the Correct Adjective Order

Adjectives are words that tell about a noun. Often, more than one adjective is used to describe the same noun.
 

She gave me long red silk roses.

 

The adjectives long, red, and silk all describe the noun roses.
 

When more than one adjective is used, the adjectives usually go in a certain order. This table shows that order.
 

Article	Opinion	Size	Shape	Age	Color	Origin	Material	Purpose/Qualifier	Nounv
a	lovely			old	red				post
an				old		Italian		race	car
a	charming	small					silver		ring

A purpose or qualifier is often considered part of the noun. When you put a purpose or qualifier with a noun, the result is similar to a compound word.