Adjective Order

1- possessives, articles, demonstratives 2- amount number 3- opinion, acquired characteristic, changing qualities 4- size, dimension (how big?) 5- temperature, shape, form 6- age, date 7- color 8- fixed characteristic (where from?) 9- material (what is it made of?) 10- noun -ing form 11- head noun

Examples:

- An unsual silver bracelet 

- An ugly old lady

- A good-looking Italian athlete 

- An expensive modern car 

- Brown leather boots

- An old American log cabin

- A pleasant sunny day

- A large green apple

- A delicious hot sandwich

- A cheap cotton dress

- A big old green box 

- A long narrow street

- A little old country village 

- A big fat brown and white dog

- A black metal hair pin

- A long yellow wool skirt

- An odd old American painting

Order of Two or More Adverbs

1- They have been studying hard at school all morning. (The usual order for several adverbs is manner, place and time - MPT)

2- I was born at 10 pm on August 31st in 1960. ( The more exact adverb is before the more general one)

3- Press the button with your finger. Press it gently and countinuously. ( The shorter adverb is before the longer one)

Position of an Adverb in a Sentence

Examples:

1- I like coffee very much (The adverb follows the verb and the object; it can't be used between the verb and the object!)

2- She quickly closed the window

    He carefully opened the door

    They slowly walked to school

    (The adverb of manner is between the subject and the verb to give emphasis)

3- They have already left

     He has never been to England

     I am still studying the lesson

     She will rarely go to the movies

     We're always learning English

     (The pre-verb adverbs come before the main verb)

4- Adverbs which are normally put before the main verb: still, just, already, seldom, always, often, rarely, , hardly, only, little, never, sometimes, frequently, usually, quietly, and many other ones

5- He ran to work in a hurry (The adverb of manner comes in the end of the sentence)

6- He flew to London yesterday

    Yesterday he flew to London

    (The adverb of time can be used either in the end or in the beginning of the sentence)