{"id":238990,"date":"2017-10-06T09:09:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T09:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/gsi_study_guides\/ielts-tips-adjective-order-why-white-big-dog-does-not-exist\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:32:56","slug":"ielts-tips-adjective-order-why-white-big-dog-does-not-exist","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/ielts-tips-adjective-order-why-white-big-dog-does-not-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS tips: Adjective Order \u2013 Why \u2018White Big Dog\u2019 Does Not Exist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We often use multiple adjectives to describe the characteristics and features of nouns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Example:<\/strong> \u2018The girl is taking her <strong>big white<\/strong> dog out for walk\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In English, adjectives follow a particular order, therefore, you cannot say \u2018white big dog\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" src=\"\/\/siuk-europe.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/images\/ielts-classes.jpg\"  width=\"707\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Adjective Order\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">By learning the order, you can produce complicated sentences including many adjectives without any confusion. The order is as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Opinion<\/strong> (e.g. beautiful, polite, difficult)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2193<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Size<\/strong> (e.g. small, tall)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2193<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Age<\/strong> (e.g. old, new, young, antique) \/ Temperature (e.g. cold)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2193<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Shape<\/strong> (e.g. round, square, flat, sharp)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2193<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Colour<\/strong> (e.g. red, white, pale, dark)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2193<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Origin<\/strong> (e.g. Spanish, British)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2193<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Material<\/strong> (e.g. wooden, cotton)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2193<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Purpose<\/strong> (e.g. banking, to stay young)<\/p>\n<h2>Study IELTS in London or Manchester<\/h2>\n<p>There are many small rules, such as adjective order, which determine your English level and these are especially important if you want to get an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/ielts\/\">IELTS score of 7.0<\/a> or higher. Reading and listening to English is a great way to learn these tricky rules and instinctively know which adjective order sounds right!<\/p>\n<p>You can improve your English to advanced level by learning these rules and studying\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/\">IELTS in London<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/\">Manchester<\/a>. 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