ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

La posición del adjetivo en inglés varía según su función.

a.) Atributo (atributivos). Se colocan como norma general delante del nombre al que califican

An interesting book / Un libro interesante    A tall girl / Una chica alta

Si existe más de un adjetivo, se colocan igualmente delante. 

A big brown bear / Un gran oso marrón
A tall and thin girl / Una chica alta y delgada

b.) Predicado (predicativos), se colocan detrás del verbo.

This house is beautiful / Esta casa es bonita

Algunos adjetivos pueden cambiar de significado si su uso es atributivo o predicativo.

Ill luck / Mala suerte        She’s ill / Ella está enferma

Adjectives are often placed before a noun in the following order:

EVALUATION/OPINION	APPEARANCE	AGE	COLOR	ORIGIN	FUNCTION
EVALUATION/ OPINION	APPEARANCE/ QUALITY	AGE / PERIOD	COLOR/ PATTERN	ORIGIN / MATERIAL	TYPE / FUNCTION
beautiful	SIZE / MEASURE	new-born	red	GEOGRAPHICAL	TYPE
good	big / large	old	green	French	1st class
bad	small / little	young	blue	Mexican	multi-purpose
ugly	low	new	light-yellow	beach	wireless
interesting	high	antique	striped	mountain	HD / 3-D
fascinating	heavy	ancient	dark blue	oceanic	men’s
intelligent	SHAPE	five-year-old	deep purple	MATERIAL	FUNCTION
pretty	triangular	brand-new	pink	ceramic	hunting
unsightly	square	five-day-old	brown	cotton	cooking
foul	CONDITION	century-old	rose	wooden	walking
stupid	chipped	mature	olive	titanium	running
silly	broken	middle-age	aqua		dancing
ridiculous	rotten	teenage	lime		front-loading
easy	shiny	prehistoric	polka-dot		off-road