ORDERING ADJECTIVES

Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.

But did you know the articles — a, an, and the — are adjectives?
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm

Well, they are!

But, we aren't worried about WHAT an adjective is but in what ORDER do we place our adjectives.  Watch this video to get started:

It would take a linguistic philosopher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_philosophy) to explain why we say "little brown house" and not "brown little house" or why we say "red Italian sports car" and not "Italian red sports car."  It takes a lot of practice with a language before this order becomes instinctive, because the order often seems quite arbitrary.  There is, however, a pattern. You will find many exceptions to the pattern in the table below, but it is definitely important to learn the pattern of adjective order:

Here's another chart to help you figure out the order:

Try taking this quiz and refer back to the chart if you need help:
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/writing/magnetX.htm

So, how did you do?  Not so good?  That's OK.  Click here to review the materials and try another quiz:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives

Let's throw in one more review/quiz so you can feel REALLY comfortable with the material.  Enjoy!
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/exercises/adjectiveorder.htm

You can try this one too:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6877

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
                CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1d Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).