Check understanding

• Arrange multiple adjectives before a noun in conventional order, e.g. 'a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife' simplified to classroom examples like 'a small red bag' not 'a red small bag'
• Identify when adjective order sounds unnatural and rearrange to match English conventions, e.g. correct 'the wooden big table' to 'the big wooden table'
• Apply the size-before-colour-before-material pattern in descriptive writing, e.g. 'a tall grey stone castle' rather than 'a stone grey tall castle'

“When your child uses several describing words together — like "a tiny old wooden box" — does the order sound natural, or do they mix up the adjectives so it sounds odd?”