Adjective Order - Exercises

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Numbe
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Opinio
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Size Age
Shap
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Colou
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Origi
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Materi
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Purpos
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Noun
the silly
youn
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Englis
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man
two huge round metal bowls
a
smal
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red sleeping bag
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Material Origin Purpose
Nice Small Old Square Black Plastic British Racing
Ugly Big New Circular Blue Cotton American Running
Choose the correct adjective order.
Q1 - bought a pair o! """""
shoes.
blac# leather
leather blac#
Q2 - t was a """" car.
red !ast
!ast red
Q3 - t$s a """" building.
big round
round big
Q4 - bought """" #ni!e.
a Swiss army
an army Swiss
Q5 - t$s """" %lm.
a beauti!ul old
an old beauti!ul
Q6 - &e$s """" man.
an un!riendly rich
a rich un!riendly
Q7 - t$s """" phone.
a mobile e'pensive
an e'pensive mobile
Q8 - t$s """" village.
an old lovely
a lovely old
Q9 - (he """" visitors were
)apanese.
two last
last two
Q10 - &e$s got """" eyes.
blue big
big blue
Q11 - t$s a """" house.
nice new
new nice
Q12 - t$s """" airline.
a popular American
an American popular
Q13 - t$s """" company
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a !amily old
an old !amily
Q14 - t$s a """" restaurant.
cheap good
good cheap
1. Which is the correct order?
a small Canadian thin lady
a Canadian small thin lady
a small thin Canadian lady
a thin small Canadian lady
2. Which is the correct order?
a carving steel new knife
a new steel carving knife
a steel new carving knife
a new carving steel knife
3. Which is the correct order?
a eautiful lue sailing oat
a lue eautiful sailing oat
a sailing eautiful lue oat
a lue sailing eautiful oat
4. Which is the correct order?
an old wooden square tale
a square wooden old tale
an old square wooden tale
a wooden old square tale
5. Which is the correct order?
an new !rench e"citing and
a !rench new e"citing and
an e"citing !rench new and
an e"citing new !rench and
. Which is the correct order?
a red ig #lastic hat
a ig red #lastic hat
a #lastic ig red hat
a it #lastic red hat
!. Which is the correct order?
a small $a#anese serving owl
a $a#anese small serving owl
a small serving $a#anese owl
a serving small $a#anese owl
". Which is the correct order?
a cotton dirty old tie
a dirty cotton old tie
an old cotton dirty tie
a dirty old cotton tie
Complete the following sentences using the correct adjective order. Use commas
between the adjectives if you have three or more.
Maria has """""" """""""" """"""""" """""""" hair.
blac#* beauti!ul* thic#
saw the """"""" """""""" """""""" table this morning.
wooden* ugliest* round
She loo#s so elegant in her """""""" """"""" """""""" coat.
wool* talian* long
(hat is the """"""""" """""""" """"""""" sculpture in this museum.
metal* most unusual* modern
(hey bought a lot o! """""""" """""""" """""""" !urniture on the trip.
ndian* anti+ue* interesting
1. At home there is a __________________table in the dining room. (beautiful,
wooden, square)
2. I was offered_____________ring by my husband. (gold, a/n, unusual)
3. y grandmother has !nitted______________sweater for me. (woolen, new,
ni"e, a)
#. I saw____________mo$ie with friends at home. (a/n, Ameri"an, old,
interesting)
%. It may rain & 'here are_____________"louds floating in the air. (bla"!, big,
rain, many)
(. It was su"h_____________day that we de"ided to go out for a wal!. (sunny,
lo$ely, "ool, a)
). y daughter has_______________hair. (bla"!, long, beautiful)
*. +ast wee!, I $isited____________$illage in a remote ,la"e. (little, "harming,
a/n, old)
-. 'he gallery e.hibited mainly______________,aintings. (old, /ren"h, strange)
10. 1ohn was gi$en________________!itten by his sister. (little, a/n, adorable,
bla"!)
11. It started to rain so I o,ened________________umbrella. (red and yellow,
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Adjective Order - Exercises
a/n, enormous)
12. I inherited _____________house built in 1*(0. (old, ,i"turesque, a/n)
13. _______________"ar was ,ar!ed o,,osite my house. (Italian, blue, slee!,
a/n)
ewrite the following phrases using the correct adjective order. Use commas
between the adjectives if you have three or more adjectives.
1 warm each a sandy eautiful

2 film handsome American a%n actor

3 a%n teacher intelligent #art&time likeale

4 alloon A #lastic red hot&air huge

5 A asement a#artment fully&furnished lovely

A dog lack #edigree friendly

! strange small A o" square metal

" ag' eautiful A travel leather old

1. beautiful Japanese car a/n old
2. big wooden rectangular tables Some
3. small cake A round delicious
4. strong rapper black French short the oung
!. watch gold m modern "aluable
#. carpet new $hinese charming red their small
%. old black big one $anadian bo&
'. small necklace sil"er charming a/n
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Adjective Order - Exercises
(. pro"erb $hinese interesting short a/n
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