Adjective Order

When there is a series of adjectives for one noun, the sequence bellowed is followed:
1. Determiner
2. Number
3. Opinion
4. Size
5. Age
6. Shape
7. Color
8. Nationality
9. Religion
10. Material
11. Noun

(A, AN, THE, HIS, MY)

(ONE, TWO)
(BAD, BEAUTIFUL, COOL, DELICIOUS)
(BIG, HUGE, LITTLE)
(9 YEAR OLD, NEW, MIDDLE-AGED)
(LONG, ROUND, SQUARE)
(BLUE, GREY)
(BRAZILIAN, AMERICAN)
(CATHOLIC, MUSLIM)
(PLASTIC, WOOD)
(PLATE, CHAIR, GLASS)

Example
A beautiful young white horse
That ugly long beige skirt
The tall old Polish swimmer
1. Put the adjectives in the correct sequence:
A plastic expensive round table
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My towel beautiful square silk white
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A stupid pilot middle-aged French
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Porcelain gorgeous little flowers
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2. Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blanks
My cousin will buy a __________ car
Black cool
German fantastic
huge black
beautiful nice
I wish I had money to get that __________ coat to my father
Leather green
expensive leather
blue soft
old big
I love that __________ girl
Young little fat
5-year-old little
gorgeous tinny
Tom had __________ horses when he was a child
Wood small brown
two plastic small
three fast huge
What a __________ necklace!
Yellow odd-shaped
nice odd-shaped gold
fantastic yellow gold
She has some __________ boots
Black leather
black old leather
leather old black

Some adjectives are followed by prepositions

Afraid of
from
Full of
Proud of

anxious about
good at
responsible for

ashamed of
happy for/with/ about
satisfied with

bad at
interested in
scared of

different
jealous of
tired of

3. Choose the correct alternative from the list above.

Everybody in Joes family is very outgoing and talkative. He is _____________________ all
of them, he is extremely shy and always hiding.
Sally quitted her job because she was _____________________ her boss complaining
about her work all the time.
Tommy is a very efficient and outstanding employee. After only two years in the
company he is _____________________ the sales department and he is very
_____________________ it.
There is a model agency _____________________ Ann and she is very
_____________________ herself because of it.
Jane broke up with Garry because he was too _____________________ her.
Anitas son got a full scholarship and shes very _____________________ it.
Adjectives often confused.
Clear
Clean

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Farther
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Further
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Last
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Latest
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Nervous
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Angry
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