WordOrderforAdjectivesExercise

Belowyoucanseeadiagramexplainingthepositionofadjectivesbeforeanoun.Useitto
answerthequestionswhichfollow.
OPINION CONDITION SIZE AGE COLOUR ORIGIN MATERIAL NOUN
Orderthewordsintheboxes.
my teacher old maths smelly
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black small box Turkish a old
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man a fat friendly young
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tall our headmaster boring
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wooden dark a table long
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city a Spanish beautiful old
6 ................................................................
arts nice teacher French our
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new a perfect system

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18thcentury an Scottish castle
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a businessman horrible greedy
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a big old brown bear
11 ................................................................
student arrogant an middleclass
12 ................................................................
spoilt boy nasty a little
13 ................................................................
greeneyed gorgeous a girl
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Mysmellyoldmathsteacher
asmalloldblackTurkishbox
afriendlyfatyoungman
ourboringtallheadmaster
alongdarkwoodentable
abeautifuloldSpanishcity
ourniceFrenchartsteacher
aperfectnewsystem
an18thcenturyScottishcastle
ahorriblegreedybusinessman
abigoldbrownbear
anarrogantmiddleclassstudent
anastyspoiltlittleboy
agorgeousgreeneyedgirl

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WrittenbyBobWilsonRobertCliffordMcNairWilson2006