Adjective Order - Exercises

Article/
Number
Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose Noun

the silly young English man

two huge round metal bowls
a small 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 - I bought a pair of _____ shoes. Q8 - It's ____ village.

black leather an old lovely
leather black a lovely old

Q2 - It was a ____ car. Q9 - The ____ visitors were Japanese.

red fast two last
fast red last two

Q3 - It's a ____ building. Q10 - He's got ____ eyes.

big round blue big
round big big blue

Q4 - I bought ____ knife. Q11 - It's a ____ house.

a Swiss army nice new
an army Swiss new nice

Q5 - It's ____ film. Q12 - It's ____ airline.

a beautiful old a popular American
an old beautiful an American popular

Q6 - He's ____ man. Q13 - It's ____ company

an unfriendly rich a family old
a rich unfriendly an old family

Q7 - It's ____ phone. Q14 - It's a ____ restaurant.

a mobile expensive Chinese good
an expensive mobile good Chinese

Compiled and Amended by Robert Eastland

 Adjective Order - Exercises

1. Which is the correct order? 5. Which is the correct order?

a small Canadian thin lady an new French exciting band
a Canadian small thin lady a French new exciting band
a small thin Canadian lady an exciting French new band
a thin small Canadian lady an exciting new French band

2. Which is the correct order? 6. Which is the correct order?

a carving steel new knife a red big plastic hat
a new steel carving knife a big red plastic hat
a steel new carving knife a plastic big red hat
a new carving steel knife a bit plastic red hat

3. Which is the correct order? 7. Which is the correct order?

a beautiful blue sailing boat a small Japanese serving bowl
a blue beautiful sailing boat a Japanese small serving bowl
a sailing beautiful blue boat a small serving Japanese bowl
a blue sailing beautiful boat a serving small Japanese bowl

4. Which is the correct order? 8. Which is the correct order?

an old wooden square table a cotton dirty old tie
a square wooden old table a dirty cotton old tie
an old square wooden table an old cotton dirty tie
a wooden old square table a dirty old cotton tie

Rewrite the following phrases using the correct adjective order. Use commas
between the adjectives if needed.

1. warm beach a sandy beautiful

2. kind handsome American a/n actor

3. a/n teacher intelligent part-time likeable

4. balloon a plastic red hot-air huge

5. a basement apartment fully-furnished lovely

6. beautiful Japanese car a/n old

7. watch gold my modern valuable

8. carpet new Chinese charming red their small cozy

9. proverb Chinese interesting short a/n helpful

10. strong rapper French short the young

Compiled and Amended by Robert Eastland