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Order of adjectives
Opinion Size Shape Age Color Origin Material Purpose
A subjective To estimate the To mark out To convey how To describe To show the To express To define what
attitude to dimensions of any forms old something any colors or country an materials an an object is
someone or an object or a an object or someone is tints an object object/person object can be used for
something person can have e.g. antique, can have comes from made of e.g. dining,
e.g. nice, e.g. large, e.g. round, young, two- e.g. grey, e.g. French, e.g. wooden, hotel,
perfect huge, narrow triangular year-old silver, beige English, Italian silk, woolen swimming

Exercise 02. Correct or wrong?

Exercise 01. Put the adjectives in the correct order
CorrectWrongIron your green old sport sweater.She lost her
Don’t look for your ___________________ scarf, I’m
glass unique tiny shoe.Is it an antique bronze Greek
washing it. (winter/woolen/grey)
bust?He doesn’t see my ink blue pen.Will you call my
Lincoln walked among _____________________
trees. (yellow-and-red/ tall/autumn) old army pal?Tom ate sweet fresh cherry pie.My car is
She noticed a ____________________ spot on her a European rusty bucket.Can you buy this blue big
favorite jacket. (strange/black/oval) balloon?Your new leather Thai bag is nice.I saw his
This _________________________ dress doesn’t suit cool green Italian bike.
you. (silk/loose/azure/vivid)
Put your _________________________ boots out of
the carpet. (dirty/green/rain/rubber)
This ________________________ chair is a piece of
art. (leather/grayish/new)
Imagine a ___________________________ table.
(large/working/wooden/comfortable) Exercise 03. Make up sentences
She has a _________________________ hair.
gadgets/to/I/want/buy/European/don’t/any/popular
(brown/long/beautiful/curly)
________________________________________________
Are you sure I will find this _________________
crimson/British/his/car/sport/is/new/broken
______________________ hat in that shop?
________________________________________________
(pirate/unique/leather/black/triangular)
is/elegant/this/American/lady/teacher/our/tall/new ?
Do you recognize this ______________________
________________________________________________
__________ lady, Mr. Smith? (Spanish/
Roman/want/do/to have/you/this/vase/why/marble/old ?
charming/tall/young)
________________________________________________

Exercise 04. Distribute the adjectives in the correct groups

OpinionSize Shape Age Color Origin Material Purpose

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Exercise 01. Put the adjectives in the correct order Exercise 02. Correct or wrong?

CorrectWrongIron your green old sport sweater.+She lost

Don’t look for your grey woolen winter scarf, I’m
washing it. (winter-woolen-grey) her glass unique tiny shoe.+Is it an antique bronze
Lincoln walked among tall yellow-and-red autumn Greek bust?+He doesn’t see my ink blue pen.+Will you
trees. (yellow-and-red; tall-autumn) call my old army pal?+Tom ate sweet fresh cherry pie.
She noticed a strange oval black spot on her favorite +My car is a European rusty bucket.+Can you buy this
jacket. (strange-black-oval)
blue big balloon?+Your new leather Thai bag is nice.+I
This vivid loose azure silk dress doesn’t suit you.
saw his cool green Italian bike.+
(silk-loose-azure-vivid)
Put your dirty green rubber rain boots out of the
carpet. (dirty-green-rain-rubber)
This new grayish leather chair is a piece of art.
(leather-grayish-new)
Imagine a comfortable large wooden working table.
(large-working-wooden-comfortable)
Exercise 03. Make up sentences
She has a beautiful long curly brown hair. (brown-
long-beautiful-curly) gadgets/to/I/want/buy/European/don’t/any/popular
Are you sure I will find this unique triangular black I don’t want to buy any popular European gadgets.
leather pirate hat in that shop? (pirate-unique- crimson/British/his/car/sport/is/new/broken
leather-black-triangular) His new crimson British sport car is broken.
Do you recognize this charming tall young Spanish is/elegant/this/American/lady/teacher/our/tall/new ?
lady, Mr. Smith? (Spanish-charming-tall-young) Is this elegant tall American lady our new teacher?
Roman/want/do/to have/you/this/vase/why/marble/old ?
Why do you want to have this old Roman marble vase?

Exercise 04. Distribute the adjectives in the correct groups

Opinionstylish, splendid, amazing, prettySize huge, little, tall,

vastShape polygonal, curved, streamlined, curlyAge half-year-old,
ancient, decrepit, youngColor beige, azure, black, reddishOrigin
Portuguese, Thai, Russian, PeruvianMaterial leatherette, flax, iron,
bronzePurpose dining, dance, swimming, sitting