Name___________________________________________Group__________ Date____________

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
OPINION – SIZE – CONDITION – AGE – SHAPE - COLOR – ORIGIN - MATERIAL - PURPOSE - NOUN

Arrange the adjectives in the right order:

1. There was a ____________________________________________________________dog outside the
house. (black, terrifying, huge)

2. I gave her some _________________________________________________________handkerchiefs

for her birthday. (beautiful, white, cotton)

3. There was a___________________________________________________________picture hanging

on the wall. (old, wonderful, Impressionist)

4. Have you seen a pair of _________________________________________________________ gloves?

(boxing, brown, leather)

5. She was wearing a____________________________________________________________sweater.

(nice, winter, woolen)

6. There is a_______________________________________________________________church in this

town. (famous, Gothic, ancient)

7. My mother bought several ________________________________________________________ plates

for the picnic. (plastic, blue, small)

8. The ____________________________________________girl didn’t feel comfortable living with the

British family. (shy, French, fifteen-year-old)

9. There were a lot of ___________________________________________________________ ornaments

on the shelf. (china, little, useless)

10. Why don’t you wear your _______________________________________________________ coat?

It’s rather cold. (thick, fur, big)

Choose the right option:

1. a a cotton dirty old tie 5. a. an old wooden square table

b. a dirty cotton old tie b. a square wooden old table
c. an old cotton dirty tie c. an old square wooden table
d. a dirty old cotton tie d. a wooden old square table

2. a. a small Japanese serving bowl 6. a. a beautiful blue sailing boat

b. a Japanese small serving bowl b. a blue beautiful sailing boat
c. a small serving Japanese bowl c. a sailing beautiful blue boat
d. a serving small Japanese bowl d. a blue sailing beautiful boat

3. a. a red big plastic hat 7. a. a carving steel new knife

b. a big red plastic hat b. a new steel carving knife
c. a plastic big red hat c. a steel new carving knife
d. a big plastic red hat d. a new carving steel knife

4. a. a new French exciting band 8. a. a small Canadian thin lady

b. a French new exciting band b. a Canadian small thin lady
c. an exciting French new band c. a small thin Canadian lady
d. an exciting new French band d. a thin small Canadian lady