CHUYÊN ĐỀ

TRẬT TỰ CỦA TÍNH TỪ - THE ORDERS OF THE

ADJECTIVES
I. Quy tắc
Khi dùng từ hai tính từ trở lên để miêu tả cho một danh từ, nếu các tính từ cùng loại thì ta
phân cách chúng bằng dấu phẩy, còn nếu khác loại thì ta xếp chúng cạnh nhau.
Trật tự các tính từ được quy định theo thứ tự sau:
OSASCOMP
Opinion - Size - Age - Shape - Color - Origin -
Material - Purpose
Trong đó:
1. Từ nhận xét (Opinion): Useful (hữu ích), beautiful (đẹp), interesting (thú vị), lovely
(đáng yêu), delicious (ngon miệng), handsome (đẹp trai), glorious (lộng lẫy), luxurious
(sang trọng)
1. Kích cỡ (Size): big (to), small (nhỏ), large (lớn), huge (khổng lồ), tiny (bé xíu), long (dài),
short (ngắn),
tall (cao)...
2. Tuổi thọ (Age): old (già, cũ), young (trẻ), new (mới), brand-new (mới toanh), ancient (cổ
đại), modern
(hiện đại),...
3. Hình dáng (Shape): round (tròn), triangle (tam giác), cubic (hình hộp), heart-shaped (hình
trái tim), flat
(bằng phẳng), square (hình vuông)...
4. Màu sắc (Color): black (đen), red (đỏ), white (trắng), blue (xanh), yellow (vàng),
cream (màu kem), violet (tím), purple (đỏ tía), navy blue (xanh hải quân), magenta (hồng
thẫm), brick red (đỏ gạch), emerald (xanh ngọc), jet black (đen nhánh),...indigo(tràm)
2. Nguồn gốc (Origin): Vietnamese, English, Indian, Thai, German, American,...
3. Chất liệu (Material): Silk (lụa), gold (vàng), silver (bạc), wooden (gỗ), metal (kim loại),
plastic (nhựa),
leather (da), glass (thuỷ tinh), concrete (bê tông), ivory (ngà)...
4. Mục đích (Purpose): sitting, sleeping,
wedding, waiting... Ví dụ:
A beautiful old Indian lamp. (Một chiếc đèn Ấn Độ cổ tuyệt đẹp.)
A luxurious big new red Japanese car. (Một chiếc ô tô Nhật Bản to mới màu đỏ sang trọng.)

Exercise 1: Put the adjectives in the blankets in the correct orders.

Question 1: This store sells plenty of (beautiful/European wooden/old)_ beautiful
old European wooden_____rocking chairs.
Question 2: Don’t worry! I will buy you another (new/small/red)__ small new
red____purse.
Question 3: These are our (first/ American/ blue/three/big)__ first three big blue
American____cars.
Question 4: Her mother is a(n) (English /smart/young)_ smart young
English_____woman
Question 5: My grandfather has a (n) (muddy/ small/old)__ small old
muddy____storage house.
Question 6: The woman is a (young/beautiful/Latin/skinny/tall)__ beautiful tall
young skinny Latin____doctor.
Question 7: Of the three sisters, Mike has the most (big/ round/ beautiful)__ beautiful
big round____eyes.
Question 8: We like (American/ recent /economic)__  recent America
economic____policies.
Question 9: Where’s that (long/pink/silk/lovely)_ lovely long pink silk_____dress
that your boyfriend gave you?
Question 10: There are many (American/interesting/old)__ interesting old
American____history books in our library.
Question 11: My friend and I often go home on (shopping / new/ narrow/ crowed) __
crowded narrow new shopping____street.
Question 12: At the comer of his bedroom is a (Indian/old/beautiful)___ beautiful old
Indian___lamp.
Question 13: He bought a (beautiful/pink/small)__ beautiful small pink____house.
Question 14: She gave him a (black/leather/big)___ big black leather ___wallet.
Question 15: In my (green /nice/big)__ nice big green ____flat, my parents plant a lot
of flowers.
Question 16: The room was decorated with (magical/red/big)___ magical big red
___balloons.
Question 17: He invited that (old/ short/distinguished)__ distinguished short old
____lady to have dinner with his family.
Question 18: This family has (tall/ middle-aged /diligent/two)___ two diligent tall
middle-aged ___people who take part in the competition.
Question 19: Her favorite book is a(n) (boring/science/old)__ boring old science
____one which was bought by her boyfriend.
Question 20: She bought me a pair of (Italian/yellow/expensive/small)___ expensive
small yellow Italian ___shoes.
Question 21: She has a lot of friends but her best friend is Linda, a (graceful/ Jewish/
tall)__ graceful tall Jewish ____girl.
Question 22: It was a (blue/fast/new/Vietnamese)___ fast new blue Vietnamese
___car made by Vin group.
Question 23: In his business trip, he bought a (sharp/black/Swiss)___ sharp black
Swiss ___knife.
Question 24: Her husband is a (n) (Jewish/rich/unfriendly)__  unfriendly, rich Jewish
____man.
Question 25: It’s a (n) (mobile/expensive/white)__ expensive white mobile
____phone bought by my parents.
Question 26: Yesterday we went to a (Chinese/ narrow/ cheap)__ cheap narrow
Chinese ____restaurant.
Question 27: I lost my handbag, but it was only a(n) (old/Vietnamese/tatty)___ tatty
old Vietnamese ___one.
Question 28: The (British/brown/old)___ old brown British ___passport was much
easier than the new one.
Question 29: She has lots of (triangle/new/pink/big)___ big new triangle pink
___bags.
Question 30: Peter collected (huge/ivory/cubic/brown)__  huge cubic brown ivory
____tables.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer
Question 31: Please give me that______bucket to take out the trash.
A. green new plastic B. plastic green new C. new green plastic D. green plastic new
Question 32: That poor man used to live in a______house with two dogs and a cat.
A. big brick old B. big old brick C. brick old big D. brick big old
Question 33: She was wearing a______dress to dine out with her family.
A. dirty old flannel B. old dirty flannel C. old flannel dirty D. dirty flannel old
Question 34: Bring me the______bowl on that table to mix with pork.
A. round salt black B. black round salt C. round black salt D. salt black round
Question 35: Look at that______ship! It is one of the biggest ships in the world.
A. huge wooden sailing B. wooden sailing huge
C. sailing huge wooden D. huge sailing wooden
Question 36: Pass me the______cups to have my sister clean them.
A. red big plastic B. big red plastic C. red plastic big D. plastic big blue
Question 37: There’s a______lamp in his room for him to read books every single
day.
A. round small reading B. small reading round
C. reading round small D. small round reading
Question 38: The windows are in frames and they are decorated with colorful
flowers.
A. circular huge wooden B. huge circular wooden
C. wooden huge circular D. wooden circular huge
Question 39: When she came home, she gave me a______to apologize to me for
going home late at night.
A. delicious small cupcake B. small delicious cupcake
C. cupcake delicious lovely D. delicious cupcake small
Question 40: It is a(n)______woman. I’m too lucky to work with her at the office.
A. English young intelligent B. young intelligent English
C. intelligent young English D. intelligent English young
Question 41: He bought a______house as a gift for his new wife.
A. big pink beautiful B. beautiful pink big C. big beautiful pink D. beautiful big pink
Question 42: This is a______bag for my baby on the next trip to Thailand.
A. new black sleeping B. sleeping new black
C. black sleeping new D. new sleeping black
Question 43: Yesterday, my husband gave me a(n)______painting he bought when he
went on a business trip.
A. French old interesting B. interesting old French
C. old interesting French D. French interesting old
Question 44: We bought some______glasses for our children who like collecting
glasses.
A. German lovely old______ B. old lovely German
C. German old lovely______ D. lovely old German
Question 45: He has sold a______car for a beautiful woman in his neighborhood.
A. modem Vietnamese racing B. racing modem Vietnamese
C. Vietnamese racing modem D. modem racing Vietnamese
Question 46: Peter is the______runner-up although he is not good at running.
A. oldest American idol B. American idol oldest
C. oldest idol American D. American oldest idol
Question 47: She has her______hair cut by her mother, who is very meticulous.
A. short black beautiful B. black long beautiful
C. beautiful short black D. short beautiful black
Question 48: Visitors to the local museum are mostly attracted by______rocking
chair.
A. an old wooden European beautiful B. a beautiful old European wooden
C. an old beautiful wooden European D. a wooden old beautiful European
Question 49: In the kitchen there is a______table.
A. round large wooden beautiful B. large beautiful wooden round
C. wooden round large beautiful D. beautiful large round wooden
Question 50: My friend bought______from a shop on Tran Phu street.
A. a nice brown leather belt B. a brown nice leather belt
C. a leather brown nice belt D. a nice leather brown belt
Question 51: She has just bought______.
A. a French old interesting painting B. an interesting old French painting
C. a French interesting old painting D. an old interesting painting French
Question 52: I have a______bag.
A. red Dior nice new leather big B. nice big new red Dior leather
C. big new red leather nice Dior D. nice new big red Dior leather
Question 53: It is the______which we often use when having unexpected guests.
A. blue polyester sleeping bag B. polyester sleeping blue bag
C. blue sleeping polyester bag D. sleeping blue polyester bag
Question 54: We bought some______when we were on holiday to Singapore.
A. German lovely old glasses B. German old lovely glasses
C. lovely old German glasses D. old lovely German glasses
Question 55: There is______in my bed room.
A. an old square wooden table B. a square wooden old table
C. a square old wooden table D. an old wooden square table
Question 56: At first sight I met her, I was impressed with her______.
A. big beautiful round black eyes B. beautiful black big round eyes
C. beautiful big round black eyes D. beautiful round big black eyes
Question 57: Yesterday my mother bought______.
A. beautiful Italian some cotton hats B. Italian some beautiful cotton hats
C. some beautiful Italian cotton hats D. some hats beautiful Italian cotton
Question 58: This is a picture of a______bus.
A. red bright London B. bright red London
C. London bright red D. London red bright
Question 59: Jane bought me______handbag.
A. an ugly small old black plastic B. an ugly old small plastic
C. a small ugly black old plastic D. a black ugly plastic
Question 60: Jane really loves the______jewelry box that her parents gave her as a
birthday present.
A. wooden brown nice B. nice wooden brown
C. brown wooden nice D. nice brown wooden
Question 61: Paul has just sold his______car and intends to buy a new one.
A. black old Japanese B. Japanese old black
C. old black Japanese D. old Japanese black
Question 62: The only thing he bought on his trip to Italy was a______watch.
A. nice Italian new B. nice new Italian C. new Italian nice D. new nice Italian
Question 63: I met a______girl at my friend's birthday party last Sunday.
A. pretty American tall B. tall pretty American
C. tall American pretty D. pretty tall American
Question 64: The man driving a (n)______is my father’s boss.
A. blue Japanese expensive B. expensive Japanese blue
C. Japanese expensive blue D. expensive blue Japanese
Question 65: Lara goes to a (n)______temple every week.
A. great big ancient Buddhist B. Buddhist great big ancient
C. ancient great big Buddhist D. big great ancient Buddhist

Exercise 3: Find and correct the mistakes

Question 1: Their small nice white cat has gone missing.
=> _small nice  nice small_________.
Question 2: Bill was strongly impressed by Peter’s long brown shiny hair.
=> ____shiny long brown hair_______________________________
Question 3: We’ve been invited to a wonderful engagement big party.
=> ___wonderful big engagement party___________________________.
Question 4: Mr John is looking for a new fashionable car sports.
=> ____fashionable new sport cars_______________________________________.
Question 5: They live in a spacious modem brick house near a river.
=> ____________________________________________.
Question 6: Our kitchen has a wooden Chinese dining old oval table.
=> _____old oval Chinese wooden dining________________________________.
Question 7: The smallest child was given a small brick swimming red nice cap.
=> _______nice small red brick swimming__________________________.
Question 8: The auditorium needs a velvet pink silky curtain.
=> Silky pink velvet curtain
Question 9: He bought me a German magenta glass box.
=> _______magenta German glass box____________________________________.
Question 10: Look at the man who is wearing a tie dirty old cotton.
=> _________dirty old cotton tie____________________________________.
Question 11: David was a very eighteenth-century prominent actor.
=> _______a very prominent eighteenth-century actor_______________________
Question 12: The concert was performed by a new French exciting band.
=> _______an exciting new Frech band______________________________.
Question 13: They are lucky to own a big Japanese luxurious red new car.
=> __________a luxurious big new red Japanese car_____________________.
Question 14: He was the only one to have invented Spanish riding leather red boots.
=> ________red Spanish leather riding boots_____________________________.
Question 15: Yesterday, I bought a plastic beautiful French new small hairbrush.
 A beautiful small new French plastic hairbush