WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

It is unnatural to use more than two or three adjectives together in one phrase.

происхождение
Определяющее
Determiner

Compound
рисунок, узор
Condition

Material
Opinion

состояние

составное
материал

сложное,
Pattern
Colour

Origin
Shape
размер/

возраст
мнение

форма

noun
Size/
слово

Age

цвет
two nice young French men
a huge grey woollen jumper
his round spotty face
Pete’s dirty old walking shoes

Task: Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position.

1) a table (wooden/round/beautiful) _______________________________________________________
2) a ring (gold/unusual) _________________________________________________________________
3) a pullover (woolen/pink/nice/new) ______________________________________________________
4) a house (old/ugly/Turkish) ____________________________________________________________
5) gloves (black/comfortable/leather) ______________________________________________________
6) a film (interesting/American/old) _______________________________________________________
7) a face (long/thin/good-looking) ________________________________________________________
8) clouds (frightening/big/black) _________________________________________________________
9) a day (lovely/sunny/happy) ___________________________________________________________
10) an avenue (long/wide/noisy) __________________________________________________________
11) a painting (French/interesting/old) _____________________________________________________
12) an umbrella (yellow/enormous/red/expensive/Japanese) ____________________________________