Trật tự tính từ

1. Quy tắc
Khi dùng từ 2 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)...
2. Kích cỡ (Size): big (to), small (nhỏ), large (lớn), huge (khổng lồ), tiny(bé xíu), long (dài),
short (ngắn), tall (cao)...
3. Tuổi tác (Age): old (già, cũ), young (trẻ), new (mới), brand-new (mới toanh), ancient (cổ
đại), modern (hiện đại),...
4. Hình dáng (Shape): round (tròn), triangle (tam giác), cubic (hình hộp), heart-shaped
(hình trái tim), flat (bằng phẳng), square (hình vuông)...
5. 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 (đỏ thẫm),
brick red (đỏ gạch), emerald (xanh ngọc), jet black (đen nhánh),...
6. Nguồn gốc (Origin): Vietnamese, English, Indian, Thai, German, American,...
7. Chất liệu (Material): Silk (lụa), gold (vàng), silver (bạc), wooden (gỗ), metal (kim loại),
plastic (nhựa), leather (da), glass (thủy tinh), concrete (bê tông), ivory (ngà)...
8. Mục đích (Purpose): sitting, sleeping, wedding, waiting...

BÀI TẬP ÁP DỤNG 17

1. The _________ beard makes him look like his girlfriend’s father.
A. bushy long grey B. bushy grey long
C. long grey bushy D. long bushy grey
2. She picked the _________ flower up and poked it over her left ear.
 A. red small beautiful B. beautiful red small
C. small beautiful red D. beautiful small red
3. The _________ car is six years old now, but it is in good shape and still has low
mileage.
A. big Japanese black B. Japanese big black
C. big black Japanese D. black big Japanese
4. Her _________ attracted people’s attention when she walked in the hall.
A. long charming blonde B. charming blonde long
C. long blonde charming D. charming long blonde
5. They moved to a _________ house after many years living in a deprived house.
A. big modern brick B. brick big modern
C. modern big brick D. brick modern big
6. She went home and sat on her _________ bed after a hard day of work.
A. wooden old comfortableB. comfortable old wooden
C. old wooden comfortableD. old comfortable wooden
7. We ate some _________ apples that we had bought at the supermarket the night
before.
A. delicious red American B. American delicious red
C. red American delicious D. delicious American red
8. He bought a _________ ring to ask for his girlfriend's hand in marriage.
A. beautiful silver new B. new beautiful silver
C. beautiful new silver D. silver beautiful new
9. There is a _________ bag at the corner of the room.
A. small black plastic B. black small plastic
C. plastic small black D. plastic black small
10. He wanted to collect ancient things. Luckily, he saw a(n) _________ desk in the
library.
 A. old French writing B. French old writing
C. old writing French D. writing French old
11. I want a(n) _________ dress to wear to attend the party tonight.
A. green silk amazing B. amazing silk green
C. silk amazing green D. amazing green silk
12. Anna is terribly careless. She dropped the _________ plate and it smashed.
A. old beautiful glass B. beautiful old glass
C. glass beautiful old D. old glass beautiful
13. He is looking for a _________ bag that matches with his outfit.
A. black stylish leather B. stylish black leather
C. leather stylish black D. black leather stylish
14. She bought a _________ lunchbox that she could carry lunch to work.
A. new red plastic B. red plastic new
C. new plastic red D. plastic new red
15. The little boy is afraid of a _________ dog of the next-door neighbor.
A. big horrible German B. German horrible big
C. big German horrible D. horrible big German
16. He always buys some really _________ cheese to make the kids happy.
A. French delicious round B. round delicious French
C. delicious round French D. French round delicious
17. He, by himself, decorates his _________ car to pick up his bride.
A. wonderful flower wedding B. wedding wonderful flower
C. flower wedding wonderful D. flower wonderful wedding
18. He bought a _________ suit when he went there for a business trip.
A. woolen fabulous British B. British fabulous woolen
C. fabulous woolen British D. fabulous British woolen
19. She appeared with a(n) _________ coat and the audience could not help laughing.
A. unusual round white B. unusual white round
C. round white unusual D. white unusual white
20. When we came to her house, there was a(n) _________ bag on the floor.
A. old untidy sleeping B. untidy sleeping old
C. sleeping untidy old D. untidy old sleeping
21. In the kitchen is a _________ table.
A. beautiful large round wooden B. large beautiful wooden round
C. wooden round large beautiful D. round large wooden beautiful
22. I bought some _________ glasses.
A. German lovely old B. old lovely German
C. lovely old German D. German old lovely
23. I would visit the _________ castle whenever I have a chance.
A. German castle spooky B. spooky German ancient
C. castle spooky German D. spooky ancient German
24. She is a big fan of coffee. She cannot focus without a(n) _________ coffee.
A. hot black Italian B. Italian black hot
C. black Italian hot D. Italian hot black
25. Although they stayed in a _________ cottage but they lived happily.
A. cute little old B. cute old little C. old little cute D. little old cute
26. He found a _________ bowl in the unoccupied house.
A. round huge bowl B. mental huge round
C. huge round mental D. huge mental round
27. Anna brought a _________ bag for the overnight picnic.
A. red small sleeping B. small red sleeping
C. sleeping small red D. small sleeping red
28. That man was interested in a(n) _________ painting in the museum exhibition.
A. interesting French old B. old French interesting
C. French old interesting D. interesting old French
29. They dream of settling down in a(n) _________ village and happily live with their
wonderful children.
A. lovely little old B. little old lovely C. lovely old little D. old little lovely
30. John has a _________ cat which is too lazy to catch mice.
A. big black fat B. fat big black C. big fat black D. black big fat
31. I saw him taking out something in a _________ box.
A. yellow small plastic B. small yellow plastic
C. small plastic yellow D. plastic small yellow
32. We have to go home now. Look at the _________ clouds!
A. frightening big black B. frightening black big
C. big black frightening D. black big frightening
33. His parents promise that they will buy him _________ clothes if he can swim.
A. French new diving B. new diving French
C. new French diving D. diving new French
34. Despite giving birth to three children, Joana is such a _________ lady.
A. beautiful tall young B. beautiful young tall
C. tall beautiful young D. young tall beautiful
35. A _________ car is going to be launched to the market this year.
A. modern Vietnamese racing B. Vietnamese modern racing
C. racing modern Vietnamese D. Vietnamese racing modern
36. Jane really loves the _________ jewelry box that her parents gave her as a birthday
present.
A. nice wooden brown B. nice brown wooden
C. wooden brown nice D. brown wooden nice
37. He made a toy as a birthday gift to his daughter. It is a _________ house.
A. beautiful big pink B. beautiful pink big
C. pink beautiful big D. big pink beautiful
38. She gave him a _________ wallet as a souvenir when she returned from summer
vacation.
A. small brown leather B. leather small brown
C. small leather brown D. brown small leather
39. When I was going to school this morning, I saw a _________ girl.
A. Russian blonde young B. young blonde Russian
C. blonde young Russian D. young Russian blonde
40. He is one of the best-seller writers whose latest book is a(n) _________ novel.
A. unhappy Japanese fiction B. Japanese unhappy fiction
C. fiction unhappy Japanese D. unhappy fiction Japanese
41. He pretended to be dead when he recognized a(n) _________ bear.
A. old black big B. big old black C. black old big D. black big old
42. She looks so beautiful in that _________ dress. I wish she would be happy forever.
A. white silk wedding B. silk wedding white
C. silk white wedding D. wedding silk white
43. This is a _________ process. We have to struggle with it for a long time.
A. time-consuming complex long B. complex long time-consuming
C. complex time-consuming long D. long complex time-consuming
44. Every night, my mother tells _________ stories before I go to sleep.
A. traditional short interesting B. short traditional interesting
C. interesting traditional short D. short interesting traditional
45. We will never forget that _________ trip in Korea.
A. training long memorable B. memorable long training
C. long training memorable D. long memorable training