This document provides examples of adjective order in descriptive phrases and asks the reader to choose the correct ordering of adjectives in each example. There is a general rule that adjectives should be ordered by opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose. For instance, descriptive adjectives like "big", "small", "long", and "short" referring to size generally come before color adjectives like "blue", "red", and "green".
This document provides examples of adjective order in descriptive phrases and asks the reader to choose the correct ordering of adjectives in each example. There is a general rule that adjectives should be ordered by opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose. For instance, descriptive adjectives like "big", "small", "long", and "short" referring to size generally come before color adjectives like "blue", "red", and "green".
This document provides examples of adjective order in descriptive phrases and asks the reader to choose the correct ordering of adjectives in each example. There is a general rule that adjectives should be ordered by opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose. For instance, descriptive adjectives like "big", "small", "long", and "short" referring to size generally come before color adjectives like "blue", "red", and "green".
1) He keeps the letters in a_______ box. a) yellow,big ,square b)big,square,yellow c)square,yellow,big 2)He was sitting at ________ desk. a) his antique rosewood b) his rosewood antique c)antique his rosewood 3) She was wearing a _________ dress. a)cotton,new,blue b) new,blue,cotton c)blue,cotton,new 4) An_______ rug covered the floor. a) old Persian Interesting b) Persian interesting old c) interesting old Persian 5) She got on her ________ bike and left. a) expensive modern red b) modern expensive red c)red modern expensive 6) Where did you buy that ______ table? a) coffee small glass b)small glass coffee c)glass small coffee 7) I ate ______soup. a) vegetable hot delicious b)hot delicious vegetable c) delicious hot vegetable 8) We see two _________women. a) middle -aged beautiful tall b) beautiful tall middle -aged c)beautiful middle -aged tall 9) She lost a _________ cat. a)small white b) small white c) white small 10)Choose the correct answer a) We took a ride on a blue old, Chinese bus. b) We took a ride on a Chinese,old blue bus. c) We took a ride on a old, blue Chinese bus.