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ADJECTIVE ORDER

In English, it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun -- for example, "He's a silly young fool," or "She's a smart, energetic
woman." When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to type. The correct order is as follows.

Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material Purpose


An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you).
A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is.
An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is.
A shape adjective describes the shape of something.
A color adjective, of course, describes the color of something.
An origin adjective describes where something comes from.
A material adjective describes what something is made from.
A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing". Examples: sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"),
1. WRITE THE ADJECTIVES BELOW IN THE CORRECT GROUP:
round, printing, oval, little, lunar, cooking, printing, new, large, metal, exciting, beautiful, young, roasting, American, flat, horrible, cotton,
colorful, eastern, paper, tiny, reddish, rectangular, old, silly, enormous, ancient, square, blue, French, wooden, interesting.
Opinion

Size

Age

Shape

Color

Origin

Material

Purpose

2. MAKE A SENTENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS: ball, round, rubber, tiny, bouncing, new, Swedish, yellow, cute
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2. WHATS THE CORRECT OPTION?

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(a) a small Canadian thin lady (b) a Canadian small thin lady (c) a small thin Canadian lady (d) a thin small Canadian lady
(a) a carving steel new knife (b) a new steel carving knife (c) a steel new carving knife (d) a new carving steel knife
(a) a beautiful blue sailing boat (b) a blue beautiful sailing boat (c) a sailing beautiful blue boat (d) a blue sailing beautiful boat
(a) an old wooden square table (b) a square wooden old table (c) an old square wooden table (d) a wooden old square table
(a) an new French exciting band (b) a French new exciting band (c) an exciting French new band (d) an exciting new French band
(a) a red big plastic hat (b) a big red plastic hat (c) a plastic big red hat (d) a bit plastic red hat
(a) a small Japanese serving bowl (b) a Japanese small serving bowl (c) a small serving Japanese bowl (d) a serving small Japanese bowl
(a) a cotton dirty old tie (b) a dirty cotton old tie (c) an old cotton dirty tie (d) a dirty old cotton tie

3. WHATS THE CORRECT ORDER?


1. round / small / reading / lamp

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2. German / old / yellow / car

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3. wooden / huge / sailing / ship

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4. physics / boring / old / teacher

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5. slim / Canadian / handsome / snowboarder

6. sugar / blue / round / bowl

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4. UNDERLINE THE CORRECT OPTION?


1. He invited that ___ lady to dinner. young beautiful / beautiful young
2. These are ___ products. excellent agricultural / agricultural excellent
3. Why can't you wear your ___ dress tonight? pink silk / silk Pink
4. The boy needs ___ balls for that activity ten cotton small / ten small cotton
5. I've booked that ___ table on the corner. big square / square big
6. Mary's husband gave her a ___ vase. porcelain French / French porcelain
7. He broke Mother's ___ milk jug. green old / old Green
8. My brother wants to meet that ___ girl. tall Japanese / Japanese tall
9. What do you plan to do with these ___ bottles? empty wine / wine empty
10. That ___ woman needs help. old foreign / foreign old
11. There are two ___ dresses in her closet. red beautiful / beautiful red

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