Order of Adjectives


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  1. 1.

    Categorise these adjectives as opinion, size, age, colour, shape, origin or material.

    plasticnarrownobletalltriangular
    woollenhorriblebrightfatcheap
    thicksteeluglyflatweak
    concreteroundenormousshimmerywooden

     

  2. 2.

    Choose the correct order of adjectives from the options.

    1. Argo returned home in a ______________ shirt.
      1. clean new blue
      2. blue clean new
      3. new blue clean
    2. We can use ______________ cups to make a telephone model.
      1. plastic small white
      2. small white plastic
      3. white plastic small
    3. The children gave the little boy a ______________ puzzle box as a parting gift.
      1. round cardboard big
      2. cardboard round big
      3. big round caedboard
    4. He drove a ______________ truck.
      1. fast old red German
      2. German fast old red
      3. fast old German red
    5. The ______________ bag has sugar.
      1. brown round large
      2. round large brown
      3. large round brown
    6. There is a ______________ restaurant in Saket.
      1. wonderful new Chinese
      2. new Chinese wonderful
      3. new wonderful Chinese
    7. The ______________ traveller decided to stop for a glass of lemonade.
      1. tall American exhausted
      2. American tall exhausted
      3. exhausted tall American
    8. My parents' new house has a ______________ garden.
      1. large rectangular green
      2. large green rectangular
      3. rectangular large green
    9. The restaurant gave us a ______________ cake as a complementary dessert.
      1. round chocolate delicious
      2. chocolate delicious round
      3. round delicious, chocolate
    10. The man was selling ______________ dolls.
      1. tiny japanese red
      2. red Japanese tiny
      3. tiny red Japanese
    11. My friend and I bought ______________ earrings.
      1. long heavy silver
      2. heavy silver long
      3. silver long heavy
    12. Our client is a ______________ man.
      1. handsome tall Russian
      2. tall handsome Russian
      3. Russian handsome tall
  3. 3.

    Rewrite these sentences placing the adjectives in the correct order.

    1. I bought a cotton white beautiful kurta.
    2. The reserved forest is full of circular brown large rocks.
    3. The shiny metallic round ball is expensive.
    4. I have just bought a French tiny square box.
    5. Shiela bought a shinny, large, black car.
    6. A white massive old suitcase lies unclaimed.
    7. The grey round small object remains a mystery.
    8. I would love a new silver small nosepin.
    9. We have designed a new rectangular thin bookmark.
    10. My grandmother is a gentle short dignified lady.
  4. 4.

    Use the adjectives in the table to make sentences. Use at least three adjectives from the table in each sentence. Make as many sentences as you can.

    OpinionSizeAgeColourShapeOriginMaterialNoun
    importantmassiveoldbluesquareAmericansynthetic 
    tiredtinythreereddishlongIndianwood 
    happysmallyoungpinkflatArabicplastic 
    delicioustallantiquegreenroundItalianwoollen 
    cool  whitish    

     

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