Basic 1
Order of Adjectives Exercise
• In English, it is common to use more than one adjective to describe a noun.
These adjectives must be used in the proper order.
Example:
Here is a beautiful, red, cloth flag.
Why does beautiful come before red?
Why does red come before cloth?
Use the following table to practice using the proper order of adjectives in the following sentences.
Number Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material Purpose Noun
Cyan
fantasti new marble Table
c
large Italian eating
five round
• Understanding the proper order of adjectives takes practice.
Choose the correct order of adjectives in the following sentences. 1) The woman is wearing a
________ dress. A) yellow long B) long yellow 2) He is a ________ man. A) tall thin B) thin tall 3)
The company makes ________ products. A) excellent farming B) farming excellent 4) James
recently departed on a ________ trip. A) camping long B) long camping 5) I love eating ________
strawberries. A) red big B) big red 6) The ________ woman did well on the test. A) intelligent
young B) young intelligent 7) The ticket costs ________ dollars. A) ten US B) US ten 8) The
scientists have found a ________ cure for the disease. A) new great B) great new 9) I am going to
wear my ________ tie to the wedding. A) big cotton blue B) blue big cotton C) big blue cotton 10)
Please recycle those ________ bottles. A) three water empty B) three empty water C) water empty
three 11) She packed her clothes in a ________ box. A) green flimsy cardboard B) flimsy green
cardboard C) cardboard flimsy green 12) Their dog is a ________ shepherd. A) brown big German
B) big brown German C) German big brown 13) I am drinking from a ________ cup. A) small
English tea B) tea small English C) English small tea 14) My ________ teacher talks for hours! A)
philosophy old boring B) old philosophy boring C) boring philosophy old D) boring old philosophy
Directions: Now write two of your own sentences using more than one adjective to describe a noun.
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