CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY ENGLISH 6: LANGUAGE WORKSHEET 7.
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Language worksheet 7.2
In this worksheet you will focus on using adjectives correctly.
1 Look at this sentence. A sentence would not normally have so many adjectives, but this
is a useful example to help you think about the order adjectives come in.
It was a beautiful small old square black French wooden box.
What is the order of adjectives? Put these categories in the right order.
colour age opinion material shape size origin
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2 Unscramble these sentences so they are grammatically correct. Remember to think
about the
order of the adjectives.
a a picked I small book up blue.
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b beautiful he on saw metal floor a the key.
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c red you to wooden that pass strange can box me?
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d buy long love I friend to that blue would scarf my silk.
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e so necklace can old red a silver my that I up do needs new it clasp.
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f new Chinese the that gorgeous on high big street is some store silver cutlery
selling.
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