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Adjective Order Practice Guide

The document discusses the usual order of adjectives in English. It provides 20 examples of phrases with adjectives in different orders and asks the reader to identify which order is most common or usual. The usual order of adjectives from most common to least is: opinion (e.g. beautiful), size (e.g. big), age (e.g. old), shape (e.g. square), color (e.g. red), origin (e.g. French), material (e.g. wooden), type (e.g. electronic).

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Adjective Order Practice Guide

The document discusses the usual order of adjectives in English. It provides 20 examples of phrases with adjectives in different orders and asks the reader to identify which order is most common or usual. The usual order of adjectives from most common to least is: opinion (e.g. beautiful), size (e.g. big), age (e.g. old), shape (e.g. square), color (e.g. red), origin (e.g. French), material (e.g. wooden), type (e.g. electronic).

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Adjective order | 1

Decide which of the noun phrases in the sentences on the right are in the usual word order.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. She was wearing red beautiful shoes.
2. She was wearing beautiful red shoes.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. He is just an old silly man.
2. He is just a silly old man.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. She bought a new powerful computer.
2. She bought a powerful new computer.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. They have just moved into a modern big house.
2. They have just moved into a big modern house.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. Last night I watched an interesting German film.
2. Last night I watched a German interesting film.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. I need a new electronic dictionary.
2. I need an electronic new dictionary.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. My cellar is full of black big spiders.
2. My cellar is full of big black spiders.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. She was carrying a new beautiful bag.
2. She was carrying a beautiful new bag.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. I hate this awful wet weather.
2. I hate this wet awful weather.

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Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. I like that small glass coffee table.
2. I like that glass small coffee table.
3. I like that coffee glass small table.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. There is a red horrible insect on your back.
2. There is a horrible red insect on your back.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. Sim City is a new exciting computer game.
2. Sim City is a new computer exciting game.
3. Sim City is an exciting new computer game.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. I ate hot delicious soup for lunch.
2. I ate delicious hot soup for lunch.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. They live in a wonderful old wooden house.
2. They live in an old wonderful wooden house.
3. They live in a wooden wonderful old house.

Which is the usual order of adjectives?


1. They are a heavy loud metal band.
2. They are a loud heavy metal band.
3. They are a metal heavy loud band.

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