Number OF
ORDER Opinion Size
ADJECTIVES
Age
Shape Colour Origin
Material Noun
Numb Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Materi Noun
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Two beautiful small old round brown Greek wooden tables
An impressi big square red Scottish stone castle
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Exercise A: Order of Adjectives
2. Three modern red Indian cotton
1. small , brown , Greek , old , two , wooden , beautiful , tables , round
blouses
2. cotton , blouses , Indian , three , modern , red
3.3.Three
Swiss , antique , gold small
, small ,antique
three , clocks gold Swiss
clocks
4. yellow , old , woolen , pullovers , five , ugly , Swedish
4.5.Five ugly , leather , two old
pairs of trousers , fashionable yellow Swedish woolen
pullovers
5.6.Two
dresspairs
, longof, elegant , satin ,a ,black
fashionable leather
trousers
7. rectagular , plastic,cheap ,ten , Chinese , trays
6.8.An
red , three , expensivelong
elegant , cars , new black sation
dress
9. Japanese , horses , little , eight , wooden , beautiful
7.10.
Tenyoung , nice , a , Portugese , tall , girl rectangular
cheap Chinese plastic trays
8. Three expensive new red
Numb
cars Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Materi Noun
er al
9. Eight beautiful little Japanese wooden
horses
1. Two small old round brown Greek wooden tables
beauti
10. A nice
fu l tall young Portugese girl
Exercises B:
Correct the sentences where necessary.
1. I wore a yellow bright dress to the party.
…bright yellow dress……………………………………………………………..……..
2. She spat some blue sticky strange chewing gum in the street.
Strange blue sticky
3. He gave a round, small, green, interesting package to her.
Interesting, small, round ,green
4. It was a plastic, old, cooking, American pan.
Old, American,plastic, cooking
5. The table was covered with a Chinese, blue, beautiful table cover.
Beautiful, blue, Chinese
6. I have a blue, new, pretty, small, delivery van.
Pretty small new blue delivery van
7. That is an old, gardening, ugly glove.
Ugly old gardening
8. They played with a plastic, ball-like, old toy.
Old ball-like plastic
9. The new, fizzy, sports, Italian drink became popular very quickly.
…new fizzy Italian sports……………………………………………………………..……..
10. We are planning to throw away the pinkish, Polish, old rug.
……old pinkish Polish…………………………………………………………..……..
Exercise C:
CHOOSE THE CORRECT SENTENCE
Tick ( ✔) the sentence with the correct adjective order.
1. a) She has a blue little lovely handbag.
b) She has a lovely little blue handbag. ✔
2. a) We saw an old French beautiful castle.
b) We saw a beautiful old French castle.
3. a) He bought a cotton white soft shirt.
b) He bought a soft white cotton shirt.
4. a) Look at that big scary round monster!
b) Look at that scary big round monster!
5. a) This is a modern red Chinese paper lantern.
b) This is a red modern Chinese paper lantern.
Part 7: Make sentences with minimum 3 adjectives from the list above, below,
or otherwise
****Opinion, Size, Quality, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material,
PURPOSE****
OPINIONS: terrible, amazing, attractive, boring, difficult, disgusting, stylish,
hard, playful, cute, spooky, handsome
SIZE: puny(tiny), large, long, short, fat, slim, compact, grand, bulky, wide,
vast, slim, narrow, immeasurable
QUALITY: excellent, fine, superior, inferior, good, high-class, simple,
everyday, fresh, rancid, sweet, salty, crusty
AGE: young, old, youthful, juvenile, elderly, senior, adult, kiddish
SHAPE: flat, straight, angular, crooked, oval, triangular cylindrical, rectangular,
sharp, bent, tapering, horizontal
COLOUR: pale green, dark red, shimmering orange, glossy white, loud pink,
vivid blue, monochromatic, silver
ORIGIN: British, American, Moroccan, Dutch, Jewish, Christian, Sikh,
Brazilian, Buddhist, Greek, Polish, Swiss
MATERIAL: cotton, silver, gold, diamond, leather, velvet, paper, hardboard,
glass, crystal, rock, copper
PURPOSE: coffee, study, cinema, resting, party, dancing, tennis, swimming,
job, fun, walking, cleaning
Some ideas for your sentences: movie, jacket, dish, book, restaurant,
bike, toy, person, dog, house, shirt, shoes
1. I saw a boring, long, old, American movie this morning.
2. This attractive, compact, simple, dark red, Swiss leather jacket is expensive.
3. I had a delicious, Italian dish at the party.
4. This is an amazing, classic, British, story book.
5. If you are looking for a cute, wide, high-class, new Greek restaurant, there it is.
6. This is a durable, Colombia, sport bike.
7. I threw a scary, tiny, old, vivid blue, plastic toy into the dustbin.
8. She is a mysterious, young, Buddish girl who I met in Bagan.
9. I always wear a stylish excellent black cotton T-shirt when I go out.
10. I want a peaceful, compact, wooden house near the beach to stay at during holidays.
