Adjectives Order Quiz

Lesson Objectives

• Students will review the arrangement of adjectives in a series
• Students will classify the order of arranging adjectives in a series
• Students will arrange words according to a prescribed series

Lesson Discussion

• Adjectives in a series follow a specific order
• Determiners (e.g., these, the) come first
• Numerals (e.g., three, last, five) follow
• Size/Shape/Age (e.g., big, exciting, delicious, last) come next
• Descriptive words are followed.
• Color (e.g., yellow, green) next
• Materials (e.g., wooden, rattan) come next
• Noun follows (e.g., man, mangoes, game, boys)

Example Sentences

• I want to give these three big, delicious, yellow mangoes to my mother.
• Did you see the last exciting basketball game between the rival teams?
• The five energetic, strong boys were the winners.

Order of Adjectives

• Quantity/Number
• Quality/Opinion
• Size
• Age
• Shape
• Color
• Proper Adjectives/Nationality/Place of Origin/Material
• Purpose/Qualifier

Practice Exercises

• Rewrite these words showing the correct order of adjectives:
  • gold – round – the – table
  • small – the – white – chair – rattan
  • rectangular – my – flowery – garden
  • green – wooden – those – square – boxes
  • big – fluffy – four – pillows
  • modern – the – towering – building
  • Filipino – the – restaurant
  • long – asphalt – straight – this – road
  • difficult – the – last – two – questions
  • the – red – velvety – fragrant – rose
• Activity with more exercises:
  • Write the adjectives in the correct order: charming, comical, movie
  • Write the adjectives in the correct order: colorful, ten, long, Baguio, wooden flutes
  • Write the adjectives in the correct order: tiny, several, green, butterflies
  • Write the adjectives in the correct order: loving, old, my, gentle, grandfather
  • Write the adjectives in the correct order: fat, those, ten, Dalmatian, imported dogs, and so on...

Resources

• https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/adjectives/order-of-adjectives