Order of Adjectives PDF

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englishforeveryone.org Name________________ Date________________ Order of Adjectives 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? Understanding the proper order of adjectives takes practice. 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 small round German red sleeping generous old man four metal Directions: Choose the correct order of adjectives in the following sentences. 1) The woman is wearing a ________ dress. 9) I am going to wear my ________ tie A) yellow long to the wedding. B) long yellow A) big cotton blue B) blue big cotton 2) He is a ________ man. C) big blue cotton A) tall thin B) thin tall 10) Please recycle those ________ bottles. A) three water empty 3) The company makes ________ B) three empty water products. C) water empty three A) excellent farming B) farming excellent 11) She packed her clothes in a ________ 4) James recently departed on a box. ________ trip. A) green flimsy cardboard A) camping long B) flimsy green cardboard B) long camping C) cardboard flimsy green 5) I love eating ________ strawberries. 12) Their dog is a ________ shepherd. A) red big A) brown big German B) big red B) big brown German C) German big brown 6) The ________ woman did well on the test. 13) I am drinking from a ________ cup. A) intelligent young A) small English tea B) young intelligent B) tea small English C) English small tea 7) The ticket costs ________ dollars. A) ten US 14) My ________ teacher talks for hours! B) US ten A) philosophy old boring B) old philosophy boring 8) The scientists have found a ________ C) boring philosophy old cure for the disease. D) boring old philosophy A) new great B) great new Directions: Now write two of your own sentences using more than one adjective to describe a noun. 1) ____________________________________________________________________________ 2) ____________________________________________________________________________