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Order of Adjectives

This document provides an example of the proper order of adjectives in English and gives a table to help practice. It lists the standard order as: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose, noun. It then provides 14 sentences for the reader to identify the correct ordering of adjectives. It finishes with directions to write two original sentences using multiple adjectives.

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Order of Adjectives

This document provides an example of the proper order of adjectives in English and gives a table to help practice. It lists the standard order as: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose, noun. It then provides 14 sentences for the reader to identify the correct ordering of adjectives. It finishes with directions to write two original sentences using multiple adjectives.

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englishforeveryone.

org Name: Yajaira luz Navarro


Date: 30 of April

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.


A) intelligent young
1) The woman is wearing a long B) young intelligent
yellow dress.
A) yellow long 7) The ticket costs US ten dollars.
B) long yellow A) ten US
B) US ten
2) He is a tall thin man.
A) tall thin 8) The scientists have found a new
B) thin tall crear cure for the disease. A) new
great
3) The company makes excellent B) great new
framing products. A) excellent
farming
B) farming excellent

4) James recently departed on a 9) I am going to wear my blue big


camping long trip. cotton tie to the wedding. A) big
A) camping long cotton blue
B) long camping B) blue big cotton
C) big blue cotton
5) I love eating red bug strawberries.
A) red big 10) Please recycle those three wáter
B) big red empty bottles.
A) three water empty
B) three empty water
6) The inteligente young woman did C) water empty three
well on the test.
13) I am drinking from a small english
11) She packed her clothes in a English tes cup.
small tea box. A) small English tea
A) green flimsy cardboard B) tea small English
B) flimsy green cardboard C) English small tea
C) cardboard flimsy green
14) My Boring philosophy teacher talks
12) Their dog is a brow big German for hours!
A) brown big German A) philosophy old boring
B) big brown German B) old philosophy boring
C) German big brown C) boring philosophy old
D) boring old philosophy
Directions: Now write two of your own sentences using more than one adjective to describe a
noun.

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 my grandmother is an ancient and old woman
 the table has many beautiful colors

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