Adjective Order
When several
adjectives modify the same noun, there is a particular order they must follow
in English. Certain adjectives come before others. (Not all
have to be used in the same sentence.)
See
the chart below.
Examples:
Some
of the hungry gentlemen
The
last great civilization
Ten big round metal rings
The beautiful Japanese ceramic vase
Either of the small green apples
My three lovely daughters
An interesting wooden statue
The third red plastic container
Now for some practice.
1. He was
wearing a ________ shirt.
dirty old flannel
flannel old dirty
old dirty flannel
2. Pass me the ________ cups.
plastic big blue
big blue plastic
big plastic blue
3. All the girls fell in love with the ________ teacher.
handsome new American
American new handsome
new handsome American
4. I used to drive ________ car.
a blue old German
an old German blue
an old blue German
5. He recently married a ________ woman.
young beautiful Greek
beautiful young Greek
beautiful Greek young
6. This is a ________ movie.
new Italian wonderful
wonderful Italian new
wonderful new Italian
7. She is a ________ supermodel.
beautiful slim Brazilian
Brazilian beautiful slim
slim Brazilian beautiful
8. It's in the ________ container.
large blue metal
blue large metal
blue metal large
9. He sat behind a ________ desk.
big wooden brown
big brown wooden
wooden big brown
dirty old flannel
flannel old dirty
old dirty flannel
2. Pass me the ________ cups.
plastic big blue
big blue plastic
big plastic blue
3. All the girls fell in love with the ________ teacher.
handsome new American
American new handsome
new handsome American
4. I used to drive ________ car.
a blue old German
an old German blue
an old blue German
5. He recently married a ________ woman.
young beautiful Greek
beautiful young Greek
beautiful Greek young
6. This is a ________ movie.
new Italian wonderful
wonderful Italian new
wonderful new Italian
7. She is a ________ supermodel.
beautiful slim Brazilian
Brazilian beautiful slim
slim Brazilian beautiful
8. It's in the ________ container.
large blue metal
blue large metal
blue metal large
9. He sat behind a ________ desk.
big wooden brown
big brown wooden
wooden big brown
What about
some more practice?
1.
Which is the
correct order?
A.
? a steel new carving knife
B.
? a new steel
carving knife
C.
? a carving steel
new knife
D.
? a new carving
steel knife
2.
Which is the
correct order?
A.
? a square wooden old table
B.
? an old wooden
square table
C.
? a wooden old
square table
D.
? an old square
wooden table
3.
Which is the
correct order?
A.
? an new French exciting band
B.
? an exciting new
French band
C.
? a French new
exciting band
D.
? an exciting
French new band
4.
Which is the
correct order?
A.
? a blue sailing beautiful boat
B.
? a blue beautiful
sailing boat
C.
? a beautiful blue
sailing boat
D.
? a sailing
beautiful blue boat
5.
Which is the
correct order?
A.
? a dirty cotton old tie
B.
? an old cotton
dirty tie
C.
? a dirty old cotton
tie
D.
? a cotton dirty
old tie
6.
Which is the
correct order?
A.
? a plastic big red hat
B.
? a red big plastic
hat
C.
? a bit plastic red
hat
D.
? a big red plastic
hat
7.
Which is the
correct order?
A.
? a small thin Canadian lady
B.
? a Canadian small
thin lady
C.
? a thin small
Canadian lady
D.
? a small Canadian
thin lady
8.
Which is the
correct order?
A.
? a small serving Japanese bowl
B.
? a small Japanese
serving bowl
C.
? a Japanese small
serving bowl
D.
? a serving small Japanese
bowl
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