Albornoz 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. Num Opinio Size A Shap Col Origin Mater Purpo No ber n g e or ial se un e smal round Germa l n red sleepi ng generou ol ma s d n 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 X A) big cotton blue B) blue big cotton X 2) He is a man. C) big blue cotton A) tall thin X B) thin tall 10) Please recycle those bottles. A) three water empty X 3) The company makes B) three empty water products. C) water empty three A) excellent farming B) farming excellent X 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 X C) cardboard flimsy green X
5) I love eating strawberries. 12) Their dog is a shepherd.
A) red big X A) brown big German X 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 x B) young intelligent X B) tea small English C) English small tea 7) The ticket costs dollars. A) ten US X 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 philosophyX A) new great B) great new X Directions: Now write two of your own sentences using more than one adjective to describe a noun.
1) My mother is a great woman and with great virtues
2) my town is very small and pretty its people are very friendly
