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Order of adjectives
Opinion Size Shape Age Color Origin Material Purpose
A subjective To estimate the To mark out To convey how To describe To show the To express To define what
attitude to dimensions of any forms old something any colors or country an materials an an object is
someone or an object or a an object or someone is tints an object object/person object can be used for
something person can have e.g. antique, can have comes from made of e.g. dining,
e.g. nice, e.g. large, e.g. round, young, two- e.g. grey, e.g. French, e.g. wooden, hotel,
perfect huge, narrow triangular year-old silver, beige English, Italian silk, woolen swimming

Exercise 02. Correct or wrong?

Exercise 01. Put the adjectives in the correct order
Correct Wrong
1. I wanted to buy a_______________________ 1. Do you want this red sport bike?
table. (round/blue/Italian/dining/big) 2. He wore long Italian old coat.
2. Does Miriam need that _________________ 3. Will you buy me a small pink hat?
chair? (wooden-small-square) 4. Matt saw a strange large blue ball.
3. What is this _____________________ thing?
5. Don’t touch that green square box!
(red/triangular/leather)
6. Who took my Swiss army knife?
4. Did you notice the brand of that ______________
7. My mum hates my blue velvet belt.
_________________________ car? (green/
8. This is a half-year-old English dog
streamlined/splendid/sport)
9. This woolen grey scarf suits you.
5. William can take care of your _______________
10. I chose a nice green modern tint.
_________ cat. (Persian/naughty/white)
6. This ________________________ scarf belongs
to my brother. (woolen/long/multicolored)
7. Are you sure this ___________________ sabre is Exercise 03. Make up sentences
Turkish? (curved/nice/steel)
8. Press this ____________________ button never! 1. presented/my/me/white/ball/friend/round/fine/leather/a
(plastic/red/round) _______________________________________________
9. Mike will order a_________________ breakfast. 2. old/university/your/can/call/you/Italian/friend ?
(English/light/nice) _______________________________________________
10. This ____________________________ wardrobe 3. I’m/need/that/wooden/black/sure/I/this/stylish/chair
is my friends’ gift. (elegantly-shaped _______________________________________________
/amazing/brown/wooden) 4. Martha’s/violet/outfit/Dylan/didn’t/dance/see/bright
_______________________________________________

Exercise 04. Distribute the adjectives in the correct groups

Opinion

Size

Shape

Age

Color

Origin

Material

Purpose