Order of
adjectives
Put
the adjectives in the correct order.
Exercise
a.
1. a Chinese / pretty/ little/girl
2. a (n) wedding expensive/satin/white/dress
3. a / detective/new/brilliant/French/film
4. a(n) / Greek/ ancient/ fascinating/ monument
5. a(n) /pair of/ leather/ black/ walking/ old/ shoes
6. a(n) German / brown/ enormous/ beef/ sausage
7. a/ red and white/ lovely/ marble/ Turkish/ chess set
8. a/ round/ gold/ big/ medallion
9. a / grey/ smart/ cotton /new/suit
10. a(n)/ motorcycling/ old/ black/dirty/jacket
Exercise
b.
1. He gave her a (silk/fantastic/ Italian / red) scarf.
2. I bought (American/ three/ oak/ old) chairs in the
antique shop.
3. She is a(n) (dramatic/ intelligent/ young/ English)
actress.
4. The (metal/ white/ small) table lamp was broken by the
children.
5. He crashed his (sports/ brand new/ yellow) car
yesterday.
6. She is a (young/ computer/ successful) salesperson.
7. They found a(n)(wooden/ rectangular/ antique/
interesting) trunk.
8. We watched a(n) (short / English / interesting /
educational / programme)
9. They live in a(n) (big/ lovely/ country/ old-fashioned
/brick) house.
10. He was carrying a (leather / nice/ black/ new)
briefcase.
