Order of Adjectives

Integrantes:

AMPARO CAMPOS
ID: 675963

ANGIE K. RIOS OLAYA

ID: 675963

UNIVERSIDAD MINUTO DE DIOS ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA

FACULTAD DE CENCIAS SOCIALES Y HUMANAS
PROGRAMA DE PSICOLOGIA
INGLES I
IBAGUE
2020-1

LUZ ANGELA DUARTE ARAGON

NRC 16855
englishforeveryone.org Name: Amparo C. y Angie R.
Date: 25 -04-2020

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.

 1) The woman is wearing a __B___
dress. 9) I am going to wear my __B__ tie to the
A) yellow long wedding.
B) long yellow A) big cotton blue
B) blue big cotton
2) He is a ____B____ man.
C) big blue cotton
A) tall thin
B) thin tall 10) Please recycle those __B__ bottles.
3) The company makes __A___ A) three water empty
products. B) three empty water
A) excellent farming C) water empty three
B) farming excellent 11) She packed her clothes in a __B__
4) James recently departed on a box.
____B____ trip. A) green flimsy cardboard
A) camping long B) flimsy green cardboard
B) long camping C) cardboard flimsy green

5) I love eating __A__ strawberries. 12) Their dog is a __B_ shepherd.

A) red big A) brown big German
B) big red B) big brown German
C) German big brown
6) The __B__ woman did well on the test.
A) intelligent young 13) I am drinking from a _A_ cup.
B) young intelligent A) small English tea
B) tea small English
7) The ticket costs _____A___ dollars. C) English small tea
A) ten US
B) US ten 14) My __B__ teacher talks for hours!
A) philosophy old boring
8) The scientists have found a __A___ B) old philosophy boring
cure for the disease. C) boring philosophy old
A) new great D) boring old philosophy
B) great new

Directions: Now write two of your own sentences using more than one adjective to describe a noun.
1) THE DOG OF MY HOUSE IS WHITE AND BIG
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2) _THE HOUSE OF MY FAMILY IS WIDE AND COMFY
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