1 2

3 4

6
 Task 1

Read these remarks and match them with the

pictures above.

a)
They've moved into a delightful, tiny wooden
chalet. You must go and see it!

b)
She's just bought a set of three amazing, brand
new, Swiss, gold rings.

c)
Have you seen his new car? It's an extremely
expensive, two-year-old, bright red Italian sports
car.

d)
John has just put a deposit on a small, modern,
brick-built terraced house.

e)
He's given her his grandmother's beautiful,
antique, silver wedding ring.

f)
I really don't like the van that she bought for me.
It's the most disgusting, old, brown heap you can
imagine.
 Task 2

a)
Sentences a, b, e and f all contain adjectives
expressing opinion. List them!

b)
Which sentence contains a number which
qualifies the noun?

Where does the number come: before or after the

adjectives?

c)
Three sentences contain an adjective which is
often used to describe the type of noun, called a
class, or defining, adjective. Although used as an
adjective, this can sometimes be a noun, for
example, wine glass.

Which three sentences use words like this?

Which words are used in these sentences to define

the noun?

d)
Most of the adjectives in the sentences above fall
into the categories below. Which category does
each noun belong to? Choose one for each noun.

age colour defining adjective/noun

material nationality opinion size

Are there any that don’t match these categories?

 Task 3. Adjectives. True or false?

a) Number comes first. True or false?

b) Colour comes before age. True or false?

c) Defining adjectives/nouns (see 2c) come

directly before the noun. True or false?

d) Size comes before age. True or false?

e) Material comes before nationality. True or false?

f) Nationality comes before colour. True or false?

g) Opinion comes after size. True or false?

________________________________________
Using the true and false statements above can you
now complete this chart showing the correct order
of adjectives in a sentence?

number

physical quality
shape

colour

+ noun
 Task 4

Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct places

in the descriptions below.

a)
They've just bought two lovely, comfortable,
leather chairs. (black)

b)
He's got the most incredible, up-to-date computer.
(Japanese)

c)
Our company has just moved into a really elegant
white-and-grey office. (huge)

d)
I gave them a wedding present of six lovely
crystal glasses. (wine)

e)
They introduced him to a very tall, red-headed
woman. (beautiful)

f)
I've just joined a very nice English class. (small)

g)
He brought back very expensive Italian silk shirts
for her. (several)

h)
I've just found a pair of silver earrings. (antique)
 Task 5

Put the jumbled adjectives in the right order.

a) a car: old/cheap/Polish

b) a hi-fi system: modern/black/attractive/plastic

c) a table: dining/smoked glass/modern/Swedish

d) a policeman: tall/good-looking/Scottish

e) a hat: hard/fibre-glass/riding/black

f) a pencil: lead/yellow/short

g) a lamp: table/burgundy/ceramic

h) a poodle: French/brown-and-white/small
 Task 6

Choose from the adjectives below to complete the

sentences.

American expensive French

grey huge interesting
long leather Persian
red science-fiction six-week-old
tiny three 21st century

a)
I’ve just read a really ____________
____________ book about a ____________
____________ ____________ space station.

b)
Have you seen my cat? It’s a ____________
____________ ____________ ____________
kitten.

c)
You can’t miss her. She’s wearing a
____________ ____________ ____________
coat.

d)
She gave me ____________ ____________
____________ perfumes for my birthday.