Word Order for Adjectives Exercise

Below you can see a diagram explaining the position of adjectives before a noun. Use it to
answer the questions which follow.

OPINION CONDITION SIZE AGE COLOUR ORIGIN MATERIAL NOUN

Order the words in the boxes.

my teacher old maths smelly new a perfect system

1 ................................................................ 8 ................................................................

black small box Turkish a old 18th century an Scottish castle

2 ................................................................ 9 ................................................................

man a fat friendly young a businessman horrible greedy

3 ................................................................ 10 ................................................................

tall our headmaster boring a big old brown bear

4 ................................................................ 11 ................................................................

wooden dark a table long student arrogant an middle-class

5 ................................................................ 12 ................................................................

city a Spanish beautiful old spoilt boy nasty a little

6 ................................................................ 13 ................................................................

arts nice teacher French our green-eyed gorgeous a girl

7 ................................................................ 14 ................................................................

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