'Order Of Adjectives' English Worksheet
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In English, it is common to use more than one adjective to describe a noun. These adjectives
must be used in the proper order.
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Here is a beautiful, red,
cloth
flag.
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Why does
beautiful
come before red?
Why does
red
come before cloth?
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Understanding the proper order of adjectives takes practice. Use the following table to practice
using the proper order of adjectives in the following sentences.
N
u
m
b
e
r
O
p
i
n
i
o
n
S
i
z
e
A
g
e
S
h
a
p
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C
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l
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r
O
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i
g
i
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M
a
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i
a
l
P
u
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p
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s
e
N
o
u
n
N
u
m
b
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r
O
p
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S
i
z
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A
g
e
S
h
a
p
e
C
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l
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r
O
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i
g
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M
a
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i
a
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P
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p
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s
e
N
o
u
n
small
round
German
red
sleeping
generous
old
man
four
metal
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Choose the correct order of adjectives in the following sentences.
D
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:
1
)
The woman is wearing a ________
1
)
dress.
9
)
I am going to wear my ________ tie
9
)
A
)
yellow long
A
)
to the wedding.
B
)
long yellow
B
)
A
)
big cotton blue
A
)
B
)
blue big cotton
B
)
2
)
He is a ________ man.
2
)
C
)
big blue cotton
C
)
A
)
tall thin
A
)
B
)
thin tall
B
)
1
0
)
Please recycle those ________ bottles.
1
0
)
A
)
three water empty
A
)
3
)
The company makes ________
3
)
B
)
three empty water
B
)
products.
C
)
water empty three
C
)
A
)
excellent farming
A
)
B
B
)
)
farming excellent
1
1
)
She packed her clothes in a ________
1
1
)
box.
4
)
James recently departed on a
4
)
A
)
green flimsy cardboard
A
)
________ trip.
B
)
flimsy green cardboard
B
)
A
)
camping long
A
)
C
C
)
)
cardboard flimsy green
B
)
long camping
B
)
1
2
)
Their dog is a ________ shepherd.
1
2
)
5
)
I love eating ________ strawberries.
5
)
A
)
brown big German
A
)
A
A
)
)
red big
B
)
big brown German
B
)
B
)
big red
B
)
C
)
German big brown
C
)
6
)
The ________ woman did well on the
6
)
1
3
)
I am drinking from a ________ cup.
1
3
)
test.
A
)
small English tea
A
)
A
A
)
)
intelligent young
B
)
tea small English
B
)
B
)
young intelligent
B
)
C
C
)
)
English small tea
7
)
The ticket costs ________ dollars.
7
)
1
4
)
My ________ teacher talks for hours!
1
4
)
A
)
ten US
A
)
A
A
)
)
philosophy old boring
B
)
US ten
B
)
B
)
old philosophy boring
B
)
8
8
)
)
The scientists have found a ________
C
)
boring philosophy old
C
)
cure for the disease.
D
D
)
)
boring old philosophy
A
)
new great
A
)
B
)
great new
B
)
D
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Now write two of your own sentences using
more than one adjective to describe a noun.
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