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Order of adjectives
Opinion

Size

Shape

Age

Color

Origin

Material

Purpose

A subjective
attitude to
someone or
something
e.g. nice,
perfect

To estimate the
dimensions of
an object or a
person
e.g. large,

huge, narrow

To mark out
any forms
an object
can have
e.g. round,
triangular

To convey how
old something
or someone is
e.g. antique,
young, twoyear-old

To describe
any colors or
tints an object
can have
e.g. grey,
silver, beige

To show the
country an
object/person
comes from
e.g. French,
English, Italian

To express

materials an
object can be
made of
e.g. wooden,
silk, woolen

To define what
an object is
used for
e.g. dining,
hotel,
swimming

Exercise 01. Put the adjectives in the correct order
Don’t look for your ___________________ scarf, I’m
washing it. (winter/woolen/grey)
Lincoln walked among _____________________
trees. (yellow-and-red/ tall/autumn)
She noticed a ____________________ spot on her
favorite jacket. (strange/black/oval)
This _________________________ dress doesn’t suit
you. (silk/loose/azure/vivid)
Put your _________________________ boots out of
the carpet. (dirty/green/rain/rubber)
This ________________________ chair is a piece of
art. (leather/grayish/new)
Imagine a ___________________________ table.
(large/working/wooden/comfortable)
She has a _________________________ hair.
(brown/long/beautiful/curly)

Are you sure I will find this _________________
______________________ hat in that shop?
(pirate/unique/leather/black/triangular)
Do you recognize this ______________________
__________ lady, Mr. Smith? (Spanish/
charming/tall/young)

Exercise 02. Correct or wrong?
CorrectWrongIron your green old sport sweater.She lost her

glass unique tiny shoe.Is it an antique bronze Greek
bust?He doesn’t see my ink blue pen.Will you call my
old army pal?Tom ate sweet fresh cherry pie.My car is
a European rusty bucket.Can you buy this blue big
balloon?Your new leather Thai bag is nice.I saw his
cool green Italian bike.

Exercise 03. Make up sentences
gadgets/to/I/want/buy/European/don’t/any/popular
________________________________________________
crimson/British/his/car/sport/is/new/broken
________________________________________________
is/elegant/this/American/lady/teacher/our/tall/new ?
________________________________________________
Roman/want/do/to have/you/this/vase/why/marble/old ?
________________________________________________

Exercise 04. Distribute the adjectives in the correct groups

OpinionSize Shape Age Color Origin Material Purpose

KEYS
Exercise 02. Correct or wrong?

Exercise 01. Put the adjectives in the correct order
Don’t look for your grey woolen winter scarf, I’m
washing it. (winter-woolen-grey)
Lincoln walked among tall yellow-and-red autumn
trees. (yellow-and-red; tall-autumn)
She noticed a strange oval black spot on her favorite
jacket. (strange-black-oval)
This vivid loose azure silk dress doesn’t suit you.
(silk-loose-azure-vivid)
Put your dirty green rubber rain boots out of the
carpet. (dirty-green-rain-rubber)
This new grayish leather chair is a piece of art.
(leather-grayish-new)
Imagine a comfortable large wooden working table.
(large-working-wooden-comfortable)
She has a beautiful long curly brown hair. (brownlong-beautiful-curly)
Are you sure I will find this unique triangular black
leather pirate hat in that shop? (pirate-uniqueleather-black-triangular)
Do you recognize this charming tall young Spanish
lady, Mr. Smith? (Spanish-charming-tall-young)

CorrectWrongIron your green old sport sweater.+She lost

her glass unique tiny shoe.+Is it an antique bronze
Greek bust?+He doesn’t see my ink blue pen.+Will you

call my old army pal?+Tom ate sweet fresh cherry pie.
+My car is a European rusty bucket.+Can you buy this
blue big balloon?+Your new leather Thai bag is nice.+I
saw his cool green Italian bike.+

Exercise 03. Make up sentences
gadgets/to/I/want/buy/European/don’t/any/popular
I don’t want to buy any popular European gadgets.
crimson/British/his/car/sport/is/new/broken
His new crimson British sport car is broken.
is/elegant/this/American/lady/teacher/our/tall/new ?
Is this elegant tall American lady our new teacher?
Roman/want/do/to have/you/this/vase/why/marble/old ?
Why do you want to have this old Roman marble vase?

Exercise 04. Distribute the adjectives in the correct groups

Opinionstylish, splendid, amazing, prettySize huge, little, tall,
vastShape polygonal, curved, streamlined, curlyAge half-year-old,
ancient, decrepit, youngColor beige, azure, black, reddishOrigin
Portuguese, Thai, Russian, PeruvianMaterial leatherette, flax, iron,
bronzePurpose dining, dance, swimming, sitting