46980 order of adjectives practice

I. Adjective Order!
Put the
comma if you

adjectives and noun in the correct order; you may need to use a
have multiple adjectives of the same type.

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The
blue/old/bicycle was leaning on the garden shed.
She wore
a dress/cotton/red/beautiful to the picnic.
The U.S.
President’s office is a(n) oval/room/large.
Theara grabbed his plastic/raincoat/old/orange as he headed out the door.
“That’s a really bamboo/table/lovely/coffee you have!” Anna said.
She bought a paper/huge/lantern/red/Chinese for her dorm room.
Andy was annoyed when the Dutch/middle-aged/businessman/important who was behind him in

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line got moved to the front.
For Father’s Day, Petra got her dad a(n) leather/comfortable/antique/Italian/black/armchair.
A little/sad-looking/Labrador/black puppy sat at the pet store, waiting for someone to pet him.
The boy was playing with some green/pink/marbles/blue/glass.
Mike felt lucky that he had a nice /bag/sleeping/warm for camping as he went to sleep that night.
“I got this new/eye/glittery/Elizabeth Arden/makeup on sale! Can you believe it?” Taylor exclaimed.

II. Order of Adjectives Chart
Opinion/
Size
Observation

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Ex:

Age
old

Shape

Colour
blue

Origin/
Material

Nationality

Purpose/
Qualifier


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Key
I. Adjective Order!
Put the adjectives and noun in the correct order; if they are adjectives of the same type, you may need
to use a common.
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The blue/old/bicycle was leaning on the garden shed.  old blue bicycle
She wore a dress/cotton/red/beautiful picnic.  beautiful red cotton dress
The U.S. President’s office is a(n) oval/room/large.  large oval room

Theara grabbed his plastic/raincoat/old/orange as he headed out the door.  old orange plastic raincoat
“That’s a really bamboo/table/lovely/coffee you have!” Anna said.  lovely bamboo coffee table
She bought a paper/huge/lantern/red/Chinese for her dorm room.  huge red Chinese paper lantern


19. Andy was annoyed when the Dutch/middle-aged/businessman/important who was behind him in line got

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moved to the front.
 important, middle-aged Dutch businessman
For Father’s Day, Petra got her dad a(n) leather/comfortable/antique/Italian/black/armchair.
 comfortable, antique black Italian leather armchair
A little/sad-looking/puppy/Labrador/black sat at the pet store, waiting for someone to pet him.
 sad-looking, little black Labrador puppy
The boy was playing with some green/pink/marbles/blue/glass.  green, pink, and blue glass marbles
Mike felt lucky that he had a nice /bag/sleeping/warm for camping as he went to sleep that night.
 nice, warm sleeping bag

24. “I got this new/eye/glittery/Elizabeth Arden/makeup on sale! Can you believe it?” Taylor exclaimed.
 glittery new Elizabeth Arden eye makeup

Key
II. Order of Adjectives Chart
Opinion/
Size
Observation

1.
2.

large

Colour

Origin

red

cotton

orange

plastic

lovely

bamboo
huge

7.

important

8.

comfortabl

e
sad-looking

red
middleaged
antique

little

Purpose/
Qualifier

oval
old

6.

Material

blue

beautiful

4.

9.

Shape

old

3.

5.

Age

Chinese

paper

Dutch
black

Italian

black

Labrador

leather

coffee


green,
pink, and
blue

10.

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12.

nice, warm
glittery,
new

glass
sleeping

(glittery)

eye