ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

1. Order the following adjectives.

1) old                lady                Spanish                polite

2) personal                modern        British                blue                computer

3) small                leather        elegant        shoes

4) beige                huge                ancient        Roman        wardrobe

5) English                long                interesting                article

6) blue                Slovak                lovely                eyes

7) pointed                red                dangerous                nails

8) little                funny                black                doggie

9) expensive                silver                German        big                car

10) black                new                attractive                metal                belt

2. Correct the position of one adjective in following expressions.

1. long horrible trip
2. beautiful ancient short poem
3. short dirty dark blue skirt
4. old brown Indian woolen coat
5. Italian boring long movie
6. young crazy Slovak girl
7. paper interesting yellow bag
8. summer cotton shorts
9. big round handmade orange dining table
10.  great comfortable winter brown boots

3. Complete the chart. Write three adjectives into each column.

KEY:

Exercise 1

1. polite old Spanish lady
2. modern blue  British personal computer
3. elegant small leather shoes
4. huge ancient beige Roman wardrobe
5. interesting long English article
6. lovely blue Slovak eyes
7. dangerous pointed red nails
8. funny little black doggie
9. expensive big silver German car
10. attractive new black metal belt

Exercise 2

1. horrible long trip
2. beautiful short ancient poem
3. dirty short dark blue skirt
4. old brown woolen Indian coat
5. boring long Italian movie
6. crazy young Slovak girl
7. interesting yellow paper bag
8. cotton summer shorts
9. big round orange handmade dining table
10. great comfortable  brown winter boots

Exercise 3.

General: fascinating, polite, terrible

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