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GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE — Exercises
Order of Adjectives

  
 

Answer the following questions to check your knowledge of the word order of adjectives.

Example

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
Jim invited that young beautiful woman to golf with him.
Jim invited that beautiful young woman to golf with him.

The correct answer is "Jim invited that beautiful young woman to golf with him."


1.

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
  This is a delicious, cold, Spanish soup.
  This is a Spanish, delicious, cold soup.
     
2.

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
  Rob likes his expensive, black, long, silk, Japanese robe.
  Rob likes his expensive, long, black, Japanese, silk robe.
     
3.

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
  Tomas reads war, Russian, old, exciting novels.
  Tomas reads exciting, old, Russian, war novels.
     
4.

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
  The waiter recommends the spicy, aged, white, French cheese.
  The waiter recommends the French, spicy, aged, white cheese.
     
5.

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
  My mother collects interesting, ceramic, Czech, baking dishes.
  My mother collects interesting, Czech, ceramic, baking dishes.
     
6.

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
  Fiona studies piano with the small, cheerful, old, piano, Italian teacher.
  Fiona studies piano with the cheerful, small, old, Italian, piano teacher.
     
7.

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
  The baker bakes tasty, Ukrainian, sugar, Christmas cookies.
  The baker bakes Ukrainian, tasty, sugar, Christmas cookies.
     
8.

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
  Zelda drives an ugly, little, old, blue, Russian, delivery truck.
  Zelda drives an ugly, little, old, Russian, blue, delivery truck.
     
9.

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
  Avery rides a new, big, red, racing, Spanish bike.
  Avery rides a big, new, red, Spanish, racing bike.
     
10.

Choose the sentence with the correct order of adjectives.
  Our family likes foreign good restaurants.
  Our family likes good foreign restaurants.