Order of Adjectives - ESL worksheet by missola - Free Printable

Task Overview:

The worksheet focuses on the Order of Adjectives in English. When multiple adjectives are used to describe a noun, they generally follow a specific order. The provided chart outlines this order:

1. Determiner
2. Opinion
3. Size
4. Age
5. Shape
6. Color
7. Origin
8. Material
9. Purpose

Solution:

#### Part A: Choose the correct answer.
For each question, we need to arrange the adjectives in the correct order based on the provided chart.

1. Jack hid in the ________ box.
- Options:
a) big brown square
b) brown square big
c) big square brown
- Correct order: Size (big), Shape (square), Color (brown).
- Answer: a) big brown square

2. The cook is using ________ knife.
- Options:
a) sharp long metal
b) long metal sharp
c) long sharp metal
- Correct order: Size (long), Opinion (sharp), Material (metal).
- Answer: c) long sharp metal

3. It's a jar full of ________ coins.
- Options:
a) many golden round bright
b) many bright round golden
c) bright many golden round
- Correct order: Quantity (many), Opinion (bright), Shape (round), Color (golden).
- Answer: b) many bright round golden

4. Your cousin is a ________ boy.
- Options:
a) little nice blond
b) nice little blond
c) nice blond little
- Correct order: Opinion (nice), Age (little), Color (blond).
- Answer: b) nice little blond

5. Mrs. Jones is a/an ________ lady.
- Options:
a) arrogant old English
b) old arrogant English
c) English old arrogant
- Correct order: Opinion (arrogant), Age (old), Origin (English).
- Answer: a) arrogant old English

6. The gardener uses a ________ can.
- Options:
a) big useful orange watering
b) useful big orange watering
c) orange big useful watering
- Correct order: Size (big), Opinion (useful), Color (orange), Purpose (watering).
- Answer: b) useful big orange watering

7. ______ bunnies are playing outside.
- Options:
a) cute small two white
b) two small cute white
c) two cute small white
- Correct order: Quantity (two), Opinion (cute), Size (small), Color (white).
- Answer: c) two cute small white

8. She is wearing a/an ________ ring.
- Options:
a) diamond expensive big
b) big expensive diamond
c) expensive big diamond
- Correct order: Size (big), Opinion (expensive), Material (diamond).
- Answer: b) big expensive diamond

#### Part B: Put the adjectives in the correct order.
For each sentence, we need to rearrange the adjectives in the correct order.

1. Jake works in a/an (trading, big, Canadian, important) company.
- Correct order: Opinion (important), Size (big), Origin (Canadian), Purpose (trading).
- Answer: important big Canadian trading

2. Mr. Pitt invited his wife to a/an (Italian, romantic, modern) restaurant.
- Correct order: Opinion (romantic), Age (modern), Origin (Italian).
- Answer: romantic modern Italian

3. Roy finally married his (Greek, beautiful, young) girlfriend.
- Correct order: Opinion (beautiful), Age (young), Origin (Greek).
- Answer: beautiful young Greek

4. Bob likes going out in (hot, sunny, long, summer) days.
- Correct order: Opinion (sunny), Size (long), Temperature (hot), Season (summer).
- Answer: sunny long hot summer

5. This is a/an (antique, red, unusual) car.
- Correct order: Opinion (unusual), Color (red), Age (antique).
- Answer: unusual red antique

6. In such weather, Peter wears his (comfortable, nylon, rain, yellow) coat.
- Correct order: Opinion (comfortable), Color (yellow), Material (nylon), Purpose (rain).
- Answer: comfortable yellow nylon rain

7. Mike likes solving (long, math, difficult) equations.
- Correct order: Opinion (difficult), Size (long), Purpose (math).
- Answer: difficult long math

8. Sally has a (white, cute, fat, Ragdoll) cat.
- Correct order: Opinion (cute), Size (fat), Color (white), Origin (Ragdoll).
- Answer: cute fat white Ragdoll

Final Answers:

#### Part A:
1. a) big brown square
2. c) long sharp metal
3. b) many bright round golden
4. b) nice little blond
5. a) arrogant old English
6. b) useful big orange watering
7. c) two cute small white
8. b) big expensive diamond

#### Part B:
1. important big Canadian trading
2. romantic modern Italian
3. beautiful young Greek
4. sunny long hot summer
5. unusual red antique
6. comfortable yellow nylon rain
7. difficult long math
8. cute fat white Ragdoll

Boxed Final Answer:
\boxed{
\text{Part A: 1.a, 2.c, 3.b, 4.b, 5.a, 6.b, 7.c, 8.b} \\
\text{Part B: 1.important big Canadian trading, 2.romantic modern Italian, 3.beautiful young Greek, 4.sunny long hot summer, 5.unusual red antique, 6.comfortable yellow nylon rain, 7.difficult long math, 8.cute fat white Ragdoll}
}