Adjective Order ESL Worksheets Games - Free Printable

Let's solve the task step by step.

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Part A: Put the adjectives into the correct group.

We are given a list of adjectives and need to categorize them based on the order of adjectives in English. The standard order is:

1. Opinion (e.g., beautiful, ugly)
2. Size (e.g., big, small)
3. Age (e.g., old, new)
4. Shape (e.g., round, square)
5. Colour (e.g., red, blue)
6. Origin (e.g., French, Chinese)
7. Material (e.g., wooden, plastic)
8. Purpose (e.g., cooking, sleeping)

Now let’s classify each adjective:

#### Adjectives:
- shopping → Purpose (used for shopping)
- yellow → Colour
- little → Size
- rectangular → Shape
- horrible → Opinion
- French → Origin
- ancient → Age
- leather → Material
- nice → Opinion
- gold → Colour
- pretty → Opinion
- triangular → Shape
- large → Size
- young → Age
- plastic → Material
- British → Origin
- lovely → Opinion
- writing → Purpose (writing desk, etc.)
- antique → Age
- white → Colour
- fabric → Material

Now fill in the table:

| Opinion | Size | Age | Shape | Colour | Origin | Material | Purpose |
|---------------|----------|-----------|----------------|-----------|------------|--------------|----------------|
| horrible | little | ancient | rectangular | yellow | French | leather | shopping |
| nice | large | young | triangular | gold | British | plastic | writing |
| pretty | | antique | | white | | fabric | |
| lovely | | | | | | | |

> Note: "Ancient" and "antique" both go under Age, though "antique" can sometimes be seen as purpose or origin, but here it's best placed under Age since it refers to how old something is.

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Part B: Is the adjective order right or wrong?

We now evaluate each sentence based on the correct order of adjectives.

#### 1. He was drinking from a lovely, old, ceramic, coffee cup.

- Order: Opinion (lovely), Age (old), Material (ceramic), Purpose (coffee cup)
- ✔ Correct order → Right

#### 2. Can you pass me that big bag of rice?

- Adjectives: big (size), no other adjectives before "bag"
- But “rice” is a purpose (it's a bag *for* rice), so:
- Big (size), purpose (rice) → Correct
- ✔ Right

#### 3. We travelled in a red, old, Chinese bus.

- Red (colour), old (age), Chinese (origin) → Should be: old, Chinese, red?
- Wait: Order: Age → Origin → Colour
- So: old, Chinese, red → But here it's red, old, Chinese
- ✘ Wrong – should be: *an old, Chinese, red bus*

#### 4. That restaurant has overpriced Japanese food.

- Overpriced (opinion), Japanese (origin)
- Opinion → Origin → Correct
- ✔ Right

#### 5. It's a round, small, smell-free, wooden table.

- Round (shape), small (size), smell-free (opinion?), wooden (material)
- But size should come before shape
- Should be: small, round, smell-free, wooden
- Also, "smell-free" is an opinion/adjective describing quality.
- So: Size → Shape → Opinion → Material → ✔
- But current order: shape → size → opinion → material → ✘
- ✘ Wrong

#### 6. They live in an enormous red house.

- Enormous (size), red (colour) → Size → Colour → ✔
- ✔ Right

#### 7. I just signed up for a new, wonderful, English class.

- New (age), wonderful (opinion), English (origin)
- Age → Opinion → Origin → Should be: new, English, wonderful? No!
- Actually: Opinion comes before Age and Origin
- So: wonderful, new, English → But it's new, wonderful, English
- ✘ Wrong – should be: *a wonderful, new, English class*

#### 8. That black, new, cool car was made in England.

- Black (colour), new (age), cool (opinion), England (origin)
- Correct order: cool (opinion), new (age), black (colour), English (origin)
- But it's: black, new, cool, English → ✘
- ✘ Wrong

#### 9. She was wearing a beautiful, red, silk dress.

- Beautiful (opinion), red (colour), silk (material)
- Opinion → Colour → Material → ✔
- ✔ Right

#### 10. The man carried a small, black, old suitcase.

- Small (size), black (colour), old (age)
- Order: size → colour → age → but age should come before colour
- Should be: small, old, black
- ✘ Wrong

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✔ Final Answers:

#### Part A: Table filled

| Opinion | Size | Age | Shape | Colour | Origin | Material | Purpose |
|---------------|----------|-----------|----------------|-----------|------------|--------------|----------------|
| horrible | little | ancient | rectangular | yellow | French | leather | shopping |
| nice | large | young | triangular | gold | British | plastic | writing |
| pretty | | antique | | white | | fabric | |
| lovely | | | | | | | |

*(Note: Some words may have multiple interpretations, but this is the most accurate grouping.)*

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#### Part B: Right or Wrong

1. Right
2. Right
3. Wrong
4. Right
5. Wrong
6. Right
7. Wrong
8. Wrong
9. Right
10. Wrong

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✔ Summary Answer:

A. Fill the table with the categorized adjectives as shown above.

B.
1. Right
2. Right
3. Wrong
4. Right
5. Wrong
6. Right
7. Wrong
8. Wrong
9. Right
10. Wrong

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