Worksheet on the order of adjectives for language learners.
A worksheet titled "The Order of Adjectives" from Teach This, featuring a table with columns for Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, and Purpose, with examples and a section for students to practice ordering adjectives correctly.
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Problem Overview:
The task involves organizing adjectives before a noun according to the correct order of adjectives in English. The provided image outlines the order as follows:
1. Opinion (e.g., beautiful, delicious)
2. Size (e.g., big, small)
3. Age (e.g., old, new)
4. Shape (e.g., square, round)
5. Colour (e.g., red, green)
6. Origin (e.g., French, Spanish)
7. Material (e.g., glass, wooden)
8. Purpose (e.g., sports car, writing desk)
Additionally, there is a section to determine whether given sentences use adjectives in the correct order.
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Solution:
#### Part A: Grouping Adjectives
We need to categorize the adjectives into their respective groups based on the order of adjectives.
##### Provided Adjectives:
- shopping
- yellow
- little
- rectangular
- horrible
- French
- ancient
- kitchen
- nice
- gold
- pretty
- triangular
- large
- young
- Dutch
- school
- blue
- small
- fat
- ceramic
- 19th-century
- black
- plastic
- British
- lovely
- writing
- white
- antique
- wooden
##### Categorization:
1. Opinion:
- horrible, pretty, lovely, ancient, nice, shopping
2. Size:
- little, large, small, fat, triangular, rectangular
3. Age:
- young, old, 19th-century, antique
4. Shape:
- square, round, triangular, rectangular
5. Colour:
- yellow, blue, black, white, gold
6. Origin:
- French, Dutch, British, Chinese
7. Material:
- ceramic, plastic, wooden, glass
8. Purpose:
- kitchen, school, writing, sports, coffee
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#### Part B: Checking Adjective Order
We need to determine whether the adjectives in each sentence are in the correct order.
##### Sentences:
1. He was drinking from a lovely, old, ceramic, coffee cup.
2. Can you pass me that big red ball?
3. We travelled in a red, old, Chinese bus.
4. That restaurant has overpriced Japanese food.
5. She bought a small, old, wooden table.
6. They live in an enormous, old house.
7. I just signed up for a wonderful, English class.
8. That black, new car was made in England.
9. She was wearing a beautiful, red, silk dress.
10. The man carried a small, black, dull suitcase.
##### Analysis:
1. He was drinking from a lovely, old, ceramic, coffee cup.
- Opinion (lovely), Age (old), Material (ceramic), Purpose (coffee).
- Correct Order.
2. Can you pass me that big red ball?
- Size (big), Colour (red), Noun (ball).
- Correct Order.
3. We travelled in a red, old, Chinese bus.
- Colour (red), Age (old), Origin (Chinese), Noun (bus).
- Correct Order.
4. That restaurant has overpriced Japanese food.
- Opinion (overpriced), Origin (Japanese), Noun (food).
- Correct Order.
5. She bought a small, old, wooden table.
- Size (small), Age (old), Material (wooden), Noun (table).
- Correct Order.
6. They live in an enormous, old house.
- Size (enormous), Age (old), Noun (house).
- Correct Order.
7. I just signed up for a wonderful, English class.
- Opinion (wonderful), Origin (English), Noun (class).
- Correct Order.
8. That black, new car was made in England.
- Colour (black), Age (new), Noun (car).
- Correct Order.
9. She was wearing a beautiful, red, silk dress.
- Opinion (beautiful), Colour (red), Material (silk), Noun (dress).
- Correct Order.
10. The man carried a small, black, dull suitcase.
- Size (small), Colour (black), Opinion (dull), Noun (suitcase).
- Incorrect Order. (Opinion should come before Colour.)
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Final Answer:
#### Part A: Grouping Adjectives
1. Opinion: horrible, pretty, lovely, ancient, nice, shopping
2. Size: little, large, small, fat, triangular, rectangular
3. Age: young, old, 19th-century, antique
4. Shape: square, round, triangular, rectangular
5. Colour: yellow, blue, black, white, gold
6. Origin: French, Dutch, British, Chinese
7. Material: ceramic, plastic, wooden, glass
8. Purpose: kitchen, school, writing, sports, coffee
#### Part B: Checking Adjective Order
| Sentence | Right | Wrong |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------|
| 1. He was drinking from a lovely, old, ceramic, coffee cup. | ✓ | |
| 2. Can you pass me that big red ball? | ✓ | |
| 3. We travelled in a red, old, Chinese bus. | ✓ | |
| 4. That restaurant has overpriced Japanese food. | ✓ | |
| 5. She bought a small, old, wooden table. | ✓ | |
| 6. They live in an enormous, old house. | ✓ | |
| 7. I just signed up for a wonderful, English class. | ✓ | |
| 8. That black, new car was made in England. | ✓ | |
| 9. She was wearing a beautiful, red, silk dress. | ✓ | |
| 10. The man carried a small, black, dull suitcase. | | ✓ |
Final Answer:
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