Adjective Order Worksheet: Practice arranging adjectives by personal view, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose.

Here are the solutions to the adjective order exercises.

Part 1: Make the correct word-order for noun phrase below

To solve these, we follow the standard order of adjectives:
Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Color → Origin → Material → Purpose → Noun

1. A clean new silk scarf
* *Order:* Opinion (clean) → Age (new) → Material (silk) → Noun (scarf)
2. A small new Chinese porcelain teapot
* *Order:* Size (small) → Age (new) → Origin (Chinese) → Material (porcelain) → Noun (teapot)
3. The long curly blond hair
* *Order:* Size/Length (long) → Shape (curly) → Color (blond) → Noun (hair)
4. An old boring Australian singer
* *Order:* Age (old) → Opinion (boring) → Origin (Australian) → Noun (singer)
5. A big round aluminium frying pan
* *Order:* Size (big) → Shape (round) → Material (aluminium) → Purpose (frying) → Noun (pan)
6. A good red Japanese racing bike
* *Order:* Opinion (good) → Color (red) → Origin (Japanese) → Purpose (racing) → Noun (bike)
7. A modern square wooden dining table
* *Order:* Age/Style (modern) → Shape (square) → Material (wooden) → Purpose (dining) → Noun (table)
8. An expensive old German leather jacket
* *Order:* Opinion (expensive) → Age (old) → Origin (German) → Material (leather) → Noun (jacket)
9. A tall old famous cement statue
* *Order:* Size (tall) → Age (old) → Opinion (famous) → Material (cement) → Noun (statue)
*(Note: "Famous" is an opinion, but often size comes first in natural speech, e.g., "a tall famous building". Both orders are often accepted, but Size usually leads.)*
10. An old brown sleeping plastic bag
* *Order:* Age (old) → Color (brown) → Purpose (sleeping) → Material (plastic) → Noun (bag)
11. The strong black Italian coffee
* *Order:* Opinion/Quality (strong) → Color (black) → Origin (Italian) → Noun (coffee)
12. A yellow round metal reading lamp
* *Order:* Color (yellow) → Shape (round) → Material (metal) → Purpose (reading) → Noun (lamp)
13. The delicious newly-cooked Vietnamese soup
* *Order:* Opinion (delicious) → Age (newly-cooked) → Origin (Vietnamese) → Noun (soup)

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Part 2: Write sentences to describe the pictures

We need to arrange the words into the correct adjective order and add the verb "is" or "has" where needed.

1. This is an old hardworking American man.
* *Words:* This, be, American, old, hardworking, man.
* *Order:* Age (old) → Opinion (hardworking) → Origin (American).
* *Correction:* Usually Opinion comes before Age. Let's re-evaluate: "Hardworking" is a characteristic/opinion. "Old" is age. So: This is a hardworking old American man.

2. He is an intelligent chubby five-month-old child.
* *Words:* He, intelligent, chubby, five-month old, child.
* *Order:* Opinion (intelligent) → Size/Shape (chubby) → Age (five-month-old).

3. She has a lovely small blue paper bird.
* *Words:* She, have, lovely, small, blue, paper, bird.
* *Order:* Opinion (lovely) → Size (small) → Color (blue) → Material (paper).
* *Grammar fix:* "She has" (not "She have").

4. It is a rather big fresh boiled hard egg.
* *Words:* It, be, fresh, boiled, hard, rather big, egg.
* *Order:* Size (rather big) → Condition/Age (fresh) → State/Cooking (boiled) → Texture/Hardness (hard).
* *Note:* "Hard" usually describes the texture resulting from boiling. A common phrase is "hard-boiled egg". If we treat "hard" as a separate adjective, it goes near the end. Let's try: It is a rather big fresh hard-boiled egg. (Combining hard+boiled is most natural). If kept separate: It is a rather big fresh boiled hard egg.

5. That is a huge black frightening spider.
* *Words:* That, be, huge, black, frightening, spider.
* *Order:* Size (huge) → Color (black) → Opinion (frightening).
* *Wait:* Opinion usually comes first. That is a frightening huge black spider. OR That is a huge frightening black spider. (Size often precedes strong opinions like 'frightening' in casual speech, but strictly Opinion-Size-Color is: That is a frightening huge black spider.) However, "Huge" is very dominant. Let's stick to strict rule: Opinion (frightening) → Size (huge) → Color (black).

Final Answer:

Practice Exercises 1 (Word Order):
1. A clean new silk scarf
2. A small new Chinese porcelain teapot
3. The long curly blond hair
4. An old boring Australian singer
5. A big round aluminium frying pan
6. A good red Japanese racing bike
7. A modern square wooden dining table
8. An expensive old German leather jacket
9. A tall old famous cement statue
10. An old brown sleeping plastic bag
11. The strong black Italian coffee
12. A yellow round metal reading lamp
13. The delicious newly-cooked Vietnamese soup

Practice Exercises 2 (Sentences):
1. This is a hardworking old American man.
2. He is an intelligent chubby five-month-old child.
3. She has a lovely small blue paper bird.
4. It is a rather big fresh hard-boiled egg.
5. That is a frightening huge black spider.