THE GENERAL ORDER OF THE ADJECTIVES BEFORE A NOUN

opinion

size

shape

condition

age

color

pattern

origin

material

purpose

noun

nice

big

-

-

new

brown

-

Italian

leather

shopping

bag

beautiful

huge

round

clean

old

-

Egyptian

wooden

dinning

table

cute

long

-

-

-

ivory

flowery

French

-

evening

gown

1. I like this _____ alarm clock.

a) big, circular, new, pink

b) pink, new, big, circular

c) circular, new, big, pink

2. It is a _____ plane.

a) large, modern, passenger

b) modern, large, passenger

c) passenger, modern, large

3. I have bought a ____ motorbike.

a) beautiful, new, Italian, orange

b) new, beautiful, orange, Italian

c) beautiful, new, orange, Italian

4. Pam wears _____ wellington boots.

a) high, new, violet, large

b) large, high, new, violet

c) violet, new, high, large

5. Ben lives in a _____ house.

a) modern, 10-storied, brick

b) brick, modern, 10-stories

c) 10-storied, brick, modern

6. Bill uses _____ laptop.

a) reliable, compact, new

b) new, compact, reliable

c) compact, reliable, new

7. We saw a _____ butterfly.

a) beautiful, multi-coloured, large

b) multi-coloured, beautiful, large

c) beautiful, large, multi-coloured

8. Look at my _____ dress!

a) beautiful, new, small, red, silk

b) beautiful, small, new, red, silk

c) beautiful,  silk, red, new, small

1. Old-fashioned a large machine cutting
2. Wooden square two cartons
3. New package an amazing software
4. Period a transition three-month difficult
5. Chips computer Taiwanese high-quality
6. A strategy well-planned investment
7. Access  cheap internet high-speed
8. A new revolutionary computer handheld
9. A powder washing new wonderful
10. Awful souvenirs cheap plastic

1. a/carpet/little/lovely/round
2. enormous/wardrobe/wooden/a(n)
3. oil/French/beautiful/painting/a(n)
4. black/four/metal/chairs/comfortable
5. curtains/long/some/cotton/Indian
6. square/table/wooden/brown/a/big
7. blue/a/funny/woolen/hat
8. German/Gothic/a/church/wonderful
9. a(n)/black/American/car/sports
10. kitchen/oak/table/a(n)/square

1. I like this big, circular, new, pink alarm clock. (a)

2. It is a modern, large, passenger _____ plane. (b)

3.  I have bought a beautiful, new, orange, Italian ____ motorbike. (c)

4. Pam wears large, high, new, violet _____ wellington boots. (b)

5. Ben lives in a modern, 10-storied, brick _____ house. (a)

6. Bill uses reliable, compact, new _____ laptop. (a)

7. We saw a beautiful, large, multi-coloured _____ butterfly. (c )

8. Look at my beautiful, small, new, red, silk _____ dress! (b)

1. A large old fashioned cutting machine.
2. Two square wooden cartons
3. Amazing new software package
4. A difficult three-month transition period
5. High-quality Taiwanese computer chips
6. A well-planned investment strategy
7. Cheap high-speed internet access
8. A new revolutionary handheld computer
9. A wonderful new washng powder
10. Awful cheap plastic souvenirs.

1. A lovely little round table
2. An enormous wooden wardrobe
3. a beautiful French oil painting
4. four comfortable black metal chairs
5. some long Indian cotton curtains
6. a big square brown wooden table
7. a funny blue wooden hat
8. a wonderful German Gothic church
9. a black American sports car
10. a square oak kitchen table