This document provides practice exercises to test the correct order of adjectives in noun phrases. It includes 10 multiple choice questions about ordering adjectives in sentences and 10 fill-in-the-blank questions to write out the correct order of adjectives describing nouns. It also provides 5 picture prompts to write descriptive sentences using given adjective words.
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Activity adjective order
1. PPRRAACCTTIICCEE EEXXEERRCCIISSEESS
Choose the correct order of adjectives in the following sentences.
1) The woman is wearing a ________ dress.
A) yellow long B) long yellow
2) He is a ________ man.
A) tall thin B) thin tall
3) The company makes ________ products.
A) excellent farming B) farming excellent
4) James recently departed on a ________ trip.
A) camping long B) long camping
5) I love eating ________ strawberries.
A) red big B) big red
6) The ________ woman did well on the test.
A) intelligent young B) young intelligent
7) The ticket costs ________ dollars.
A) ten US B) US ten
8) The scientists have found a ________ cure for the disease.
A) new great B) great new
9) I am going to wear my ________ tie to the wedding.
A) big cotton blue B) blue big cotton C) big blue cotton
10) Please recycle those ________ bottles.
A) three water empty B) three empty water C) water empty three
Make the correct word-order for noun phrase below
1. A, new, scarf, silk, clean
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2. A, porcelain, new, Chinese, teapot, small
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3. The, blond, curly, long, hair
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4. A(n), Australian, boring, singer, old
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5. A(n), frying, big, aluminium, round, pan
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6. A, Japanese, bike, racing, red, good
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7. A, square, modern, wooden, table, dinning
2. ______________________________________________
8. A(n), German, expensive, leather, old, jacket
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9. A, cement, tall, old, famous, statue
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10. A(n), old, brown, sleeping, plastic, bag
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Write sentences to describe the pictures;use the given words.
Ex:
This is a surprised small birthday present.
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Guessing by the adjectives! (Just for Fun)
1. delicious, small, red, round, Brazilian: _______
2. intriguing and famous, big, old, rectangular, Italian, wooden: _________
3. small or big, black (usually), a mans best friend: _________
4. beautiful, big, old, blue and white, too high to be touched: _______________
This, be, American, old
hardworking, man
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He, intelligent, chubby,
five-month old, child
She, have, lovely, small,
blue, paper, bird
It, be, fresh, boiled, hard,
big, egg
That, be, huge, black,
frightening, spider