CICLO III

Order of Adjectives
Name: ________________________________________________________
DATE:_____________
In English, it is common to use more than one adjective to describe a noun.
These adjectives
must be used in the proper order.
Example: Here is a beautiful, red, cloth flag.
Why does beautiful come before red?
Why does red come before cloth?
Understanding the proper order of adjectives takes practice. Use the
following table to practice
using the proper order of adjectives in the following sentences.
Numbe Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Materi Purpose Noun
r al
smal gree Man
l n
Gener Germ sleepi
ous an ng
four old
roun Meta
d l

Directions: Choose the correct order of adjectives in the following sentences.

1) The woman is wearing a ________ 8) The scientists have found a ________

dress. cure for the disease.
A) yellow long A) new great
B) long yellow B) great new
2) He is a ________ man. 9) I am going to wear my ________ tie
A) tall thin to the wedding.
B) thin tall A) big cotton blue
3) The company makes ________ B) blue big cotton
products. C) big blue cotton
A) excellent farming 10) Please recycle those ________
B) farming excellent bottles.
4) James recently departed on a A) three water empty
________ trip. B) three empty water
A) camping long C) water empty three
B) long camping 11) She packed her clothes in a ________
5) I love eating ________ strawberries. box.
A) red big A) green flimsy cardboard
B) big red B) flimsy green cardboard
6) The ________ woman did well on the C) cardboard flimsy green
test. 12) Their dog is a ________ shepherd.
A) intelligent young A) brown big German
B) young intelligent B) big brown German
7) The ticket costs ________ dollars. C) German big brown
A) ten US 13) I am drinking from a ________ cup.
B) US ten A) small English tea
B) tea small English B) old philosophy boring
C) English small tea C) boring philosophy old
14) My ________ teacher talks for hours! D) boring old philosophy
A) philosophy old boring