Word Order for Adjectives Exercise at Auto-English

Below you can see a diagram explaining the position of adjectives before a noun. Use it to answer the
questions which follow.

OPINION SIZE AGE COLOUR ORIGIN MATERIAL NOUN

Order the words in the boxes.

my teacher old maths boring new a perfect system

1 ___________________________________ 8 ___________________________________

black small box Turkish a old 18th century a Scottish fantastic castle

2 ___________________________________ 9 ___________________________________

man a fat friendly young

3 ___________________________________

tall our headmaster boring

4 ___________________________________

wooden dark a table long

5 ___________________________________

city a Spanish beautiful old

6 ___________________________________

arts nice teacher French our

7 ___________________________________
1 My boring old maths teacher 8 a perfect new system

new a perfect system

my teacher old maths boring
9 a fantastic 18th century Scottish castle
2 a small old black Turkish box
18th century a Scottish fantastic castle
black small box Turkish a old

3 a friendly fat young man

man a fat friendly young

4 our boring tall headmaster

tall our headmaster boring

5 a long dark wooden table

wooden dark a table long

6 a beautiful old Spanish city

city a Spanish beautiful old

7 our nice French arts teacher

arts nice teacher our French