Order of Adjectives

A red big ball

• Correct

• Incorrect

The gallery exhibited mainly _______ paintings

• old strange French

• French strange old

• strange old French

Last week, I visited _______ village in a remote place.

• an old lovely little

• a lovely little old

• a little lovely old

That ____ woman needs help

• old foreign

• foreign old

Mary's husband gave her a _____ vase

• porcelaine French

• French porcelaine

David Beckham is a _____________ footballer

• successful rich former British

• rich successful former British

The _________ banker received an _____________ payoff

• retired wealthy, extremely large pension

• extremely wealthy, large retirement pension

• wealthy retired, extremely large pension

At home there is a __________ table in the dining room

• beautiful square wooden

• wooden beautiful square

• beautiful wooden square

Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

• We took a ride on a blue, old Chinese bus.
• We took a ride on a Chinese, old, blue bus.
• We took a ride on an old, blue Chinese bus.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Describe the racoon's face.

• The racoon has a beautiful furry black and white face.
• The racoon have a beautiful furry black and white face.
• The racoons have a beautiful furry black and white face.
• The racoon have a beautiful furry black and white faces.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C