Order of adjectives

Mother bought a ... clock.

• old wonderful Italian

• wonderful old Italian

• wonderful Italian old

• wonderful old italian

Answer explanation

1. Opinion - wonderful

2. Age - old

3. Origin - Italian

The cat jumped into a ... box.

• big square blue

• big blue square

• blue big square

• square blue big

Answer explanation

1. Size - big

2. shape - square

3. Colour - blue

She went home and sat on her ... bed

• wooden old comfortable

• comfortable wooden old

• old comfortable wooden

• comfortable old wooden

Answer explanation

1. Opinion - comfortable

2. Age - old

3. Material - wooden

She bought a ... dress.

• fabulous British woollen

• woollen fabulous British

• fabulous woollen British

• British woollen fabulous

Answer explanation

1. Opinion - fabulous

2. Origin - British

3. Material - woollen

They stayed in a ... cottage

• little cute wooden

• wooden cute little

• cute little wooden

• cute wooden little

Answer explanation

1. Opinion - cute

2. Size - little

3. Material - wooden

My ... teacher talks for hours!

• boring old history

• old boring history

• history old boring

• boring history old

Answer explanation

1. Opinion - boring

2. Age - old

3. Purpose - history

Before going to the greenhouse, mother put on her ... gloves.

• new gardening rubber

• new rubber gardening

• gardening new rubber

• rubber gardening new

Answer explanation

1. Age - new

2. Material - rubber

3. Purpose - gardening

It was an extremely ... boat.

• old ugly grey British

• old grey British ugly

• ugly old grey British

• British old grey ugly

Answer explanation

1. Opinion - ugly

2. Age - old

3. Colour - grey

4. Origin - British

He wore a ... shirt.

• denim blye stylish

• stylish denim blue

• blue denim stylish

• stylish blue denim

Answer explanation

1. Opinion - stylish

2. Colour - blue

3. Material - denim

Mark was wearing a ... jacket.

• denim old dirty

• old dirty denim

• dirty old denim

• old denim dirty

Answer explanation

1. Opinion - dirty

2. Age - old

3. Material - denim