ADJECTIVE ORDER

They live in a _______ house

• large white

• white large

My grandmother lives in the ______house on the corner

• blue small wooden

• small wooden blue

• small blue wooden

The store carries an assortment of _______objects

• tiny expensive antique

• antique expensive tiny

• expensive tiny antique

Please put the marbles into that ______box

• round little old red

• little old round red

• little old red round

• round old little red

I’ve been spending a lot of time in antique shops looking for the perfect _______________ clock.

• little silver Italian cuckoo

• little Italian silver cuckoo

• silver little Italian cuckoo

• little Italian cuckoo silver

Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

• Our grandparents drive a motorhome with black and white stripes.

• Our grandparents drive a motorhome with black with white stripes.

• Our grandparents drive a motorhome with black, white stripes.

Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

• I like that really big red old antique tractor in the museum.

• I like that really big old red antique tractor in the museum.

• I like that old, red, really big antique tractor in the museum.

Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

• I’d like three good reasons why you don’t like spinach.

• I’d like a good three reasons why you don’t like spinach.

• I’d like good reasons three why you don’t like spinach.

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.

Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

• During my college years, I wore a red, white and black big hat to sporting events.

• During my college years, I wore a big red, white and black hat to sporting events.

• During my college years, I wore a big red white and black, hat to sporting events.