Exercise 5: Adjective Order

This .... statue was made about 100 years ago by an Italian sculptor.

• interesting wooden brown

• brown wooden interesting

• wooden interesting brown

• interesting brown wooden

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'interesting brown wooden' because the order of adjectives in English is opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose.

Rony Kumbirowo, a pencak silat master from Indonesia, has lined up in a number of .... produced in Hollywood.

• science-fiction action movie

• action science-fiction movies

• action science-fiction movie

• science-fiction action movies

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'science-fiction action movies' because it correctly describes the type of movies Rony Kumbirowo has lined up in Hollywood.

The .... dedicated to soup recipes was written in 1882 by Emma Ewing.

• American first cooking pamphlet

• cooking first American pamphlet

• first cooking American pamphlet

• first American cooking pamphlet

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'first American cooking pamphlet' as it correctly describes the order of the words in the sentence.

Mr. Pattinson wears .... shirt.

• a clean new flannel

• flannel clean new a

• a flannel clean new

• a new clean flannel

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'a clean new flannel' as it follows the correct order of adjectives in English (opinion-size-age-shape-color-origin-material-purpose).

Darrel gives me .... cups.

• some plastic big blue

• some big blue plastic

• some plastic big blue

• some blue big plastic

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'some big blue plastic' as it follows the correct order of adjectives (size, color, material).

Most of girls in my class fell in love with .... teacher.

• the handsome new Japan

• the Japan new handsome

• the handsome Japan new

• the new handsome Japan

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'the handsome new Japan' as it follows the correct order of adjectives in English (opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose). In this case, 'handsome' is the opinion, 'new' is the age, and 'Japan' is the origin.

I used to drive .... car.

• a blue old German

• an old German blue

• an old blue German

• a German blue old

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'an old blue German' because the order of adjectives in English is opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose.

The movie that is starred by Jessica Alba .... movie.

• a new British amazing

• an amazing British new

• an amazing new British

• a British new amazing

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'an amazing new British' as it correctly describes the order of the adjectives before the noun 'movie' starred by Jessica Alba.

Miss Jenifer is a .... who lives near my house.

• beautiful slim Brazilian supermodel

• Brazilian beautiful slim supermodel

• slim Brazilian beautiful supermodel

• supermodel slim Brazilian beautiful

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'beautiful slim Brazilian supermodel' as it follows the correct order of adjectives in English: opinion, size, origin, and type.

The fragile book is in .... container.

• the red large metal

• the large red metal

• red large the metal

• large red the metal

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'the large red metal' as it correctly describes the order of the container's characteristics.