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Order of adjectives & Idioms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
You need to wash your ____________ T-shirt!
a)
dirty cotton white
b)
white dirty cotton
c)
dirty white cotton
d)
white cotton dirty
2.
I don't want to sit in that ______ chair!
a)
uncomfortable concrete grey
b)
uncomfortable grey concrete
c)
grey uncomfortable concrete
d)
concrete uncomfortable grey
3.
 Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?
a)
I like that really big red old antique tractor in the museum.
b)
I like that really big old red antique tractor in the museum.
c)
I like that old, red, really big antique tractor in the museum.
4.
Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?
a)
My brother rode a beautiful big black Friesian horse in the parade.
b)
My brother rode a beautiful Friesian big black horse in the parade.
c)
My brother rode a big, black, beautiful Friesian horse in the parade.
5.
We went for a two-week cruise on a __________________________ ocean liner.
a)
incredible brand-new, huge Italian
b)
incredible, huge, brand-new Italian
c)
Italian incredible, brand-new, huge
6.

When I was coming back from Lagos, I saw a ____

a)

One-legged young man mad

b)

Man man one-legged young

c)

One-legged young mad man

d)

One-legged mad man young

7.

Dr. Amadi is the ____ teacher

a)

European History modern

b)

European modern History

c)

Modern History European

d)

Modern European History

8.

What is the correct order of adjectives?

a)

opinion, size, age

b)

opinion, age, size

c)

age, size, opinion

d)

size, opinion, age

9.

Grace baked ____________________________.

a)

a round delicious chocolate cake

b)

a chocolate round delicious cake

c)

a chocolate delicious round cake

d)

a delicious round chocolate cake

10.
Let's allow their emotions to ______ before clarifying this issue with them.
a)
simmer down
b)
have other fish to fry
11.
The students are planning to throw a party for their class adviser, and they made a promise that will not _______.
a)
spill the beans
b)
beef up
12.

Pie in the sky

a)

Something that is unrealistic

b)

Something very tasty

c)

someone who is absent-minded

13.

After six months they realized they had _____________ and that now there wa too much work for two people.

a)

let their hair down

b)

bitten off more than they could chew

14.

Thank you for all your suggestions - you've definitely given us ________________.

a)

a piece of cake

b)

food for thought

15.

All the important information is missing from this proposal. It doesn't have means or budget, it is only a

a)

peanut

b)

half-baked idea

c)

bit of food for thought

d)

breadwinner

16.

She wants to be a famous singer but that dream is just a pie in the sky if you ask me.

a)

unrealistic

b)

not really tasty

c)

empty

17.

I thought I was just going to interview the secretary, but they let me talk to the big _ _ _ _ _ _himself.

(a)  

18.

My husband has had to bring home the bacon ever since I broke my leg.

a)

bring food

b)

bring medicine

c)

earn the income

d)

buy the bacon

19.

We'll have to b_ _ _ _ _ Angie up before we tell her the news about the broken vase.

(a)  

20.

to go bananas

a)

to start crying

b)

to change into a monkey

c)

to become ill

d)

to go crazy