Adjective Order

Select the correct order of the adjectives in these sentences, then check your answer.

1. He invited that ___ lady to dinner.
   young beautiful
   beautiful young
   Answerbeautiful young
2. These are ___ products.
   excellent agricultural
   agricultural excellent
   Answerexcellent agricultural
3. Why can't you wear your ___ dress tonight?
   pink silk
   silk pink
   Answerpink silk
4. The boy needs ___ balls for that activity
   ten cotton small
   ten small cotton
   Answerten small cotton
5. I've booked that ___ table on the corner.
   big square
   square big
   Answerbig square
6. Mary's husband gave her a ___ vase.
   porcelain French
   French porcelain
   AnswerFrench porcelain
7. He broke Mother's ___ milk jug.
   green old
   old green
   Answerold green
8. My brother wants to meet that ___ girl.
   tall Japanese
   Japanese tall
   Answertall Japanese
9. What do you plan to do with these ___ bottles?
   empty wine
   wine empty
   Answerempty wine
10. That ___ woman needs help.
    old foreign
    foreign old
    Answerold foreign
11. There are two ___ dresses in her closet.
    red beautiful
    beautiful red
    Answerbeautiful red
12. Tom never lets his sister drive his ___ car.
    sports expensive
    expensive sports
    Answerexpensive sports
13. When traveling to Peru, make sure you visit the ___ ruins.
    ancient Inca
    Inca ancient
    Answerancient Inca
14. She sells ___ cookies.
    delicious chocolate
    chocolate delicious
    Answerdelicious chocolate
15. The room was decorated with ___ balloons.
    red big
    big red
    Answerbig red

Copyright (C) 1997 Vera Mello (vcqm@ruralsp.com.br)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.

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