Order of adjectives (advanced practise)

What type of adjective comes the first?

• Material

• Size

• Origin

• Personal opinion

• Age

Which adjectives will you use to describe a colour?

(You have enough time to use a dictionary).

• pale lemon yellow

• stunning

• unexpectedly formidable

• bright celabon

• incarnadine

Complete the line:

Opinion - Size - ___ - Shape - Colour - ___ - Material - Type

Choose adjectives which do NOT describe opinion.

• lovely

• marvelous

• enormous

• scarlet

• modern

Which sentence is correct?

(Mind NOT only the adj. order!)

• She have a beautiful brand new turquoise bike.

• I've seen a lovely round little stone yesterday.

• There is a huge square new taxi rank near my farmhouse.

• Here is that tiny red English charm in shape of a postbox which I bought you.

You have bought a kangaroo in Australia. Describe it. (Don't describe shape, material and type).

Listen to a recording and write down all the adjectives describing colours.

(Don't use comma between them).

Choose the correct sentence.

• I took a picture of a wonderful ancient Greek stone temple.

• What a little white cute puppy!

• My uncle travelled by a red elongate electric train.

• I've been to an enormous glass spectacular theatre.

Choose the adjectives which describe a shape.

• square

• curved

• angual

• sphere

Thanks a lot for answering! What do you think of the test?

• Too many new words

• Easy

• Interesting and fun

• Not enough time