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