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1. ORDER OF
ADJECTIVES IN A
SERIES
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2. ADJECTIVE
An adjective is a part of speech that
modifies/describes a noun or a pronoun.
Single-word Adjectives may appear:
A. before the noun modified
We saw a bright, silver pole.
B. After the noun modified and set off by a pair of commas
Cumulus clouds, thick and grey, gathered, shifted and blended
like puff sails of immaterial ships upon an immaterial sea.
C. After the noun and pronoun modified (as a predicate adjective)
The multitude was hushed and still.

3. Order of Adjectives
ARTICLES
Demonstratives
Possessives
Number Opinion/ Size Age Shape Color Proper
Adjective
Material Purpose Noun
The two cute little Siberian puppies.
This strange old black jacket
His blue cotton shorts
The one amazing donut-
shaped
violet sofa
That beautiful new Italian sports car
Her small antique gold wedding ring

4. Activity 1: Choose the correct order of
adjectives in the following sentences.
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
1.Articles/Demonstratives/Possessives
2.Number (one)
3.Opinion (beautiful)
4.Size(big)
5. Age (new)
6.Shape (flat)
7.Color (green)
8.Proper Adjective (Egyptian)
9.Material (cotton)
10. Purpose (bed)
11.Noun: sheet
Sentence: My mother gave this one
beautiful, big, new, flat, green,
Egyptian cotton bed sheet.
1.James just bought a ______________bike.
A. red, racing, bright, French
B. bright, red French racing
C. French, bright, red, racing.
2. The company makes ______________products.
A. excellent farming
B. farming excellent
3.James recently departed on a _____________trip.
A. camping long
B. long camping

5. 4. The _____________woman did well on the test.
A. intelligent young
B. young intelligent
5. The ticket costs_____________ dollars.
A. ten US
B. US ten
6. The scientists have found a _____________
cure for the disease.
A. new great
B. great new
7. Please recycle those _____________ bottles.
A. three water empty
B. three empty water
C. water empty three
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
1.Articles/Demonstratives/Possessives
2.Number (one)
3.Opinion (beautiful)
4.Size(big)
5. Age (new)
6.Shape (flat)
7.Color (green)
8.Proper Adjective (Egyptian)
9.Material (cotton)
10. Purpose (bed)
11.Noun: sheet
Sentence: My mother gave one
beautiful, big, new, flat, green,
Egyptian cotton bed sheet.

6. 8. Their dog is a _____________shepherd.
A. brown big German
B. big brown German
C. German big brown
9. I love those _____________socks.
A. long green silk
B. green long silk
C. silk long green
10. That _____________ box is mine.
A. wooden big
B. big wooden
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
1.Articles/Demonstratives/Possessives
2.Number (one)
3.Opinion (beautiful)
4.Size(big)
5. Age (new)
6.Shape (flat)
7.Color (green)
8.Proper Adjective (Egyptian)
9.Material (cotton)
10. Purpose (bed)
11.Noun: sheet
Sentence: My mother gave one
beautiful, big, new, flat, green,
Egyptian cotton bed sheet.

7. 11. I bought a pair of _________shoes.
A. black leather
B. leather black
12. It was an _________ car.
A. red expensive
B. expensive red
13. It's a _________ building.
A. big round
B. round big

8. 14. I bought ____________ knife.
A. a Swiss army
B. an army Swiss
15. It's ____________film.
A. a beautiful old
B. an old beautiful

9. Activity 2: Rewrite the following phrases
using the correct adjective order. Use commas
between the adjectives if you have three or
more adjectives.
1. film handsome American A ACTOR
2. A DOG black pedigree friendly
3. strange small A BOX square metal
4. BAG beautiful A travel leather old
5. BALLOON A plastic red huge

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