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Order of adjectives

10 sentences · Choose the order of the describing words

Read the whole sentence, then choose the word or phrase that completes it.

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Adjectives go in order: opinion, size, quality, age, shape, color. A pretty big round red ball.

  1. Example 1Choose the right order.

    The ____ cat chased the bug in the morning. soft whitewhite soft

    The soft white cat chased the bug in the morning.

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The girl reads the boy's ____ books. thick newnew thick

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Order of adjectives

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Example · Choose the right order.The ____ cat chased the bug in the morning. (soft white / white soft)The soft white cat chased the bug in the morning.

Choose the right order.

  1. The girl reads the boy's ____ books. (thick new / new thick)
  2. The fox chases the ____ rabbit. (brown fast / fast brown)
  3. Grandma rinses the ____ toy. (new small / small new)
  4. The elephant will eat the ____ bananas. (yellow sweet / sweet yellow)
  5. I carry the ____ blanket easily. (big blue / blue big)
  6. We will watch a ____ fox. (red quick / quick red)
  7. I will carry the baby's ____ blankets. (dry blue / blue dry)
  8. We will read the boy's ____ books. (old thick / thick old)
  9. The children will pick some ____ pumpkins. (big orange / orange big)
  10. The woman waters the ____ flowers. (purple pretty / pretty purple)
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Order of adjectives · answer key

  1. thick new
  2. fast brown
  3. small new
  4. sweet yellow
  5. big blue
  6. quick red
  7. dry blue
  8. thick old
  9. big orange
  10. pretty purple
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