Unit 20 Power and Politics
Grammar
Adjective
order
The multiple adjectives are always ranked
accordingly: opinion, condition, size, age, shape, color, origin, material,
purpose.
A. Study the following qualifiers used with the word ‘house.’
A house
A large house
A large white house
A large old white house
A beautiful large old white house
A beautiful large old rectangular white house
B. Choose the correct alternative.
a. an old foreign car/a foreign old car
ü an
old foreign car
b. a beautiful white dress/ a white beautiful dress
ü a
beautiful white dress
c. a nice tall young man/a tall nice young man
a nice tall young man
d. a big black wooden desk/ a black wooden big desk
ü a
big black wooden desk
e. a delicious Italian pizza/ an Italian delicious pizza
ü a
delicious Italian pizza
f. a huge brown bear/a brown huge bear
ü a
huge brown bear
g. a purple cotton sleeping bag/ a cotton purple sleeping bag
ü a
purple cotton sleeping bag
h. a beautiful old Indian village/an old beautiful Indian
village
ü an
old beautiful Indian village
i. a cute little kitten/ a little cute kitten
ü a
cute little kitten
j. an expensive antique /an antique expensive table
ü an
antique expensive table
C. Put the adjectives in the following sentences in the correct
order.
a. I bought (red/ a /comfortable/new) scooter.
I bought a comfortable new red scooter.
b. She reached home and sat on (relaxing/old/her/wooden) chair.
She reached home and sat on her old wooden relaxing
chair.
c. We ate (Chinese/delicious/some) food.
We ate some delicious Chinese food.
d. I need (golden/delicious/some/round) apples.
I need some delicious round golden apples.
e. We like to live in a (calm/unmediated/remote) place for some
time.
We like to live in a calm unmediated remote place
for some time.
f. She is wearing (silver/beautiful / a(n)/ old) ring.
She is wearing a beautiful old silver ring.
g. I am looking for (golden/stylish/a/Japanese) watch.
I am looking for a stylish golden Japanese leather
watch.
h. She dropped (old/china/attractive/a(n)) cup and smashed it.
She dropped an attractive old China cup and
smashed it.
i. He wants to marry (young/pretty/educated/a(n)/rustic) girl.
He wants to marry a pretty young educated rustic
girl.
j. We stayed in a (luxurious/five star/new) hotel in Dubai.
We stayed in a new luxurious five star hotel in
Dubai.
Extra Questions
Put the following adjectives in the right order.
1) 1) ......... (young / a / pretty) girl
walked into the room.
2)
Alex watched the .......... (blue,
northern, pale) sky.
3)
All of the students in class took the
.......... .......... test. (computerized, simple)
4)
All the girls fell in love with the
.......... teacher. (handsome new American, American new handsome, new
handsome American)
5)
Ajgar joined an .......... (ambitious,
rich, soccer) team.
6)
Aunt Lucy bought an .......... (antique,
rocking, wooden) chair.
7)
Before going to the greenhouse, the
horticulture students put on their .......... .......... .......... gloves.
(rubber, new, gardening)
8)
Beside the fireplace were
two .......... bookcases. (antique oak French / antique
French oak / French antique oak)
9)
Did the .......... singer have a
concert? (young, Spanish)
10)
Did you know that cheetahs are
.......... , .......... , and .......... ? (carnivorous, beautiful, endangered)
11)
Four .......... trucks pulled into the
driveway. (big, old, green)
12)
He arrived in .......... car.
(a beautiful old sports / a sports old beautiful / an old
beautiful sports)
13)
He bought .......... (woollen / a /
British / fabulous) suit.
14)
He has .......... (a lot of / old /
interesting) books.
15)
He has .......... (silver / old /
beautiful / a) ring.
16)
He is a .......... man. [tall thin, thin
tall]
17)
He is looking for .......... (leather /
stylish / a /black) bag.
18)
He recently married a .......... woman.
(young beautiful Greek, beautiful young Greek, beautiful Greek young)
19)
He sat behind a .......... desk. (big
wooden brown, big brown wooden, wooden big brown)
20)
He saw .......... (French / writing /
old / an) desk.
21)
He wants .......... (some / French /
delicious / really) cheese.
22)
He was wearing a .......... shirt.
(dirty old flannel, flannel old dirty, old dirty flannel)
23)
He was with that ..........
friend of his. (clever handsome young / handsome young
clever / handsome clever young)
24)
I am drinking from a .......... cup.
[small English tea, tea small English, English small tea]
25)
I am going to wear my .......... tie to
the wedding. [big cotton blue, blue big cotton, big blue cotton]
26)
I bought a pair of .......... boots. (new, nice, red rain/ nice new red rain/ red nice new rain)
27)
I love eating .......... strawberries.
[red big, big red]
28)
I love to read .......... articles about
biology. (difficult, long)
29)
I need .......... (computer /
comfortable / a) desk.
30)
I used to drive .......... car. (a blue
old German, an old German blue, an old blue German)
31)
I visited .......... (ancient / a /
spooky / German) castle.
32)
I want .......... (silk / green / an /
amazing) dress.
33)
I was surprised to receive a .......... puppy
for my birthday. (little, cute,
eight-week-old golden retriever/ cute
eight-week-old little golden retriever/
cute little eight-week-old golden retriever)
34)
I’ve been spending a lot of time in
antique shops looking for the perfect .......... clock. (little silver Italian cuckoo/ little Italian silver cuckoo/ silver little Italian cuckoo)
35)
It's in the .......... container. (large
blue metal, blue large metal, blue metal large)
36)
James recently departed on a ..........
trip. [camping long, long camping]
37)
Jason wrote a .......... (horror, long,
new) novel.
38)
Kim directed an .......... (acclaimed,
modern, international) film.
39)
Mary fell in love with a ..........
(good-looking, tall, strapping) man.
40)
Mel got a .......... (canopy, massive,
square) bed
41)
Morgan orders two .......... slices of
pizza. (tasty, hot)
42)
My .......... teacher talks for hours!
[philosophy old boring, old philosophy boring, boring philosophy old, boring
old philosophy]
43)
My dad was thrilled with his gift of ..........
bowties for his clown act. (three
squirting new nice big polka-dotted,
three polka-dotted nice new squirting,
three nice big new polka-dotted squirting)
44)
My grandmother lives in the .......... house
on the corner. (little blue, green and
white, little blue and green and
white, little, blue, green, and white)
45)
My parents said we are leaving for a
.......... getaway. (short, tropical)
46)
On the floor was a ..........
rug. (round patterned Persian / patterned Persian
round / Persian round patterned)
47)
Our school is in a .......... (big, old,
rectangular) building.
48)
Our work uniform consists of black
pants, black shoes, and a .......... shirt.
(yellow baggy big polo/ big baggy
yellow polo/ baggy yellow big polo)
49)
Pass me the .......... cups. (plastic
big blue, big blue plastic, big plastic blue)
50)
Please put the marbles into that ..........
box. (round little old red, little old round red, little old red round)
51)
Please recycle those .......... bottles.
[three water empty, three empty water, water empty three]
52)
Sean owns an .......... imported,
orange, precious) carp.
53)
She bought .......... (plastic / red / a
/ new) plastic lunchbox.
54)
She bought some ..........
cushions. (enormous red striped / striped enormous
red / enormous red striped)
55)
She drank .......... (Italian / black /
hot) coffee.
56)
She dropped .......... (old / beautiful
/ the) plate and it smashed.
57)
She enjoys wearing her .......... dress.
(petite, pink, striped)
58)
She gave him a .......... vase. (small
Egyptian black, black Egyptian small, small black Egyptian)
59)
She is a .......... supermodel.
(beautiful slim Brazilian, Brazilian beautiful slim, slim Brazilian beautiful)
60)
She packed her clothes in a ..........
box. [green flimsy cardboard, flimsy green cardboard, cardboard flimsy green]
61)
She put on a ..........
pullover. (yellow soft woolly / woolly yellow soft / soft
yellow woolly)
62)
She sat down on a ..........
sofa. (comfortable leather black / comfortable black
leather /black leather comfortable)
63)
She was wearing a ..........
evening-gown. (green long silk / silk green long / long
green silk)
64)
She went home and sat on ..........
(comfortable / her / wooden / old) bed.
65)
The .......... .......... furniture was
sold yesterday. (Swedish, green)
66)
The .......... .......... women waited
for the server to come to their table. (refined, Chinese)
67)
The .......... cat loves to nap all day.
(cute, large, black)
68)
The .......... pillow looked nice on the
couch. (square, soft, blue)
69)
The .......... woman did well on the
test. [intelligent young, young intelligent]
70)
The artist wears a .......... hat.
(pretty, black, wool)
71)
The box was full of .......... and
.......... .......... puppies. (white, spotted, black)
72)
The company makes .......... products.
[excellent farming, farming excellent]
73)
The concert was held in
that .......... theatre. (amazing new glass / new amazing
glass / amazing glass new)
74)
The girl received ..........
..........gifts for her birthday. (tiny, multiple)
75)
The house is ........... (large and white, white and large, large white)
76)
The scientists have found a ..........
cure for the disease. [new great, great
new]
77)
The state of Colorado is .......... ,
.......... , and .......... . (square, large, mountainous)
78)
The store carries an assortment of ..........
objects. (interesting new, old and
antique, new, old, interesting and
antique, interesting, old and new and
antique)
79)
The ticket costs .......... dollars.
[ten US, US ten]
80)
The woman is wearing a .......... dress.
[yellow long, long yellow]
81)
Their dog is a .......... shepherd.
[brown big German, big brown German, German big brown]
82)
They bought .......... (red / a / new)
car.
83)
They have .......... (Dutch / black)
bicycles.
84)
They live in a .......... house. (large and white, white and large, large white)
85)
They sell .......... (colourful, round,
southern) cacti.
86)
They stayed in .......... (little / a /
cute) cottage.
87)
They went on holiday to ..........
(small / wooden / a / beautiful) cabin.
88)
This is a .......... movie. (new Italian
wonderful, wonderful Italian new, wonderful new Italian)
89)
This restaurant had ..........
(Atlantic, delicious, some) crabs.
90)
Today, we have a .......... (difficult,
extensive, math) exam.
91)
Tony survived a .......... (big,
electric, violent) storm.
92)
Two .......... dogs followed me home
from school. (small, brown, spotted)
93)
We are looking for .......... (fresh,
red, some) apples.
94)
We are selling our .......... (broken,
tiny, ugly) car.
95)
We ate .......... (green / English /
round / some) apples.
96)
We can see .......... (ancient,
circular, several) memoirs.
97)
We drink some .......... (American,
orange, sweet) lemonade.
98)
We have .......... (a few, tasteless,
tiny) hot dogs for dinner.
99)
We have .......... (English,
interesting, two) classes this week.
100)
We meet a group of .......... (five,
smart, young) authors.
101)
We sat down at an ..........
table. (ugly oval pine / ugly pine oval / oval ugly pine)
102)
We wanted .......... (grey / a / metal)
table.
103)
We went for a two-week cruise on a ..........
ocean liner. (incredible brand-new, huge
Italian/ incredible, huge, brand-new
Italian/ Italian incredible, brand-new,
huge)
104)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(He is just an old silly man. He is just a silly old man.)
105)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(I ate hot delicious soup for lunch. I ate delicious hot
soup for lunch.)
106)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(I hate this awful wet weather. I hate this wet awful weather.)
107)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(I like that small glass coffee table. I like that glass small coffee
table. I like that coffee glass small table.)
108)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(I need a new electronic dictionary. I need an electronic new
dictionary.)
109)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(Last night I watched an interesting German film. Last night I
watched a German interesting film.)
110)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(My cellar is full of black big spiders. My cellar is full of big
black spiders.)
111)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(She bought a new powerful computer. She bought a powerful new
computer.)
112)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(She was carrying a new beautiful bag. She was carrying a beautiful
new bag.)
113)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(She was wearing red beautiful shoes. She was wearing beautiful red
shoes.)
114)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(Sim City is a new exciting computer game. Sim City is a new computer
exciting game. Sim City is an exciting new computer game.)
115)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(There is a red horrible insect on your back. There is a
horrible red insect on your back.)
116)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(They are a heavy loud metal band. They are a loud heavy metal band.
They are a metal heavy loud band.)
117)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(They have just moved into a modern big house. They have just moved
into a big modern house.)
118)
Which is the usual order of adjectives?
(They live in a wonderful old wooden house. They live in an old wonderful
wooden house. They live in a wooden wonderful old house.)
119)
Which sentence uses the correct order of
adjectives? (A. During my college years, I wore a red, white and black big hat
to sporting events. B. During my college years, I wore a big red, white and
black hat to sporting events. C. During my college years, I wore a big red
white and black, hat to sporting events.)
120)
Which sentence uses the correct order of
adjectives? (A. I like that really big red old antique tractor in the museum.
B. I like that really big old red antique tractor in the museum. C. I like that
old, red, really big antique tractor in the museum.)
121)
Which sentence uses the correct order of
adjectives? (A. I’d like three good reasons why you don’t like spinach. B. I’d
like a good three reasons why you don’t like spinach. C. I’d like good reasons
three why you don’t like spinach.)
122)
Which sentence uses the correct order of
adjectives? (A. My brother rode a beautiful big black Friesian horse in the
parade. B. My brother rode a beautiful Friesian big black horse in the parade.
C. My brother rode a big, black, beautiful Friesian horse in the parade.)
123)
Which sentence uses the correct order of
adjectives? (A. Our grandparents drive a motorhome with black and white
stripes. B. Our grandparents drive a motorhome with black with white stripes.
C. Our grandparents drive a motorhome with black, white stripes.)
124)
Which sentence uses the correct order of
adjectives? (A. We took a ride on a blue, old Chinese bus. B. We took a ride on
a Chinese, old, blue bus. C. We took a ride on an old, blue Chinese bus.)
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