English grammar, vocabulary, and listening comprehension exercises

Topic: Adjective order in English 1

level: Intermediate

Sometimes you need to use two or more adjectives to describe something or someone. Part of becoming fluent in English is knowing which order to use these adjectives in. Choose the response that sounds more natural.

1. He's a ________ doctor.
  young charming
  charming young

2. I plan on wearing my ________ coat.
  long black
  black long

3. This is a ________ painting from the 18th century.
  French well-known
  well-known French

4. She was wearing a ________ dress.
  green beautiful
  beautiful green

5. The ________ bird! I'm going to help it!
  poor little
  little poor

6. She prepared a ________ dinner for us.
  Mexican wonderful
  wonderful Mexican

7. Nagoya is an example of a ________ city.
  modern Japanese
  Japanese modern

8. He bought himself a ________ truck.
  big new
  new big

9. Pass me the ________ bowl.
  plastic round
  round plastic

10. The ________ years were fantastic.
  two first
  first two

11. Hans is a ________ architect.
  successful German
  German successful

12. The sculpture has an ________ shape.
  square interesting
  interesting square

13. She only wears ________ clothes.
  expensive designer
  designer expensive

14. The ________ sweater is very warm.
  wool Italian
  Italian wool

15. It's close to the ________ building.
  big blue
  blue big

16. They are ________ band.
  an American popular
  a popular American

17. He wore his ________ hat to the party.
  black big
  big black

18. This is ________ development!
  a new exciting
  an exciting new

19. She sold the ________ chairs at a yard sale.
  old wooden
  wooden old

20. He called me ________ man!
  an old fat
  a fat old

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