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ADJECTIVES: WORD ORDER.

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1. Hell never change his mind. Hes
1. Hell never change his mind. Hes a. a stubborn, old, foolish - you need a noun at the end of these adjectives.
a. a stubborn, old, foolish b. a fool, stubborn old - you need A noun at the end of these adjectives.
c. stubborn, old fool you need an article ('a', 'an' or 'the') in this phrase.
b. a fool, stubborn old d. a stubborn, old fool - Correct opinion adjectives before descriptive ones.
c. stubborn, old fool
d. a stubborn, old fool 2. She bought
a. a velvet white suit - adjectives of colour before adjectives of material.
2. She bought b. a velvet and white suit no 'and' when adjectives are followed by a noun.
a. a velvet white suit c. a white velvet suit - Correct - colour before adjectives of material.
b. a velvet and white suit d. a suit white velvet noun at the end of these adjectives.
c. a white velvet suit
d. a suit white velvet 3. They have some
a. Japanese, black, gorgeous, tiny computers opinion, size, colour and then origin.
b. computers tiny, black Japanese noun at the end of these adjectives.
3. They have some c. computers of tiny, black Japanese Wrong - you need to put the noun after the
a. Japanese, black, gorgeous, tiny computers adjectives and you don't need the word 'of'.
b. computers tiny, black Japanese d. gorgeous, tiny, black, Japanese computers - Correct - we usually list
c. computers of tiny, black Japanese adjectives in order of opinion, size, colour and then origin.
d. gorgeous, tiny, black, Japanese computers
4. This is
4. This is a. amazing, free offer Wrong you need an article ('a', 'an' or 'the') here.
a. amazing, free offer b. an amazing free offer - Correct opinion adjectives before descriptive.
c. a free amazing offer opinion adjectives before descriptive ones.
b. an amazing free offer d. an amazing and free offer Wrong - we don't use 'and' when two or more
c. a free amazing offer adjectives are followed by a noun.
d. an amazing and free offer
5. They are
5. They are a. well-behaved, young boys - Correct opinion adjectives before descriptive.
a. well-behaved, polite boys b. well-behaved, young Wrong you need a noun at the end of the adjectives.
b. well-behaved, polite c. young boys, well-behaved Wrong noun after the adjectives.
c. polite boys, well-behaved d. well-behaved and young boys Wrong - we don't use 'and' when two or more
d. well-behaved and polite boys adjectives are followed by a noun.

6. It's a
6. It's a a French, square, white, big, china, old, nice plate
a. French, square, white, big, china, old, nice plate b. china, old, nice, French, square, white, big plate
b. china, old, nice, French, square, white, big plate c. nice, big, old, square, white, French, china plate - Correct -adjectives in
c. nice, big, old, square, white, French, china plate order of opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin and then material.
d. white, French square, big, china, old, nice plate d. white, French square, big, china, old, nice plate

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