Class 12 English Grammar Unit 20 Adjective Order Exercise
Unit 20 Grammar
Trick: DOSASCOMP
If you count "Determiner," there are nine places in English for adjectives, including things like "five," "a," "the," "his," "her," "many," "many," etc.
Types |
Examples |
Determiner Adjectives |
a/an/the/my/his/some/few etc |
Opinion Adjectives |
beautiful, ugly, interesting, etc |
Size Adjectives |
small, big, large, etc |
Age Adjectives |
new, old, ancient etc |
Shape Adjectives |
round, square, oval, etc. |
Color Adjectives |
red, black, blue, etc |
Origin Adjectives |
Indian, Chinese, Japanese etc |
Material Adjectives |
golden, wooden, etc |
Purpose Adjectives |
relaxing, fighting, jumping etc |
Textbook Exercise Solution
Adjective Order
B. Choose the correct alternative.
a. an old foreign car / a foreign old çar
An old foreign car
b. a beautiful white dress/ a white beautiful dress
A beautiful white dress
c. a nice tail young manla tall nice young man
A nice tall young man
d. a big black wooden desk/ a black wooden big desk
A big black wooden desk
e. a delicious Italian pizza / an Italian delicious pizza
A delicious Ttattant pizza
f. a huge brown bear / A brown huge bear
A huge brown bear
g. a purple cotton sleeping bag / a cotton purple sleeping bag
A purple cotton sleeping bag
h. a beautiful old Indian village / an old beautiful Indian village
An old beautiful Indian village
i. a cute little kitten/ a little cute kitten
A cute little kitten
j. an expensive antique lan antique expensive table
An antique expensive table
C. Put the adjectives in the following sentences in the correct order.
a. I bought /a /comfortable/new) scooter.
I bought a comfortable new red scooter.
b. She reached home and sat on (relaxing/old/her/wooden) hair.
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 would 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) leather 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 a (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.