Basic English Structure

Adjective Order

The usual order of Adjectives:
Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Nationality, Material, Purpose
1) He bought ________ house. a) a big new wooden
b) a new big wooden
c) an blue old
2) He gave her girl friend _________ watch. a) an expensive gold Swiss
b) a Swiss expensive gold
c) an expensive Swiss gold
3) I met a _________ girl this morning. a) a Chinese young lovely
b) a lovely young Chinese
c) a Chinese lovely young
4) Hong Kong is __________ city. a) a modern new
b) an international modern
c) a modern international
5) There is a __________ on the table. a) blue round plastic
b) round blue plastic
c) plastic round blue
6) Jenny goes to a ________ temple every month. a) historic Chinese beautiful
b) Chinese beautiful historic
c) beautiful historic Chinese
7) He has __________ hair. a) short straight dark
b) straight dark short
c) dark straight short
8) The teacher taught us __________ customs. a) many English interesting
b) many interesting English
c) interesting many English
9) Many ____ babies like milk. a) crying small
b) young crying
c) crying young
10) I like listening to ______ music. a) soft relaxing piano
b) relaxing piano soft
c) piano soft relaxing
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