WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
It is unnatural to use more than two or three adjectives together in one phrase.
происхождение
Определяющее
Determiner
Compound
рисунок, узор
Condition
Material
Opinion
состояние
составное
материал
сложное,
Pattern
Colour
Origin
Shape
размер/
возраст
мнение
форма
noun
Size/
слово
Age
цвет
two nice young French men
a huge grey woollen jumper
his round spotty face
Pete’s dirty old walking shoes
Task: Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position.
1) a table (wooden/round/beautiful) _______________________________________________________
2) a ring (gold/unusual) _________________________________________________________________
3) a pullover (woolen/pink/nice/new) ______________________________________________________
4) a house (old/ugly/Turkish) ____________________________________________________________
5) gloves (black/comfortable/leather) ______________________________________________________
6) a film (interesting/American/old) _______________________________________________________
7) a face (long/thin/good-looking) ________________________________________________________
8) clouds (frightening/big/black) _________________________________________________________
9) a day (lovely/sunny/happy) ___________________________________________________________
10) an avenue (long/wide/noisy) __________________________________________________________
11) a painting (French/interesting/old) _____________________________________________________
12) an umbrella (yellow/enormous/red/expensive/Japanese) ____________________________________