Friday, 24 September 2021

UNIT 13 The Order of Adjectives TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 13

The Order of Adjectives

EXERCISE A

Choose the correct order of adjectives and write its number in the brackets.


 

1

We all sat around our _____________ table.

(1)

wooden, old, dining

(2)

old, dining, wooden

(3)

old, wooden, dining

(4)

wooden, dining, old

2

My father gave my mother a _____________ vase for her birthday.

(1)

beautiful, Venetian, flower

(2)

Venetian, beautiful, flower

(3)

flower, beautiful, Venetian

(4)

beautiful, flower, Venetian

3

I put on my _____________ shirt.

(1)

cotton, white, new

(2)

white, new, cotton

(3)

new, cotton, white

(4)

new, white, cotton

4

Our new sports teacher is a _____________ man.

(1)

slim, Indian, tall

(2)

tall, slim, Indian

(3)

Indian, tall, slim

(4)

slim, tall, Indian

5

My baby sister has _____________ eyes.

(1)

round, black, big

(2)

black, round, big

(3)

big, round, black

(4)

round, big, black

6

My brother gave me an _____________ game.

(1)

new, exciting, computer

(2)

computer, new, exciting

(3)

exciting, computer, new

(4)

exciting, new, computer

7

We went to a cafe and had a dish of _____________ noodles.

(1)

hot, tasty, Chinese

(2)

Chinese, hot, tasty

(3)

tasty, hot, Chinese

(4)

Chinese, tasty, hot

8

Our neighbour has a _____________ motorbike.

(1)

Japanese, red, powerful

(2)

powerful, red, Japanese

(3)

red, powerful, Japanese

(4)

Japanese, powerful, red

9

I need a _____________ bag for the new term.

(1)

new, leather, school

(2)

leather, new, school

(3)

new, school, leather

(4)

leather, school, new

10

I'm wearing a pair of _____________ jeans.

(1)

old, blue, denim

(2)

blue, old, denim

(3)

denim, old, blue

(4)

old, denim, blue

11

Amy opened her present and it was a _____________ blouse.

(1)

green, lovely, floral

(2)

green, floral, lovely

(3)

lovely, green, floral

(4)

floral, lovely, green

12

I love the smell of _____________ sheets on my bed.

(1)

clean, linen, white

(2)

white, linen, clean

(3)

white, clean, linen

(4)

clean, white, linen

 

EXERCISE B

Arrange the adjectives in brackets in the correct order to fill in the gaps. An example has been done for you.

The Witch in the Wood

This story is about an (1) ______ ugly, old _____ (old / ugly) witch. She lived in a (2) _________ (cold / dark) castle in the middle of a (3) ______ (black / large) forest. Everyday she went out to look for (4) _________ (lost/ little) children. When she found them, she took them back to her (5) _________ (big / frightening) castle and made them work. They had to wash the witch's (6) _________ (china I/best / tea) set without breaking a single plate! Then they had to iron all her (7) _________ (black /long) witch's cloaks. They also had to scrub the (8) _________ (dirty /wooden /long) corridors until they shone! When all the jobs were finished, she let the children go. One day she found two brothers, Jack and Tom. They were very different. Jack was a (9) _________ (dark / tall) boy but Tom was a (10) (short / fair) child. The witch took the boys back to her castle and made them work. But the boys were terrible. They broke every (11) _________ (china / precious) plate the witch had. They burnt all her cloaks with the iron and they spread (12) _________ (cold / dirty) water all over the floor. The witch was so angry that she chased them out of her castle and vowed never to look for children again!

 

EXERCISE C

Arrange the adjectives in brackets in the correct order to fill in the gaps.

New York City


New York City lies in a (1) _________ (natural/ superb) harbour. It is a (2) _________ (modern / busy) city and has (3) _________ (tall/ concrete) skyscrapers and (4) _________ (high / steel/ beautiful) bridges. But the most famous landmarks are the (5) _________ (elegant / tall) Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. New York has a (6) _________ (large / multi-racial) population and you can hear many different languages being spoken. The city also welcomes many tourists. Many of them come for the (7) ________ (luxury / famous) shopping on Fifth Avenue, and they especially like to visit Macy's- the nation's most (8) _________ (department / well-known) store. People also visit New York for its (9) _______ (exciting / artistic) life. The theatres on Broadway are world-famous. There's also plenty for children to do. They can play in (10) _________ (leafy / green) Central Park or take a trip out to Coney Island for some (11) ________ (family / traditional) fun . Of course, in such a huge city, it is important to have a (12) _________ (transport / good / public) system. And New York does! Its subways, trains and buses transport 2.4 billion people a year!

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