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QUIZ

Read the following sentences. Mark them if you think the word order is correct, or if you think it is not. Rewrite incorrect sentences on the lines. Example: She was wearing a woollen, orange, old, sweater. 1. I found a soccer cleat, black and old. 2. Frank is a fat, gray-haired, old man. 3. They gave me a Japanese, expensive wristwatch. 4. Ive lost my new, green, leather purse. 5. Australia is an English-speaking, sparsely-populated, large country. 6. Elephants are very large, vegetarian mammals. 7. Joanna is a highly-qualified, Italian-trained speech therapist. 8. I need a pair of leather driving gloves warm.

She was wearing an old, orange, woollen sweater.

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The usual pattern of adjective word order is: Size Opinion Physical description Shape a an some large tall a nice valuable brilliant-cut straight new white Korean short pretty old green pine Age Color flowered French Origin Material/ Type cotton oil dress painting jewels trees car

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Adjectives

A Look at the adjectives in the list below. Copy the adjectives into the correct column in the chart. miniature sophisticated wooden enormous Spanish useful ancient magnetic mauve triangular

Size Opinion Shape Age Color Origin Material/Type

The Longman Dictionary of American English has entries for thousands of adjectives, but some adjectives do not have entries. They appear instead at the end of the entry for a related word. For example, see the entry for the noun blotch. At the end of the entry, you will see blotchy adj. B Write the adjectives related to these nouns. 1. triangle 2. wool 3. capitalism 4. trend 5. democracy 6. republic C

triangular

7. single 8. cube 9. magnet 10. allergy 11. globe 12. nucleus

Use adjectives from the table in part B in the sentences below. Example: This is a global business with offices in over 80 different countries. 1. He likes to keep his feet warm, so he always wears socks. 2. I cant eat bread made from wheat flour because I get an reaction to wheat. 3. They used a compass to find north. 4. That is a very restaurant, so we may not be able to get a reservation. 5. We usually add an s to a noun to make it plural. 6. Many ex-communist countries have thrived under a economic system. 7. Each citizen has a free vote under a system of government.

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