NEB Grade 12 Compulsory English Proper adjective order

 

A. Proper adjective order, based on the Standard English sequence:

Quantity → Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Color → Origin → Material → Purpose/Noun

Choose the correct alternative.

a. an old foreign car/a foreign old car

b. a beautiful white dress/ a white beautiful dress

c. a nice tall young man/a tall nice young man

d. a big black wooden desk/ a black wooden big desk

e. a delicious Italian pizza/ an Italian delicious pizza

f. a huge brown bear/a brown huge bear

g. a purple cotton sleeping bag/ a cotton purple sleeping bag

h. a beautiful old Indian village/an old beautiful Indian village

i. a cute little kitten/ a little cute kitten

j. an expensive antique /an antique expensive table

 

Answers

a. an old foreign car

• Age (old) → Origin (foreign)

b. a beautiful white dress

• Opinion (beautiful) → Color (white)

c. a nice tall young man

• Opinion (nice) → Size (tall) → Age (young)

d. a big black wooden desk

• Size (big) → Color (black) → Material (wooden)

e. a delicious Italian pizza

• Opinion (delicious) → Origin (Italian)

f. a huge brown bear

• Size (huge) → Color (brown)

g. a purple cotton sleeping bag

• Color (purple) → Material (cotton)

h. a beautiful old Indian village

 i. a cute little kitten

• Opinion (cute) → Size (little)

j. an expensive antique table

• Opinion (expensive) → Age (antique)

 

B. Put the adjectives in the following sentences in the correct order.

Quantity → Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Color → Origin → Material → Purpose/Noun):

a. I bought (red / a / comfortable / new) scooter.

b. She reached home and sat on (relaxing / old / her / wooden) chair.

c. We ate (Chinese / delicious / some) food.
d. I need (golden / delicious / some / round) apples.

e. We like to live in a (calm / unmediated / remote) place for some time.

f. She is wearing (silver / beautiful / a(n) / old) ring.

g. I am looking for (golden / stylish / a / Japanese) watch.

h. She dropped (old / china / attractive / a(n)) cup and smashed it.

i. He wants to marry (young / pretty / educated / a(n) / rustic) girl.

j. We stayed in a (luxurious / five star / new) hotel in Dubai.

Answers

a. I bought (red / a / comfortable / new) scooter.
I bought a comfortable new red scooter.

b. She reached home and sat on (relaxing / old / her / wooden) chair.
She reached home and sat on her old relaxing wooden 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 like to live in a calm remote unmediated place for some time.

f. She is wearing (silver / beautiful / a(n) / old) ring.
She is wearing an old beautiful silver ring.

g. I am looking for (golden / stylish / a / Japanese) watch.
I am looking for a stylish Japanese golden 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 (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.