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Order Of Adjectives Quiz (Level A2-B1) - Grammar Practice

⏱ Time: 07:30 📝 Questions: 15 📊 Level: A2, B1 📚 Type: Grammar ⭐ XP: up to +15 (on pass)

Preparing for an English exam? Practise Order Of Adjectives with 15 exercises at Level A2-B1. The questions mirror real exam formats — multiple choice, true/false, and matching — so you get familiar with the question styles while reviewing key grammar concepts.

⏱ You have 07:30 to answer 15 questions. The timer only starts when you click Begin.

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Q1 15

Question 1: She bought a ___ Italian leather bag.

Question 1 options
'Beautiful' is correct because opinion adjectives come before origin adjectives (Italian) and material adjectives (leather) in English. 'Italian' is an origin adjective and cannot precede 'leather' as the first adjective here. 'Leather' is a material adjective and cannot open the sequence. 'Lovely Italian' is a phrase, not a single adjective option.
Q2 15

Question 2: He drives a ___ car.

Question 2 options
'Small old red' is correct because adjectives follow the order: size (small) → age (old) → colour (red). The other options place age, colour, or size in the wrong positions.
Q3 15

Question 3: In English, a size adjective should come before an opinion adjective when both describe the same noun.

Question 3 options
False. Opinion adjectives always come before size adjectives in English. The correct order is opinion → size (e.g. 'a beautiful large house', not 'a large beautiful house').
Q4 15

Question 4: Why do we say 'a lovely little wooden box' and not 'a wooden little lovely box'?

Question 4 options
'Lovely little wooden box' is correct because English adjectives follow a fixed order: opinion (lovely) → size (little) → material (wooden). Changing this order sounds unnatural to native speakers.
Q5 15

Question 5: Arrange the words to make a correct sentence:

Question 5 options
  • She found
  • black
  • little
  • kitten.
  • a cute

Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.

The correct order is 'She found a cute little black kitten.' because adjectives follow the order: opinion (cute) → size (little) → colour (black).
Q6 15

Question 6: Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

Question 6 options
'A gorgeous old French clock' is correct because it follows opinion (gorgeous) → age (old) → origin (French). The other sentences place origin, age, or opinion in the wrong positions.
Q7 15

Question 7: Customer: 'Can you describe the table?' Salesperson: 'Yes, it's a ___ table — very popular with our customers.'

Question 7 options
'Large round wooden' is correct because size (large) comes before shape (round), and shape comes before material (wooden) in the standard adjective order.
Q8 15

Question 8: Which sentence correctly places the colour adjective before the origin adjective?

Question 8 options
'A white Japanese vase' is correct because colour (white) comes before origin (Japanese) in the standard adjective order. The other options place origin before colour, which is incorrect.
Q9 15

Question 9: Put the words in the correct order:

Question 9 options
  • a beautiful
  • old
  • house.
  • stone
  • They live in

Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.

The correct order is 'They live in a beautiful old stone house.' because adjectives follow the order: opinion (beautiful) → age (old) → material (stone).
Q10 15

Question 10: My grandmother gave me a ___ jewellery box.

Question 10 options
'Small square silver' is correct because adjectives follow the order: size (small) → shape (square) → material (silver). The other options break this fixed sequence.
Q11 15

Question 11: Which statement about adjective order in English is true?

Question 11 options
Age adjectives come before colour adjectives in English (e.g. 'an old blue coat', not 'a blue old coat'). Origin comes after colour, not before. Opinion always comes first among descriptive adjectives, and material comes after origin.
Q12 15

Question 12: Rewrite using correct adjective order: 'It is a cotton new comfortable shirt.' → It is a ___ shirt.

Question 12 options
'Comfortable new cotton' is correct because the adjective order is opinion (comfortable) → age (new) → material (cotton). The original sentence has all three in the wrong order.
Q13 15

Question 13: Match each adjective group to its correct position in the adjective order.

Question 13 options
beautiful, lovely, horrible
round, square, triangular
French, Mexican, Japanese
wooden, cotton, leather
Origin adjectives (6th position)
Shape adjectives (4th position)
Material adjectives (7th position)
Opinion adjectives (1st position)

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

English adjective order goes: opinion → size → age → shape → colour → origin → material → purpose. Each adjective type has a fixed position in this sequence.
Q14 15

Question 14: Purpose adjectives (e.g. 'running' in 'running shoes') come at the very end of the adjective sequence, closest to the noun.

Question 14 options
True. Purpose adjectives describe the function of the noun and are placed last in the adjective order, directly before the noun (e.g. 'comfortable old running shoes'). They are so close to the noun they are sometimes considered part of it.
Q15 15

Question 15: A writer wants to describe a ring that is small, made of gold, and is antique. Which phrase best follows the standard adjective order?

Question 15 options
'A small antique gold ring' is correct because size (small) comes before age (antique), and age comes before material (gold). 'Antique small gold' puts age before size, which is wrong. 'Gold small antique' reverses both age and material positions.