Система упражнений по теме "Порядок прилагательных в английском языке"

Order of Adjectives

Exercise 1. Put the adjectives in the correct order to describe the musical instruments.

1) a / old / yellow / big / contrabass

2) a / new / yellow and brown / electric guitar

3) a / golden / big / saxophone

4) new / big / drums

5) a / old / big / black piano

Exercise 2. Divide the following adjectives into groups according to their meaning:

Bad, zigzag, round, Floridian, youthful, big, teenage, red, black, concrete, free, great, cotton, flat, antique, brown, international, large, oceanic, ceramic, dance, spherical, transparent, local, Irish, sleeping, military, political, French, recent, triangular, swinging, strong, white, young, glass, Spanish, wooden, ancient, walking, small, racing, mature, yellowish, infantile, Australian, blue, fabric, straight, cooking, plastic, equatorial, leather, old-fashioned, metal, tiny, steel, circular, square, huge, oval, pink, little, orange, northern, polar, American, work

General characterization (opinion): ____________________________

Size: _____________________________________________

Age: _____________________________________________

Shape: ___________________________________________

Colour: ____________________________________________

Purpose: __________________________________________

Origin: ____________________________________________

Material: __________________________________________

Exercise 3. Put the following words into the correct order:

1) suede / French / blue / soft / shoes

2) young / tall / Englishman

3) oval / Venetian / antique / valuable / glass

4) expensive / shiny / large / yellow / leather / case

5) oval / wooden / modern / nice / table

6) large / stone / beautiful / cottage

7) porcelain / tea / blue / thin / cup

8) tall / handsome / young / blonde / man

9) English / old / several / beautiful / castles

10) young / pretty / a lot of / French / girls

11) dark blue / best / silk / my / shirt