Adjective Order Practice
A third-grade ELA worksheet focusing on the correct order of adjectives in sentences.
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Adjective Order Practice
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. Remember that adjectives describe nouns and usually follow a certain order: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose.
1. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?
My mom bought a red new car.
My mom bought a new red car.
My mom bought a car red new.
My mom bought a car new red.
2. Choose the sentence with adjectives in the right order.
The big round blue ball bounced high.
The blue round big ball bounced high.
The round blue big ball bounced high.
The big blue round ball bounced high.
Fill in the blanks with the adjectives in the correct order. (old, small, wooden)
3. I saw a house.
Fill in the blanks with the adjectives in the correct order. (fluffy, white, little)
4. My dog has a tail.
5. Rewrite the sentence, putting the adjectives in the correct order.
She wore a (silk, beautiful, long) dress.
6. Rewrite the sentence, putting the adjectives in the correct order.
He drove a (fast, red, new) car.
7. True or False: In the phrase 'a big red apple', 'big' is a size adjective and 'red' is a color adjective.
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False
Use the adjectives from the word bank to describe the noun in the correct order.
8. Describe a frog: a frog.