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Adjective Order Practice

A third-grade ELA worksheet focusing on the correct order of adjectives in sentences.

Grade 3 ELA GrammarGrammar and MechanicsAdjective Order
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Multiple ChoiceFill in the BlanksShort AnswerTrue / FalseWord Bank

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.A

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ELAGrammarAdjectivesGrade 3
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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?

a

My mom bought a red new car.

b

My mom bought a new red car.

c

My mom bought a car red new.

d

My mom bought a car new red.

2. Choose the sentence with adjectives in the right order.

a

The big round blue ball bounced high.

b

The blue round big ball bounced high.

c

The round blue big ball bounced high.

d

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.

T

True

F

False

Use the adjectives from the word bank to describe the noun in the correct order.

old
green
small

8. Describe a frog: a       frog.