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Grade 5 Adjective Order Worksheet

A worksheet for 5th graders to practice the correct order of adjectives in sentences.

Grade 5 ELA GrammarGrammar and MechanicsAdjective Order
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.1.A

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ELAGrammarAdjectivesGrade 5
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Adjective Order Practice

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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you practice putting adjectives in the correct order.

Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. When you use more than one adjective before a noun, they usually follow a specific order. This order helps sentences sound natural and clear. The general order is: Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose.

1. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

a

She wore a red beautiful silk dress.

b

She wore a beautiful red silk dress.

c

She wore a silk beautiful red dress.

d

She wore a red silk beautiful dress.

2. We saw a   car.

a

old shiny blue

b

blue old shiny

c

shiny old blue

d

shiny blue old

Rewrite the adjectives in the correct order to complete each sentence.

3. The girl has a (brown, small, pretty)   puppy.

4. My mom bought a (wooden, new, round)   table.

5. He lives in a (old, big, brick)   house.

6. Write a sentence using at least three adjectives to describe a backpack. Make sure the adjectives are in the correct order.

7. In the phrase 'a delicious large red apple,' the adjectives are in the correct order.

T

True

F

False

8. The adjective order for 'three small old books' is correct.

T

True

F

False