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Order of Adjectives Worksheet
Number the word tiles to put the adjectives in the order English uses.
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Order of Adjectives
9 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: Adjectives come in a set order, and one silly sentence helps you remember it: **N**ine **O**dd **S**loths **A**te **S**ix **C**runchy **O**range **M**uffins. That is number, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and then the noun. So we say "two nice old wooden chairs," not "two wooden old nice chairs." Number the tiles 1, 2, 3, and so on to put the words in the right order.
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About this worksheet
When several adjectives describe one noun, English puts them in a set order: number, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, then the noun. So we say "two nice old wooden chairs", not "two wooden old nice chairs".
A silly sentence helps a child remember it: Nine Odd Sloths Ate Six Crunchy Orange Muffins. Each first letter stands for one kind of adjective, in order.
A worked example
red / a / warm / coat
- Start with the article: a.
- Opinion comes before color: warm, then red.
- The noun goes last: coat.
Answer: a warm red coat
The common mistake
What it looks like: Putting color before size: a blue tiny bird.
Why it happens: Color is often the first thing a child notices, so it comes out first.
How to fix it: Check the order with the sloth sentence: Sloths (size) comes before Crunchy Orange (color), so it's a tiny blue bird.
Ten minutes a day, on paper. We plan what comes next.
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