Word Order for Adjectives Exercise at Auto-English

Below you can see a diagram explaining the position of adjectives before a noun. Use it to answer the questions which follow.

OPINION CONDITION

SIZE

AGE

COLOUR

ORIGIN

MATERIAL

NOUN

Order the words in the boxes.

my teacher old maths  smelly

1

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new a perfect system
 8 ___________________________________

black small box Turkish a old

2

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18th century a Scottish fantastic castle

 9

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man a fat friendly young

3

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a businessman horrible greedy
10 ___________________________________

tall our headmaster boring

4

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a big old brown bear
11 ___________________________________

wooden dark a table long

5

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student self-righteous a middle-class
12 ___________________________________

city a Spanish beautiful old

6

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spoilt boy nasty a little
13 ___________________________________

arts nice teacher French our

7

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green-eyed gorgeous black-haired a girl

14

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