Word Order for Adjectives Exercise

Word Order for Adjectives Exercise

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 ____________________________________	new a perfect system 8 ___________________________________
black small box Turkish a old 2 ___________________________________	18th century a Scottish fantastic castle 9 ___________________________________
man a fat friendly young 3 ___________________________________	a businessman horrible greedy 10 ___________________________________
tall our headmaster boring 4 ___________________________________	a big old brown bear 11 ___________________________________
wooden dark a table long 5 ___________________________________	student self-righteous a middle-class 12 ___________________________________
city a Spanish beautiful old 6 ___________________________________	spoilt boy nasty a little 13 ___________________________________
arts nice teacher French our 7 ___________________________________	green-eyed gorgeous black-haired a girl 14 ___________________________________

 

1. Which is the correct order? A. an old square wooden table B. a square wooden old table C. a wooden old square table D. an old wooden square table	2. Which is the correct order? A. a French new exciting band B. an exciting new French band C. an new French exciting band D. an exciting French new band
3. Which is the correct order? A.  a Japanese small serving bowl B.  a serving small Japanese bowl C.  a small Japanese serving bowl D.  a small serving Japanese bowl	4. Which is the correct order? A. a blue sailing beautiful boat B. a blue beautiful sailing boat C. a beautiful blue sailing boat D. a sailing beautiful blue boat
5. Which is the correct order? A.  a plastic big red hat B. a bit plastic red hat C.  a red big plastic hat D. a big red plastic hat	6. Which is the correct order? A.  a carving steel new knife B.  a steel new carving knife C.  a new carving steel knife D.  a new steel carving knife
7. Which is the correct order? A.  a thin small Canadian lady B.  a small thin Canadian lady C.  a Canadian small thin lady D.  a small Canadian thin lady	8. Which is the correct order? A.   a dirty old cotton tie B.   a dirty cotton old tie C.   a cotton dirty old tie D.   an old cotton dirty tie

May vs. Maybe Practice

Maybe vs. May Be: Use context to help you fill in the blank with the correct response.

1. It ________ that it will rain tomorrow.
2. ________ we could have class on line this week.
3. I didn’t see American Idol. It ________ on later as a re-run.
4. I didn’t see it either. ________ David won.
5. I didn’t want to buy the lawn mower yet. It ________ on sale later
   this week.
6. Can I go with you? I ________ able to help you carry it.
7. What’s wrong with her? ________ She’s having a bad day.
8. What’s wrong with him? He ________ having a bad day.

Present Progressive Practice by Millie

Part I-Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present progressive tense. (20 pts.)

 1) Right now I (watch) _______ _______ a movie. I (watch) _______ a lot of movies.

2) Rickie (be) _______ my friend. We (like) _______ to talk together. Right now we (talk) _______ _______ about school.

3) The police officer (wear) ________ a badge and a gun to work every day.

4) Jaime usually (eat) _______ cold cereal for breakfast, but today he (eat) _______ ________ oatmeal instead.

5) Alison and I (study) _______ _______ for the exam. We (not, want) ______________ _______ to fail it!

6) Jonas (sing) ________ in the band on Saturdays, and Veda (play) _______ the guitar.

7) My uncle (live) _______ in Tennessee. I (live) _______ in North Carolina.

8) My mom (cook) _______ _______ dinner tonight. (You, want) _______ _______ _______ to eat with us?

9) Tiffany and Mark (travel) _______ _______ to Spain. They will stay in Madrid.

10) We (read) _______ the newspaper every morning.

11) Jessie (ride) ________ his bike every day. In fact, he (ride) ________ ________ his bike right now.

12) Arnold and Peter (take) ________ ________ a test now. They (take) ________ a lot of tests.

13) I (want) ________ some new shoes. The pair I (have) ________ now (get) ________ ________ old.

14) Tony (be) ________ my friend. We (spend) ________ a lot of time together.

15) What (be) ________ your name? Where (be) ________ you from? Where (do) _______ you live?

16) I (no, watch) _______ _______ _________ TV now. I (talk) _______ _________ on the phone. I (like) ________ to talk on the phone.

17) Andrea (like) ________ to cook. Right now, she (make) _______ _________ vegetable soup.

18) When (do) _______ the bus leave? I hope we (be) _______ not too late!

19) I (be) _______ so thirsty! (you, have) _______ _______ ________ anything to drink?

20) Thomas (read) _______ ________ the newspaper and (drink) _________ coffee in the living room. He (no, do) _______ ________ have to go to work today.

 

Part II-Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in present progressive tense.  (10 points)

Note: These sentences use verbs and adverbs. An adverb says something more about the action of a verb.

Example: Violet (gracefully, dance) is gracefully dancing a ballet.

Example: Raul (wisely, check) is wisely checking the oil in his car.

1) The breeze (softly, blow) _______ _______ _______ on our faces.

2) The dog is very hungry. He is (quickly, eat) ________ ________ ________ all of his food.

3) The chestnut racehorse (already, cross) ________ ________ ________ the finish line. Its owner is very happy.

4) Jonathan (rarely, exercise) ________ ________ ________, now that he is in college.

5) Mrs. Stevens (angrily, yell) ________ ________ ________at the man who hit her car.

6) Be careful! You (almost, spill) ________ ________ ________ the paint.

7) The police (abruptly, stop) ________ ________ ________ traffic at the intersection.

8) Chad (nervously, ask) ________ ________ ________ Tina for a date.

9) Dr. Wong (calmly, explain) ________ ________ ________ the operation to the patient's family.

10) The little girl (shyly, talk) ________ ________ ________ to Santa Claus. She wants him to bring her a puppy!

 

Fact and Opinion #3

Fact or Opinion

 

Directions: Read each statement and then circle whether it is a fact or opinion.  If it’s a fact, explain how it can be proven.  If it is an opinion, simply write that it cannot be proven.

 

1.  Basketball is a much more exciting sport than golf.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

2.  Tiger Woods is still the top earning athlete in the world, despite the issues he’s had with his marriage.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

3.  In general, professional athletes are overpaid. 

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

4.  There are more head and spinal injuries each year from cheerleading than all other sports combined.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

5.  Athletes are role models and should conduct themselves accordingly in the public eye.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

6.  According to the MLB rule book, there are nine innings in a game of baseball.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

7.  The Dallas Cowboys have a terrible defensive line.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

8.  Statistically speaking, the 1976 Buccaneers have the worst record in the NFL having gone 0-14. 

                                                                                           

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

9.  With dark blue mesh and bright orange text, the Chicago Bears have the ugliest uniform in the NFL.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

10.  Aroldis Chapman threw the fastest pitch recorded in a major league game at 105 MPH.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

11.  Spitting in your hand before you pick up a baseball bat gives you good luck.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

12.  Mary Lou Retton was the first American to win the gold medal in the Women’s All-Around event.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

13.  The New York Yankees have won more World Series titles than any other team in baseball.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

14.  NASCAR racing is not a real sport since you don’t use your muscles to compete.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

15.  Women’s basketball games are not as aggressive or exciting as men’s basketball games.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

16.  Football is a more physical game than soccer because it requires more upper body strength.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

17.  Playing football is one of the most dangerous things that a high school student can do.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

18.  Barry Bonds holds the record for most homeruns in a season. 

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

19.  The average salary for a quarterback in the NFL in 2009 was 15 million dollars.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

20.  John Elway is still the greatest quarterback in NFL history. 

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

21.  Cheerleading is not a sport.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

22.  Soccer is more difficult to play than other sports because you cannot use your hands.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

23.  The average salary for a player on the Yankees is over six million dollars.

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

24.  Large salaries and overpaid athletes are spoiling the purity of sporting competitions. 

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________

 

25.  Since they make the most money, NBA players are the most spoiled of all athletes. 

 

Fact  or  Opinion   How can this be proven? ________________________________________________