NB: The order of adjectives in often: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose + NOUN
Opinion | Size | Age | Shape | Color | Origin | Material | Purpose |
Famous | Huge | Old | Broad | Yellow | Morocan | Plastic | Carving |
Innocent | Colossal | Young | Round | Grey | American | Leather | Reading |
Poor | Tiny | 1 year | Curved | Indigo | French | Wooden | Playing |
Stupid | Average | Ancient | Square | White | Italian | Metal | writing |
Rewrite the following sentences in the correct order.
1. We have a beautiful green playing pitch.
2. My sister bought a big black Moroccan leather purse.
3. I like that pretty red Berber carpet.
4. They spent the night in a cheap small square Chinese hotel room.
5. My aunt has a cute 3 month baby.
6. My teacher is a smart, hard working lady.
7. Have you met that tall young Portuguese professor?
8. The couscous we had for lunch was rather salty.
9. Casablanca is a big modern crowded Moroccan city.
10. Throw away this rusty old cooking pan.
Put the adjectives between parentheses in their right place.
1. I ate a delicious rectangular bar of chocolate.
2. Khadija was wearing a fashionable long silken Moroccan Kaftan.
3. Roukia bought a chick square striped woolen scarf.
4. We'll sell that uncomfortable small ancient French car.
5. What a lovely new day!
6. I don't like those expensive big German cars.
7. My daughter has a cute hairy Siamese cat.
8. I'll give away my ugly long baggy jeans.
9. What a boring thick French book!
10. This beautiful small yellow Berber cape was given to me as a present.
Fill in the blanks with adjectives from the list: funny, famous, helpful, overweight, athletic, sad, smart, responsible, smart, dangerous, kind, jealous, boastful, mean, expensive, ugly, careful, interested, angry, and successful.
1. Aisha is fairly helpful. She helps her mother in the kitchen
2. My parents are generous and give me 100 DH a week for my allowance.
3. My brother is very athletic. He plays soccer, handball, and does jogging.
4. Bouchra always gets good grades. She is smart.
5. Hamid regularly visits his grandparents. He is very kind.
6. Samuel Eto'o is a very famous soccer player. Everyone knows him.
7. I like Mr Bean's shows. He is such a funny actor.
8. Amal is sad because her cat was run over by a car.
9. My mom is slim, whereas my dad is a bit overweight.
10. Hotel rooms in Casablanca are much more expensive than in Khémisset.
11. Most teenagers in Morocco are interested in soccer.
12. Who's responsible for messing up my room?
13. Climbing up Mount Toubkal can be dangerous. It's very rugged and steep.
14. Hamlet was angry with his mother because she remarried so quickly.
15. Most students are jealous of Yassine because he is smart and gets good grades.
16. Behind every successful man there stands a woman.
17. Amal’ mom is too mean to buy her a movie ticket.
18. When I was little, my mother often told me to be careful and look both ways when I cross the road.
19. Quasimodo is not attractive. He is a very ugly character in Notre Dame de Paris.
20. Beth is boastful. She likes talking about her kids achievements at school.
1. My sister is very annoying. She takes my CDs, my skirts, and my crayons.
2. Our Arabic teacher was so boring yesterday that everyone was yawning all through the lecture.
3. Malika wanted to go to Italy but did not get a visa. She feels so disappointed.
4. I did not understand this morning's math lesson. It was all very confused.
5. My little brother felt so frightened by firework noise.
6. I find English classes very interesting. Our teacher varies his lessons.
7. I'm sure I'll be thoroughly exhausted after the baccalaureate examination.
8. My sister is going to college next year. She is quite excited about it.
9. We watched an amusing show by Mr Bean last night.
10. The Twin Towers attack was shocking to all of us.
11. The actress felt embarrassed when they took a photo of her picking her nose.
12. Mohammed was delighted because he got a 20/20 on his math test.
13. Stop clipping your nails in public. This is disgusting.
14. Rime's parakeet died of cold last week. It was so depressing for her.
15. If I am late, my mother will get worried.
16. Have you heard the surprising news about Sarah's divorce?
17. I like Moroccan wedding ceremonies. They are so fascinating.
18. Everybody was thrilling when the Moroccan Soccer Team made it to the finals in 2004.
19. My roommate at the boarding school was so irritating. I couldn’t stand his non-stop prattle.
20. The teacher liked my paper because I gave good reasons and my arguments were convincing.
Adjectives or Adverbs? Choose the right word.
1. More and more people are getting serious / seriously overweight in America.
2. My grandmother does not speak good / well Arabic. She speaks Berber.
3. The president public / publicly apologized for torturing the opposition leaders.
4. The fans of IZK will not feel happy / happily if the team loses the match next Sunday.
5. Teachers often display a polite / politely and patient manner with children.
6. I used to careful / carefully drive on the icy roads of Cleveland when I was in the USA.
7. Rachid is busy / busily preparing for next week’s test.
8. I wish I could speak English fluent / fluently like you.
9. My bother arrived late / lately to school last Monday.
10. My sister writes careless / carelessly and makes stupid mistakes.
