Word & adjective order
Rebuild the sentence, including the order adjectives have to go in.
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Word & adjective order: worked examples
Five from the set, with the answer filled in and the rule that decides it. The remaining questions are in the answer key below.
- 01
My brother plays the guitar every evening.
English keeps subject - verb - object together, with the time phrase last.
- 02
I like Italian food very much.
Nothing comes between the verb and its object, the adverb waits.
- 03
She always gets up at six o'clock.
Adverbs of frequency go before the main verb: always gets up, never eats.
- 04
My parents are never late for dinner.
With be, the frequency adverb comes after it: is often, are never.
- 05
She sang beautifully in the hall last night.
Manner, then place, then time: how - where - when.
Answer key: all 24 questions
- 01My brother plays the guitar every evening.
- 02I like Italian food very much.
- 03She always gets up at six o'clock.
- 04My parents are never late for dinner.
- 05She sang beautifully in the hall last night.
- 06They played tennis in the park yesterday afternoon.
- 07Where did you go last weekend?
- 08Does your sister live near the university?
- 09Can you tell me where the station is?
- 10I don't know what time the film starts.
- 11This box isn't big enough for all my books.
- 12We didn't have enough money for a taxi.
- 13She bought a lovely little old wooden box.
- 14She was carrying a big round black Italian leather bag.
- 15We stayed in a beautiful old French farmhouse.
- 16Can you pass me the small red plastic cup?
- 17My grandmother has a huge antique silver mirror.
- 18They live in a lovely big modern house.
- 19She wore a long white cotton dress.
- 20We bought a large square wooden table.
- 21I found an interesting old Spanish coin.
- 22She always carries a small black leather shopping bag.
- 23They have a lovely little round coffee table.
- 24He wore his old brown leather walking boots.
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