Order of Adjectives Exercises PDFSet 2: Three or More Adjectives: OSASCOMP Order with Numbers
20 questions·14 min·Answers included·Explanations included
Preview: Questions
Fill in the blank with the correct option.
1.She chose a ___ skirt for the event.
a) red long beautifulb) long beautiful redc) beautiful long redd) long red beautiful
2.He collects ___ coins from around the world.
a) old small silverb) silver old smallc) small old silverd) small silver old
3.They bought ___ dining chairs for the kitchen.
a) six new woodenb) wooden six newc) new six woodend) six wooden new
4.We admired the ___ vase in the museum.
a) old Chinese lovelyb) lovely old Chinesec) Chinese old lovelyd) old lovely Chinese
5.The farmer owned ___ horses on his ranch.
a) large twelve brownb) twelve brown largec) brown twelve larged) twelve large brown
... and 15 more questions in the PDF
Preview: Answers
1.beautiful long red
2.small old silver
3.six new wooden
4.lovely old Chinese
5.twelve large brown
... and 15 more answers in the PDF
Preview: Explanations
1."beautiful long red"(c)
The OSASCOMP order is: Opinion (beautiful) → Size (long) → Colour (red). All three categories must follow this fixed sequence.
2."small old silver"(c)
The OSASCOMP order is: Size (small) → Age (old) → Material (silver). 'Old small silver' puts age before size, which is incorrect.
3."six new wooden"(a)
Numbers (six) come before all adjectives. Then the OSASCOMP order applies: Age (new) → Material (wooden). 'New six wooden' incorrectly puts the number after an adjective.
4."lovely old Chinese"(b)
The OSASCOMP order is: Opinion (lovely) → Age (old) → Origin (Chinese). Opinion always comes first among adjectives.
5."twelve large brown"(d)
Numbers (twelve) come first, then Size (large) → Colour (brown) following OSASCOMP. Numbers always precede descriptive adjectives.
... and 15 more explanations in the PDF
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