EXERCISES with Adjectives order

Sometimes you need to use two or more adjectives to describe something or someone. Part of becoming fluent in English is knowing which order to use these adjectives in. Choose the most natural-sounding response: 

1. He was wearing a ________ shirt.
  dirty old flannel
  flannel old dirty
  old dirty flannel

2. Pass me the ________ cups. 
  plastic big blue
  big blue plastic
  big plastic blue

3. All the girls fell in love with the ________ teacher.
  handsome new American
  American new handsome
  new handsome American

4. I used to drive ________ car.
  a blue old German
  an old German blue
  an old blue German

5. He recently married a ________ woman.
  young beautiful Greek
  beautiful young Greek
  beautiful Greek young

6. This is a ________ movie.
  new Italian wonderful
  wonderful Italian new
  wonderful new Italian

7. She is a ________ supermodel. 
  beautiful slim Brazilian
  Brazilian beautiful slim
  slim Brazilian beautiful

8. It's in the ________ container.
  large blue metal
  blue large metal
  blue metal large

9. He sat behind a ________ desk. 
  big wooden brown
  big brown wooden
  wooden big brown

10. She gave him a ________ vase. 
  small Egyptian black
  black Egyptian small
  small black Egyptian

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BRITISH COUNCIL EXERCISES