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Adjective Order

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Adjectives follow a certain order:
Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Nationality, Material, Purpose
1) Susan has ________ car. an old blue
a blue old
an blue old
2) There is a ____ vase on the table. cheap plastic old
plastic cheap
cheap plastic
3) Jillian is ____ student. a Chinese young interesting
an interesting young Chinese
an Chinese interesting
4) She is my ____ friend. old new
old dear
dear old
5) There are _____ pictures in this magazine. interesting computer-generated new
interesting new computer-generated
computer-generated interesting new
6) Lara goes to a ________ temple every week. historic Japanese beautiful
Japanese beautiful historic
beautiful historic Japanese
7) I found some mistakes in my _____ homework assignment! difficult English
long new
historic long
8) The teacher taught many ____ things to the students.  historic interesting
interesting historic
old historic interesting
9) Many ____ babies like milk. crying old
young crying
crying young
10) I like to listen to ______ music after dinner. soft relaxing orchestra
relaxing orchestra soft
orchestra soft relaxing

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