Adjectives – Adverbs

Word Order of Adjectives

Numb Your Size/ Age Shap Colou Count Materi Noun

er Own Weigh e r ry al
Opinio t of
n/ Origin
Quality
one nice small old round brown Chines marble table
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Put the adjectives in the right order

1. a dog / black / small 14. a blouse / cotton / Indian / old
…………………………………………… ……………………………………………
2. a house / old / brick 15. a film / fantastic / English /
…………………………………………… recent
3. a chair / wooden / old / brown ……………………………………………
…………………………………………… 16. a car / white / fast / American
4. a hat / large / new / green ……………………………………………
…………………………………………… 17. a piano / Austrian / wooden
5. an apple / red / shiny ……………………………………………
…………………………………………… 18. a teacher / English / middle-aged
6. a flower / yellow / small ……………………………………………
…………………………………………… 19. a novel / historical / boring / long
7. a man / polite / old ……………………………………………
…………………………………………… 20. a disco / noisy / new / popular
8. a cloud / while / pretty ……………………………………………
…………………………………………… 21. a carpet / antique / French /
9. a road / straight / long unusual
…………………………………………… ……………………………………………
10. an earring /gold /expensive 22. a bed / soft / huge / comfortable
…………………………………………… ……………………………………………
11. a car / French / modern / 23. a camera / new / expensive /
wonderful German
…………………………………………… ……………………………………………
12. a bag / plastic / black / large 24. a jumper / handmade / red /
…………………………………………… woolen
13. an object / round / tiny / yellow ……………………………………………
……………………………………………

Order of Adverbs of Manner / Place / Time / Frequency / Degree

The adverbs usually follow this order:
manner place time
e.g. They were quietly in the sitting all afternoon
playing room
When the verb of the sentence expresses movement, then the order is:

place manner time

e.g. He goes to work by bus everyday

The adverb of time can be put at the beginning of the sentence for emphasis.

time manner Place

e.g. Yesterday they worked hard at the office.

Adverbs of frequency (eg. frequently, usually etc.) appear after an

auxiliary but before the main verb. However, they appear before an
auxiliary verb in short answers.
e. g. He is usually on time. Does he help you with the dishes?
He usually comes at 6.00. Yes, he usually does.

Adverbs of Degree are placed before the word they modify.

e.g. He is quite tall.

Rewrite the following sentences putting the adverbs in the right order.
1. The athlete wins (very, always, easily).
2. My brother snores (all night, noisily, sometimes).
3. The cat is allowed to go (out of the house, never).
4. He drives (at night, always, carelessly).
5. John went (by bicycle, yesterday, to work).
6. She was watching TV (alone, in the sitting room).
7. I travelled (last year, on my own, to America).
8. He missed the bus (this morning, almost).
9. He commutes (by train, to work).
10. The boy took the biscuit (greedily, from the tin).
11. He got (out of bed, sleepily, at ten o'clock).
12. The President appears (on television, frequently, during elections).
13. She stayed (at work, late, yesterday).
14. He jumped (foolishly, this morning, off the building).
15. He dresses (usually, for work, smartly).
16. She works (better, often, at night).
17. They come (on time, to school, seldom).
18. He looks (in the morning, never, cheerful).
19. The King appears (nowadays, rarely, in public).
20. He behaves (immaturely, at home, sometimes).

Structural Conversion
1. Kate is more intelligent than Ruth.
Ruth isn't as intelligent as Kate.
Ruth is less intelligent than Kate.
2. Can't you find a faster car than that?
Is that the fastest car you can find?
3. Can't you eat any more than that?
Is that the most you can eat?
4. I have never seen such a cute baby.
It is the cutest baby I have ever seen.
5. He writes stories better than anyone else.
He is the best story writer.
No one else writes stories as well as he dot
6. Music excites her more than anything else.
Music is the most exciting thing for her.
Nothing else is as exciting as music for he
7. Summer is hotter than winter.
Winter isn't as hot as summer.
8. There is no film which is more wonderful than this one.
This film is the most wonderful of all.

Finish the following sentences without changing the meaning of the sentences
printed before them.
1. Kate has more clothes than Betty.
Betty……………………………………………………….
2. He prefers tea to coffee. He likes
………………………………………………………………
3. I had never seen a better film. It was the
………………………………………………………
4. On the day she got married, she was happier than ever before. The
day………………….
………………………………………………….
5. Can't you be more helpful than that? Is that
………………………………………………….
6. There are more people in Japan than in Australia. There
aren't…………………………….
………………………………..
7. I don't enjoy the theatre as much as the cinema. I
enjoy……………………………………...
8. He'd rather learn French than Italian. He'd
prefer……………………………………………
9. We have never had such a delicious pizza. It
was……………………………………………
10. Astronomy fascinates him more than anything else. Nothing
else………………………..
………………………………………………….
11. I'd never had a better meal. It
was…………………………………………………………….
12. She prefers beef to chicken. She
likes…………………………………………………………
13. There is no one who sings as well as him. He
is……………………………………………..
14. Grapes are more expensive than apples.
Apples…………………………………………….
15. Can't he run any faster than that? Is
………………………………………………………….
16. Nothing else annoys him as much as snoring.
Snoring…………………………………….
17. There were more people on the beach than in the town. There weren't
…………………
………………………………………………….
18. He was luckier than ever before on the day he won the pools. The day
that……………
………………………………………………….
19. She doesn't cook as well as I do. I
cook………………………………………………….
20. Is that the most you can say? Can’t ………………………………………………….

Complete the following dialogue.

David: Hello Paul. Could...................................................?
Paul: Certainly. Where do you want to put the table?
David: Against that wall........................................................
Paul: Not at all. Would.....................................................?
David: Thank you. The chairs can go around the table.
Paul: What are you going to do now?
David: I'm not sure. Why....................................................?
Paul: That's a good idea. I think there's a film on BBC 1.