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Order of adjectives

Read the example phrases. Tick the descriptions that correctly describe the order of adjectives.

Lovely, old, green, silk scarf

small, antique, Turkish tea glass

expensive, tiny, green, African emerald

a large, dead tiger shark

1 Age comes before material.

2 Nationality comes before size.

3 Opinion comes after material.

4 Size comes before colour.

5 Function comes just before the noun.