| Question | Choose the sentence with the right word order |
|---|---|
| A | John was wearing a fantastic Italian coat. |
| B | John was wearing an Italian fantastic coat. |
| C | John was a fantastic Italian coat wearing. |
| D | John was an Italian fantastic coat wearing. |
| Answer | a |
| Remark | There is a certain word order in statements with the Past Continuous Tense: Subject - Auxiliary - Predicate with -ing ending - Object. When we need to use many adjectives in one sentence, they should be placed in the following order: Opinion - Size - Age - Shape - Colour - Origin - Material. 'Fantastic' is an opinion adjective and 'Italian' is an adjective of origin. |
Tags: word_order
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Brother policeman articles a/an talk jobs
Previous card: Gym tiffany day tomorrow change d future simple
Up to card list: English Grammar Intermediate by sevenlynx.com