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Andrew Bought Large Beautiful Round Aquarium Yesterday Word

This flashcard explains the order of adjectives: Opinion - Size - Age - Shape - Colour - Origin - Material ("beautiful", "large", "round" in the example).

Ce flashcard explique l'ordre des adjectifs : Opinion - Taille - Âge - Forme - Couleur - Origine - Matériau ("beautiful", "large", "round" dans l'exemple).

Task Choose the sentence with the right word order
Answer 3
a Andrew bought a large beautiful round aquarium yesterday.
b Andrew bought a large round beautiful aquarium yesterday.
c Andrew bought a beautiful large round aquarium yesterday.
d Andrew bought a round beautiful large aquarium yesterday.
comment 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. 'Beautiful' is an opinion adjective, 'large' is an adjective of size, 'round' - an adjective that determines shape.
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