Task | Choose the sentence with the right word order |
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Answer | 4 |
a | My uncle is a tall dark-eyed middle-aged man. |
b | My uncle is a dark-eyed tall middle-aged man. |
c | My uncle is a middle-aged tall dark-eyed man. |
d | My uncle is a tall middle-aged dark-eyed man. |
comment | There is a certain word order in statements with the Past Simple Tense: Subject - Verb - 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. 'Tall' is a size, 'middle-aged' - the age and 'dark-eyed' - the colour. |
topic | word order |
level | 2 |
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