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Bouquets at the Corner Flower Shop: Adjective Order

Grade 4 adjective order practice at a flower shop: choose, write and sort phrases with adjectives in the usual order.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.4.1.d

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 11 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students order adjectives in the usual pattern: opinion, size, age, shape, color, material.
  • Students tell whether a phrase has its adjectives in the correct order.

How to use

Go over the order chart with the class and say a few examples aloud, then let students complete the sheet; reading each phrase aloud helps them hear the right order.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.4.1.d

Order adjectives within a sentence in the conventional pattern, such as a small red bag rather than a red small bag.

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Bouquets at the Corner Flower Shop: Adjective Order

Put describing words in the order that sounds right in English.

Choose the right order

Priya helps Mr. Haddad at his flower shop on Saturdays. Read the order chart. Then choose the phrase with the adjectives in the correct order.

Order chart: opinion (pretty) → size (big) → age (new) → shape (round) → color (red) → material (glass) → noun (vase)
1.
Mr. Haddad plants herbs in a pot. Which phrase is written correctly?
  • A. a round big clay pot
  • B. a big round clay pot
  • C. a clay big round pot
  • D. a big clay round pot
2.
Priya puts one flower in the window. Which phrase is written correctly?
  • A. a tall beautiful yellow sunflower
  • B. a yellow tall beautiful sunflower
  • C. a beautiful yellow tall sunflower
  • D. a beautiful tall yellow sunflower
3.
The shop has a cart by the door. Which phrase is written correctly?
  • A. a small old wooden cart
  • B. an old small wooden cart
  • C. a wooden small old cart
  • D. a small wooden old cart
4.
Priya ties a bow around a bunch of roses. Which phrase is written correctly?
  • A. a green long silk ribbon
  • B. a silk long green ribbon
  • C. a long green silk ribbon
  • D. a long silk green ribbon

Write the adjectives in order

Write the adjectives from the prompt in the blanks, in the correct order. Write one word in each blank.

5.
Use the adjectives purple and tiny.

Mr. Haddad set a     pot on the counter.

6.
Use the adjectives white and pretty.

A customer bought six     daisies.

7.
Use the adjectives wicker, brown and round.

Priya filled a       basket with tulips.

8.
Use the adjectives red, new and large.

Mr. Haddad watered the ferns with a       watering can.

Kinds of adjectives

Match, sort and write about the flower shop.

9.
Match each adjective to the kind of word it is.
  1. lovely
  2. huge
  3. orange
  4. paper
  1. A. material
  2. B. opinion
  3. C. color
  4. D. size
10.
Priya wrote these labels for the shop. Sort them: are the adjectives in the correct order or the wrong order?
a cute little cactusa blue big jara heavy metal bucketa plastic yellow traya young tall treea sweet pink carnation
Correct orderWrong order
11.
Describe a bouquet you would make at the flower shop. Use at least three adjectives in the correct order before one noun.

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