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WAEC Order of Adjective questions
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Choose the word(s) that best completes each of the following sentences.
WAEC English 2010 (49)
1. His father has a _____
A. round wooden beautiful table
B. wooden round beautiful table
C. beautiful wooden round table
D. beautiful round wooden table
SEE ANSWER ✅
The correct order of adjectives (DOSASCOMP) in this case is Opinion first (beautiful), then Shape (round) before Material (wooden).
WAEC English 2011 (58)
2. The first lady wore a _____ ring to the reception.
A. very expensive, gold glittering
B. gold, very expensive glittering
C. very expensive, glittering gold
D. gold, very glittering expensive
SEE ANSWER ✅
The correct order of adjectives (DOSASCOMP) in this case is Opinion first (very expensive, glittering) before Material (gold).
WAEC English 2012 (59)
3. Sally assisted me in buying my _____ yesterday.
A. very first party dress
B. first very party dress
C. party very first dress
D. party dress first very
SEE ANSWER ✅
The correct order of adjectives (DOSASCOMP) in this case is Determiner first (very), then Age (first) before Purpose (party).
WAEC English 1994 (66)
4. That book belongs to the _____ lady.
A. tall American black
B. American tall black
C. tall black American
D. black tall American
SEE ANSWER ✅
The correct order of adjectives (DOSASCOMP) in this case is Size first (tall), then Colour (black) before Origin (American).
WAEC English 2024 (42)
5. I will wear my _____ dress to the dance.
A. blue silk new
B. blue new silk
C. new blue silk
D. silk blue new
SEE ANSWER ✅
The correct order of adjectives (DOSASCOMP) in this case is Age first (new), then Colour (blue) before Material (silk).
WAEC English 2005 (58)
6. She bought a _____ handbag.
A. red beautiful leather
B. beautiful leather red
C. beautiful red leather
D. leather beautiful red
SEE ANSWER ✅
The correct order of adjectives (DOSASCOMP) in this case is Opinion first (beautiful), then Colour (red) before Material (leather).
WAEC English 1999 (58)
7. As things are now, I have to look for _____ tyre.
A. a cheap, second-hand, rubber
B. a cheap, rubber, second hand
C. a rubber, cheap, second-hand
D. a second hand, rubber cheap
SEE ANSWER ✅
The correct order of adjectives (DOSASCOMP) in this case is Determiner first (a), followed by Opinion (cheap), then Age (second-hand), before Material (rubber).
WAEC English 1994 (74)
8. Miss Onassis was a _____
A. young rich lady
B. rich young lady
C. lady young rich
D. young lady rich
SEE ANSWER ✅
The correct order of adjectives (DOSASCOMP) in this case is Opinion first (rich), then Age (young), before the noun (lady).
WAEC English 2023 (60)
9. Mother bought _____ at the fair.
A. an expensive red Japanese car
B. a Japanese red expensive car
C. an Japanese red car
D. a red expensive Japanese car
SEE ANSWER ✅
The correct order of adjectives (DOSASCOMP) in this case is Determiner first (an), followed by Opinion (expensive), then Colour (red), before Origin (Japanese).
WAEC English 1996 (65)
10. The road cannot be constructed without _____
A. those huge earth-moving machines
B. huge machines those earth moving
C. those earth-moving huge machines
D. machines those huge earth-moving
SEE ANSWER ✅
The correct order of adjectives (DOSASCOMP) in this case is Determiner first (those), followed by Size (huge), then Purpose (earth-moving), before the noun (machines).
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