Class 2 English Worksheet on Ordering Adjectives
Class 2 English Worksheet on Ordering Adjectives
Colour Before Noun: Ordering Adjectives Practice for Class 2
This Class 2 worksheet helps young learners understand the correct order of adjectives—especially size and colour—before naming words. Students explore how descriptive words work together by identifying, choosing, matching, and correcting adjective phrases in simple, meaningful sentences. With a blend of MCQs, blanks, matching, underlining, and paragraph completion, children learn to use adjective order naturally while improving their descriptive writing skills.
Why Ordering Adjectives Matters in Grammar?
Learning how to place adjectives correctly helps children describe objects clearly and confidently. This concept is important in Grade 2 because:
1. It teaches the foundational rule that size adjectives usually come before colour adjectives. 2. It supports clearer, more expressive sentences in early writing.
3. It helps children avoid common ordering errors like “red big balloon.”
4. It prepares learners for more advanced grammar topics involving multiple adjectives.
What’s Inside This Worksheet?
This worksheet contains five engaging exercises that guide children from recognition to correct usage:
🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students choose the correct adjective order from three options to complete each sentence.
✏️ Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks
Learners select the correctly ordered adjective phrase from two given choices.
📋 Exercise 3 – Match the Following
Students match each sentence to an adjective phrase describing objects seen in nature or daily life.
📝 Exercise 4 – Underline the Incorrect Adjective Phrase
Children underline the adjective phrase that is incorrectly ordered based on size and colour.
📖 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Completion
Students complete a short paragraph by adding correctly ordered size + colour adjectives to describe animals and objects at the zoo.
ANSWER KEY (For Parents & Educators)
Exercise 1 – MCQs
1. big red
2. large yellow
3. pink tall
4. narrow silver
5. large green
6. large blue
7. tiny round
8. big red
9. grey wide
10. narrow black
Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks
1. big brown
2. small blue
3. big blue
4. huge purple
5. narrow brown
6. red big
7. large green
8. short orange
9. brown big
10. big black
Exercise 3 – Match the Following
1 – wide blue
2 – long green
3 – huge orange
4 – long orange
5 – small red
6 – tiny green
7 – fluffy white
8 – long grey
9 – light white
10 – round green
Exercise 4 – Underline the Incorrect Adjective Phrase
1. red big
2. green large
3. grey wide
4. pink tall
5. yellow tiny
6. blue little
7. brown little
8. purple huge
9. orange short
10. black narrow
Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing (Sample Answers – Students may vary)
big grey elephant
tall yellow giraffe
small green leaf
tiny green parrot
round red tomato
huge white cloud
Help your child strengthen descriptive writing with fun, hands-on adjective practice. Build confidence in grammar with playful, structured activities today!
Frequently Asked Questions
Adjectives usually follow the order of size, shape, colour, and material before the noun.
Because they describe objects naturally and may not know the fixed sequence used in English grammar.
By giving simple objects and asking children to describe them using size, colour, and material in order.
