The ultimate Valentine’s Day adjective word order challenge
Get together with your significant other(s) and try to select the top ten best/most significant items from the following list:
- a traditional long red rose
- freshly-cut wild spring flowers
- a large well-arranged bunch of beautiful aromatic seasonal flowers
- a huge square box of decadent dark chocolates
- a luxurious golden ring
- a bottle of vintage single-malt whiskey
- a romantic candle-lit French dinner
- a mysterious anonymous Valentine’s Day card
- a cute store-bought Valentine’s Day card
- a unique hand-drawn Valentine’s Day card
- a big chilled bottle of expensive dry fizzy wine
- an elaborate secret marriage proposal
- an enormous fluffy pink teddy bear
- a classic sentimental romantic comedy
- long silver earrings
- a well-planned evening date
- elegant designer jewellery
- shareable romantic photos
- a memorable homemade dinner
- an amazing unexpected surprise
- a charming fit good-looking date
- a stunning pink diamond
- a well-wrapped cardboard box tied with a red silk ribbon
- unforgettable shared memories
- a small crystal bottle of exotic musk perfume
- some luxurious Italian silk clothes
- an indulgent chilled cream cake
- a fun day-long trip
- a classy waterproof platinum watch
- a stay in a stylish beachside hotel
- a relaxing day without your kids
Compare your selection with another group and discuss any differences in ranking.
Clarify any items you are unsure about or need help ranking, engaging in a conversation about the merits of each.
Valentine’s Day items with varied adjectives
Challenge yourself to determine the correct adjective order for each noun below. Some are already correctly ordered.
- a long red traditional rose
- freshly-cut spring wild flowers
- a large well-arranged bunch
- aromatic pretty seasonal flowers
- a huge square box
- dark delicious chocolates
- a luxurious golden ring
- vintage single-malt whiskey
- a fancy candle-lit French meal
- an anonymous mysterious Valentine’s Day card
- a cute store-bought Valentine’s Day card
- a unique hand-drawn Valentine’s Day card
- a big chilled bottle
- expensive dry fizzy wine
- an elaborate secret marriage proposal
- an enormous fluffy pink teddy bear
- a classic romantic sentimental comedy
- long silver earrings
- a well-planned evening date
- elegant designer jewellery
- romantic shareable photos
- a memorable homemade dinner
- an amazing unexpected surprise
- a charming fit good-looking date
- a stunning pink diamond
- a well-wrapped cardboard box
- tied with a red silk ribbon
- shared unforgettable memories
- a small crystal bottle
- exotic musk perfume
- luxurious Italian silk clothes
- an indulgent chilled cream cake
- a fun day-long trip
- a classy waterproof platinum watch
- a stay in a stylish beachside hotel
- a relaxing day without your kids
Try to discern the pattern or rule for adjective word order and apply it to assist in correct ordering. Then, review the list above.
Switch groups and compile a list of the top ten most essential or desirable Valentine’s Day items from the mixed adjectives and nouns provided below. Utilize any number of adjectives per noun, paying attention to word order.
|
a some many
|
amazing anonymous aromatic beachside beautiful/ pretty big/ large black and white candle-lit chilled/ cold classic classy colourful crystal cute dark day-long delicious designer elaborate emerald enormous/ huge exciting exotic expensive fancy fashionable fat fizzy fluffy French fresh fun golden hand-drawn handmade handsome (un)healthy heavy hot/ warm imaginative impressive indulgent Instagrammable Italian long
|
luxury/ five-star memorable mysterious over-the-top passionate pink platinum reasonable red relaxing rich romantic ruby satin savoury seasonal secret sentimental sexy shareable shared shiny short silk silver simple/ basic small/ tiny soft spring square store-bought stylish sweet tasteful thick thin traditional unexpected unforgettable unique vintage waterproof well… wild
|
Ø bottle of… Ø box of… Ø bracelet Ø breakfast Ø cake Ø candy Ø card Ø champagne/ wine Ø chocolate Ø clothes Ø date Ø day Ø dessert/ sweet Ø diamond/ jewel Ø dinner Ø drink Ø earring Ø evening Ø flower Ø handbag/ accessory Ø holiday/ vacation Ø hotel Ø jewellery Ø journey/ trip Ø lunch Ø marriage proposal Ø massage Ø meal Ø memory Ø message Ø movie/ comedy Ø music Ø necklace/ chain Ø night Ø perfume/ aftershave Ø photo Ø poem Ø present/ gift Ø ring Ø rose Ø song Ø teddy bear/ soft toy Ø video Ø (wrist)watch Ø whiskey
|
-s
|
Review the lists of other groups and vote on the most impressive one.
