The best Xmas adjective word order practice

The ultimate Christmas adjective word order exercise

Work with your partner(s) to determine the top ten most essential items from the following list.

• a traditional chocolate-filled advent calendar
• aromatic alcoholic brandy sauce
• disgusting over-cooked Brussels sprouts
• a heavy round iced Christmas cake
• a long sweet red candy cane
• cute wintery recycled Christmas cards
• catchy traditional Christmas carols
• realistic-looking gold chocolate coins
• clear sour red cranberry sauce
• sticky dried dates
• a freezing-cold snowy Xmas Day
• a merry filling traditional Xmas dinner
• weird yellow eggnog
• a busy traditional German Xmas fair
• cheerful bright multi-coloured fairy lights
• thick steaming-hot brown gravy
• a complicated homemade gingerbread house
• unfunny old Christmas cracker jokes
• sweet brightly-coloured easy-to-peel mandarins/ tangerines
• crumbly freshly-baked mince pies
• aromatic piping-hot mulled wine
• a healthy vegetarian nut roast
• hard-to-use manual nutcrackers
• a bright-red winter poinsettia
• exciting loud party poppers
• crispy brown roast potatoes
• exciting-looking beautifully-wrapped brightly-coloured rectangular presents
• a pretty little red-breasted robin
• a full black cotton sack
• jolly red-cheeked fat Santa
• a magic flying sleigh
• smelly sparkly artificial snow
• a long knitted Christmas stocking
• long sparkly silver and gold tinsel
• a tall green plastic Xmas tree
• a huge home-cooked stuffed turkey
• colourful seasonal wrapping paper
• a prickly real holly wreath

Compare your selections with another group to see if there are any discrepancies in ranking.

Discuss any items that are unclear or challenging to rank, evaluating their merits.

Christmas items with assorted adjectives

Arrange the adjectives in the correct order for each noun listed below. Some are already correctly ordered.

• a chocolate-filled traditional advent calendar
• alcoholic aromatic brandy sauce
• disgusting over-cooked Brussels sprouts
• a heavy iced round Christmas cake
• a long red sweet candy cane
• cute recycled wintery Christmas cards
• catchy traditional Christmas carols
• gold realistic-looking chocolate coins
• clear red sour cranberry sauce
• dried sticky dates
• a freezing-cold snowy Xmas Day
• a filling merry traditional Xmas dinner
• weird yellow eggnog
• a busy German traditional Xmas fair
• bright cheerful multi-coloured fairy lights
• brown steaming-hot thick gravy
• a complicated homemade gingerbread house
• old unfunny Christmas cracker jokes
• brightly-coloured easy-to-peel sweet mandarins/ tangerines
• crumbly freshly-baked mince pies
• aromatic piping-hot mulled wine
• a healthy vegetarian nut roast
• hard-to-use manual nutcrackers
• a bright-red winter poinsettia
• exciting loud party poppers
• brown crispy roast potatoes
• beautifully-wrapped brightly-coloured exciting-looking rectangular presents
• a little pretty red-breasted robin
• a black cotton full sack
• fat jolly red-cheeked Santa
• a flying magic sleigh
• artificial smelly sparkly snow
• a long knitted Christmas stocking
• long silver and gold sparkly tinsel
• a green plastic tall Xmas tree
• a home-cooked huge stuffed turkey
• colourful seasonal wrapping paper
• a prickly real holly wreath

Utilize the adjective word order pattern to determine the correct sequence. Verify your answers.

Switch groups and compile a list of the ten most crucial/desirable Christmas items using the mixed adjectives and nouns provided. Ensure the word order is accurate.

Review the lists from other groups and vote on the most impressive selection.