Choose the option with the adjectives in the correct order.
Our neighbour Mr Rao is really ______________________ man.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → a sweet old
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Order of adjectives:
When two or more adjectives come before a noun, they follow a fixed order. An opinion word (what we think of someone) comes first. Then comes age. Here “sweet” is our opinion of Mr Rao and “old” is his age. So the order is “sweet old”. “Sweet” begins with a consonant sound, so the article is a.
Complete sentence: Our neighbour Mr Rao is really a sweet old man.