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Question 1:
Choose the sentence with the right word order
A. John was wearing a fantastic Italian coat.
Feedback There is a certain word order in statements with the Past Continuous Tense: Subject - Auxiliary - Predicate with -ing ending - Object. When we need to use many adjectives in one sentence, they should be placed in the following order: Opinion - Size - Age - Shape - Colour - Origin - Material. 'Fantastic' is an opinion adjective and 'Italian' is an adjective of origin.
B. John was wearing an Italian fantastic coat.
C. John was a fantastic Italian coat wearing.
D. John was an Italian fantastic coat wearing.

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