WAEC - English Language (1991 - No. 60)
From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
For our Sunday lunch. Mother always cooked a .......
For our Sunday lunch. Mother always cooked a .......
large pot of thick,spicy groundnut soup
large, thick,spicy pot of groundnut soup
large, spicy, thick groundnut pot of soup
large,spicy groundnut soup
Explanation
The correct order of adjectives in English follows this pattern:
Quantity → Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Colour → Origin → Material → Purpose → Noun
In the given sentence:
- "thick" (opinion)
- "spicy" (opinion/taste)
- "groundnut soup" (main noun)
The quantifier "a large pot of" comes before "thick, spicy, groundnut soup" because a quantifier needs to come before an uncountable noun (i.e. soup).
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