Descriptive Chaos: an adjective game

The mistakes in these sentences aren’t what you expect. Put these adjectives in the places they need to be, and find out if you really know the details behind adjectives with sentence structure.

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* 1. While sorting through boxes, I found a plastic, rather unsual notebook.

While sorting through boxes, I found a rather unusual, plastic notebook.

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While sorting through boxes, I found this notebook that's plastic and rather unusual.

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* 2. These are English, oval earrings that were bought on my trip in 2015.

These earrings, from my 2015 trip, are English and an oval shape.

These earrings are from my trip in 2015, oval shaped and English.

These are oval, English earrings that were bought on my trip in 2015.

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* 3. Recently, I thrifted this blue, metal desk with a smooth feel.

Recently, I thrifted this metal, blue, smooth desk.

Recently, I thrifted this smooth, blue, metal desk.

Recently, I thrifted this smooth, metal, blue desk.

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* 4. There’s this lounge style, padded chair we use for reading.

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There’s this padded, lounge style, reading chair that we own.

There’s this lounge style, reading, padded chair that we own.

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* 5. In the attic someone found a square, wood encased, bulky, yet small television set.

In the attic, someone found a small, bulky, square, wood encased television set.

In the attic, someone found a wood encased, square, small, bulky television set.

In the attic, someone found a wood encased television set, that’s small, square and bulky.

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* 6. We have a round, mysterious, aging tree that will soon become a smooth tabletop for the patio.

We have an aging, round, mysterious tree that will soon be a smooth tabletop for the patio.

We have a mysterious, old, round, smooth tree that will soon be a tabletop for the patio.

We have a mysterious round, old tree that will soon be a smooth tabletop for the patio.

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* 7. Someone dropped off an old, compiled, rough letter collection with faint blue ink.

Someone dropped off an old, faint blue ink, rough, compiled letter collection.

Someone dropped off a compiled, old, rough letter collection with faint blue ink.

Someone dropped off a rough, old, compiled, letter collection with faint blue ink.

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