I will wear my … dress to the dance.

Analyze the question: This tests the order of adjectives before a noun. When several adjectives describe one noun, English follows a set order.

The concept: The usual order is: Opinion → Size → Age/Shape → Colour → Origin → Material → Purpose → Noun

A common memory aid is OSASCOMP: Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose.

Apply it to the options: The three adjectives are:

• new (age/condition)
• blue (colour)
• silk (material)

Following the order, age comes first, then colour, then material: new → blue → silk → dress

Check each option:

• A. blue silk new: wrong, because "new" should come first.
• B. blue new silk: wrong, because "new" should come before the colour.
• C. new blue silk: correct. Age, then colour, then material.
• D. silk blue new: wrong, because it reverses the correct order.

Answer: "I will wear my new blue silk dress to the dance."

Exam tip: Remember that material sits closest to the noun. Think of "a wooden table" or "a silk dress", where the material word hugs the noun. Then work backwards: colour comes before material, and age or size comes before colour. Another example is "a big old brown leather bag".