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ADJECTIVES attributive

predicative comparative

superlative

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

TYPES OF ADJECTIVES

ATTRIBUTIVE • Stands before a noun and

describes it. For eg:

The red bag is mine.

PREDICATIVE • Stands after a noun and there’s a

verb separates it from the noun it describes. For eg:

The coffee is sweet. adjective noun noun verb

adjective

Adjectives can describe about

SIZE big

huge small tiny

gigantic enormous

TEXTURE smooth rough soft silky

thorny woollen

NUMBER eight few many

several first some

PERSONALITY

kind humble rude shy

generous outspoken

COLOUR red grey yellow pink

purple green

SHAPE round circle square curved

triangular straight

TASTE sweet sour bitter bland spicy salty

APPEARANCE

pretty handsome

blonde slim

chubby plump

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ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE

ADJECTIVE (compares two nouns)

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE

(compares MORE than two nouns)

ONE syllable add “er” add “est”

fast faster the fastest

young younger the youngest

ONE syllable : ending in “e” add “r” add “st”

nice nicer the nicest

strange stranger the strangest

ONE syllable : consonant + short vowel + consonant

Double the last consonant and add “er”

Double the last consonant and add “est”

big bigger the biggest

hot hotter the hottest

TWO syllables ending in “y” Remove the “y” and add “ier” Remove the “y” and

add “iest”

happy happier the happiest

crazy crazier the craziest

TWO or MORE syllables Add “more” before the adjective Add “the most” before

the adjective

famous more famous the most famous

beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful

EXCEPTIONS (IRREGULAR ADJECTIVE)

good better the best

bad worse the worst

far further the furthest

little less the least

many more the most

Order of adjectives teacherfiera.com

When more than one adjective comes before a noun, the adjectives are NORMALLLY in this particular order:

1. OPINION

eg : beautiful

2. SIZE eg : big

3. SHAPE

eg : round

4. AGE eg :

young

5. COLOUR

eg : green

6. ORIGIN

eg : Malaysian

7. MATERIAL

eg : woollen

Examples:

1. The big red woollen blanket is for my mother.

2. Mei Ling is a beautiful Chinese girl.

3. Mr Tom bought a huge Indonesian wooden chair.

2 5 7

1 6

2 6 7

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Search and colour the adjectives.

1 I’m going to buy a new blouse to my mother. 2 The car stopped in front of the wooden house. 3 There is a small kitten under the car. 4 The pizza is spicy. 5 The coffee is sweet. 6 Her sister is beautiful. 7 Zara wants to buy that silk dress. 8 Mrs Smith keeps a French painting in her cellar. 9 Muaz bought a pair of leather shoes. 10 The room is full of old clothes.

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Write the definition. You can opt to write in your first language.

No Adjective Definition

1 adorable

2 angry

3 arrogant

4 attractive

5 awful

6 bad

7 beautiful

8 better

9 black

10 blue

11 busy

12 brave

13 bright

14 calm

15 charming

16 clean

17 clear

18 clever

19 cloudy

20 clumsy

21 colourful

22 crazy

No Adjective Definition

23 creepy

24 easy

25 elegant

26 energetic

27 evil

28 excited

29 expensive

30 fair

31 famous

32 fantastic

33 fierce

34 friendly

35 funny

36 gentle

37 glorious

38 good

39 gorgeous

40 grumpy

41 handsome

42 healthy

43 hilarious

44 innocent

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Identify and colour the adjectives.

adorable

walk

buy

awesome

huge

delicious

talk

good

write

Mrs Lim

wooden

fierce

angry

happy

eat small

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Circle the appropriate adjectives.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

clever handsome delicious

red excited difficult

brilliant smart woollen

adorable tasty

square

plastic fierce cloudy

sour advanced

funny

sweet hungry sharp

beautiful salty cloudy

spicy expensive friendly

leather happy

wooden

scary French

silly

angry colourful

silky

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Read the sentences and circle the adjectives.

Eg Zara is a beautiful girl.

1 Tommy bought a yellow bag for his brother.

2 The pizza is spicy. I don’t like it.

3 This girl is taller than that boy.

4 There will be an awesome concert soon.

5 There are red apples in the basket.

6 There is a smart TV inside the room.

7 I met an Indonesian lady on my way home.

8 The books are fantastic.

9 Daniel wants to sell his leather shoes.

10 The angry cat is under the car.

11 The wooden chair is broken.

12 Mrs Joy keeps a French painting in her cellar.

13 Hani has an online shop. She sells shoes.

14 The singer sings my favourite song.

15 The movie is terrible. I don’t recommend it.

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Read the text and circle the adjectives.

This is my beautiful house. I live here with my beloved parents and a pet cat. My father built this house before

I was born. It has a living room, a small kitchen and lovely bedrooms. In the living room, there is a set of

black sofa and a smart TV. There are also French paintings on the wall. My mother bought them last

year from an online shop. The small kitchen has a tall fridge, a grey microwave and an electric stove. My

mother loves yellow. She asked my father to paint the kitchen with her favourite colour. In the bedrooms, there

are wooden beds and small wardrobes. We are really happy to live in this house. We love this house so much.

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Complete the table.

NO COMPARATIVE

ADJECTIVE (comparing two nouns)

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE

(comparing MORE than two nouns)

ADJECTIVE

1 more beautiful beautiful 2 bigger the biggest big 3 blacker the blackest 4 brighter bright 5 the cleanest clean 6 cleverer the cleverest 7 more difficult the most difficult 8 the dirtiest dirty 9 more famous famous 10 the fastest fast 11 the funniest funny 12 poorer the poorest 13 the proudest proud 14 quieter the quietest 15 sharper the sharpest 16 the slowest slow 17 smaller small 18 stronger strong 19 taller tall 20 uglier the ugliest 21 weak the weakest 22 young the youngest

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Complete the table.

NO IRREGULAR ADJECTIVE

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE

(compares two nouns)

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE

(compares MORE than two nouns)

1 good better

2 farther/further the farthest/the furthest

3 bad the worst

4 little less

5 many most

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Write the appropriate adjectives. You can choose to write one or more than one adjective for

each picture.

bananas camel

cow

guitar

hat

boy

girl sun kite

Eg: three bananas yellow bananas sweet bananas

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Write the adjectives in the appropriate order.

Eg Suri bought sweet Fuji apples from the market. Adjectives : Fuji, sweet

1 There is an __________ ___________ dog behind the house. Adjectives: big, angry

2 Saleem wants to sell his ________ ________ shoes. Adjectives : leather, black

3 The ___________ ____________ lady is my cousin. Adjectives: pretty, young

4 I don’t want to watch that ____________ ___________ movie anymore. Adjectives : terrible, horror

5 Bob broke that ____________ ___________ chair. Adjectives : small, wooden

6 There are ___________ ___________ paintings on the wall. Adjectives: French, beautiful

7 The ___________ ___________ ___________ blanket is for my mother. Adjectives : woollen, big, blue

8 Gowri is a ___________ ___________ girl. Adjectives : Indian, beautiful

9 I really love that ___________ ___________ dress. Adjectives: pink, nice

10 The ___________ ___________ chair is in the kitchen. Adjectives: green, plastic

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Write the correct answer.

Eg My mother is more beautiful than me.

1 That is the ___________ elegant dress that I have ever seen.

2 Cats are the ___________ adorable animals.

3 The test is ___________ difficult that the previous one.

4 My homework is ___________ important than the TV show.

5 This is the ___________ expensive item in this shop.

6 This is the ___________ interesting movie that I have ever watched.

7 Nina is ___________ delicate than her sister Nasrin.

8 The sofa is ___________ comfortable than the chair.

9 This is the ___________ delicious meal I have ever eaten.

10 The students are ___________ excited for the trip than the teacher.

11 Spring is the ___________ wonderful season of all.

12 The old lady is ___________ energetic than the young lady.

13 Hariz is ___________ handsome than his brother.

14 Yaya is the ___________ fantastic person I have ever met.

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