Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words.

They can
identify or quantify another person or thing in the sentence. Adjectives
are usually positioned before the noun or the pronoun that they modify.
Adjective usually come in this order.
General
Opinion

Size

Age3

Shape4

A general
opinion
adjective
explains
what you
think
about
something
(other
people
may not
agree with
you).

A size
adjective,
of course,
tells you
how big or
small
something
is.

An age
adjective
tells you
how
young or
old
somethin
g or
someone
is.

A shape
adjective
describes
the shape
of
something.

For
example:
silly,
beautiful,
horrible,
difficult.

For
example:
large, tiny,
enormous
little.

For
exampl
e:
ancient,
new,
young,
old.

Colour

A colour
adjective,
of course,
describes
the colour
of
something
.
For
For
example: example:
square,
blue, pink,
round, flat,
reddish,
rectangular.
grey.

6Origin

Material

Purpose8

An origin
adjective
describes
where
something
comes
from.

A material
adjective
describes
what
something
is made
from.

For
example:
French,
lunar,
American,
eastern,
Greek.

For
example:
wooden,
metal,
cotton,
paper.

A purpose
adjective
describes
what
something
is used for.
These
adjectives
often end
with ing.
For
example:
sleeping
(as in
sleeping
bag),
roasting
(as in
roasting
tin)

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I.

Underline the phrase with the adjectives in the correct order.

1. big, red, dog.

2. fluffy, small, cat.

red, big, dog.

/

small, fluffy, cat.

3. thick, heavy, book.

heavy, thick, book.

4. old, blue, house.

old, house, blue.

5. tall, green, tree.

green, tall, tree.

6. large, many, animals

many, large, animals.

7. round, orange, pumpkins.

8. comfortable, black, sweater.

9. loud, evil, laugh.

/
/
/

12. tasty, sugary, cake.

comfortable, sweater, black.

pink, light, flowers.

many, shiny, cars.

13. salty, square, crackers.

14. icy, cold, water.

evil, loud, laugh.

10. light, pink, flowers.

11. shiny, many, cars.

orange, round, pumpkins.

15. leather, brown, couch.

sugary, tasty, cake.

/

square, salty, crackers.

cold, icy, water.

/

brown, leather, couch.

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II.

Underline the adjective that describe the bold noun.

1. Kim told everyone a scary story on her camping trip.

2. Tims mom poured her a cold glass of milk.
3. John saw a red stain on his new shirt.
4. Did anyone see a black dog running down the street?
5. Sam brought an interesting book about the Titanic to school.
6. There were three mice with canes in the kitchen.
7. The farmer could not pull up the enormous turnip.
8. Five birds were eating seeds by the window.
9. Can I have a small piece of cake?
10. In my tent there is a red sleeping bag.

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2.
3.
4.
5.
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7.
8.
9.
10.
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12.
13.
14.
15.

red, bug, dog.

fluffy, small, cat.
heavy, thick, book.
old, blue, house.
tall, green, tree.
many, large, animals.
round, orange, pumpkins.
comfortable, black, sweater.
loud, evil, laugh.
light, pink, flowers.
many, shiny, cars.
tasty, sugary, cake.
square, salty, crackers.
cold, icy, water.
brown, leather, couch.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

scary
cold
red
black
interesting
three
enormous
five
small
red

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