Adjectives for people, places and things Adjectives to describe someone's appearance

beautiful (women only) handsome (men only) attractive pretty (girls only) good looking (men/women/boys) ugly (men and women)

(men, women, boys or girls)

Adjectives
Adjectives never change. hey are never plural. For example:- This is a nice cake. Adjectives go before their nouns. They're nice people.

Adjectives for personality (people) or characteristics (places and things)

lovely nice !" all right horrible terrible awful

#uestions for people, places and things

For people Appearance $ersonality #uestion What does David look like? What is he like? "What's he like?# Answer Oh, he's a handsome man. He's tall He's a lovely man. ith !air hair.

For places Appearance

#uestion What is Tuscany like? "What's Tuscany like?# What is Tuscany like? "What's Tuscany like?#

Answer Oh, it's a very pretty place.

%haracteristics

$t's a lovely place.

For things Appearance

#uestion What is the ne "What's the ne What is the ne "What's the ne %aguar car like? %aguar car like?# %aguar car like? %aguar car like?#

Answer Oh, it's a &eauti!ul car.

%haracteristics

$t's a very com!orta&le car.

!pposites
big / large &'t's a large animal.& small &'t's a small animal.&

clean &(he's a clean little girl.&

dirty &(he's a dirty little girl.&

friendly & hey're friendly people.&

unfriendly & hey're unfriendly people.&

e)pensive &'t's an e)pensive car.&

cheap &'t's a cheap car.&

good &*e's a good boy.&

bad &*e's a bad boy.&

tall &*e's a tall man.&

short &*e's a short man.&

long &(he has long hair.&

short &(he has short hair.&

comfortable &'t's a comfortable chair.&

uncomfortable & hey're uncomfortable chairs.&

happy &'t's a happy face.&

sad &'t's a sad face.&

new &'t's a new car.&

old &'t's an old car.&

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'emem&er the rules !or articles and hen to use a or an, this is changed &y the adjective.
(ou use a hen the noun you are re!erring to or the adjective that descri&es it &egins ith a consonant. (ou use an hen the noun you are re!erring to or the adjective that descri&es it &egins ith a vo el. For example: $t's a car. $t's a ne car. $t's an old car.

Follow the dialogue. Mr Bean meets Mr Breuer again at a party. -r .ean/ -r .reuer/ -r .ean/ -r .reuer/ -r .ean/ -r .reuer/ -r .ean/ -r .reuer/ -r .ean/ -r .reuer/ -r .ean/ Hello, )r *reuer. $t's nice to see your again. )r *ean, hat a nice surprise+ Ho

are you?
teacher ne.t eek, a )iss *urton. What's she

$'m !ine thanks, and ho is )rs *reuer? ,he's O- thank you. ,he's getting a ne like? Don't orry she's very nice. ,he's really !riendly. Oh that's good to kno . (ou come !rom Der&y, don't you )r *ean? (es, that's right. What's it like? $t's a &ig city in the )idlands. $t's a really nice city to live in, and the people there are very !riendly. What's Dresden like? Dresden is a very large city in the /ast o! 0ermany. $t's &eauti!ul in parts &ut 1uite ugly in others. There have &een a lot o! changes recently. (es, $ can imagine.

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!pposite Adjectives 2 Match the adjective on the left with its opposite adjective on the right:

clever poor sunny et long !at &ig good hard lo

rich so!t small dry stupid &ad high short thin rainy