Name: Date: An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun. Its a small house.

se. An adjective comes before the noun it describes. This is a yellow ball. We can put an adjective after any tense of verb be. This dress is pretty. Adjectives can be used alone after verbs such as look, sound, smell, feel, taste etc. This food smells horrible. I feel tired. A. Look at the underlined words in the following sentences. Write the kind of the adjective in the space provided. 1. Mr. Adams is a generous man. 2. Sam bought two pairs of shoes. 3. Tom is studying English literature. 4. Lauras eyes are blue. 5. Give me the cylindrical tube. 6. She asked for a small piece of cake. 7. This book is interesting. 8. The jar contains some salt. 9. We met an Egyptian woman. 10. Tina is wearing a pink dress. Adjectives are of different kinds. They can be Numbers / Quantities or Ages There are twenty students in the class. Colors Tim is wearing a blue shirt. Sizes There are many huge temples in China. Shapes Use a square cake tin for the recipe. Opinions Sally is a cute girl. Origins I like to eat Italian food. B. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences & circle the nouns they modify. 1. Eagles have sharp claws. 2. James ordered an Italian dish. 3. Mary is a good singer. 4. You need to sleep eight hours daily. 5. Fred likes to drink diet soda. 6. In my country, brides wear white dresses. 7. The library in our school is very big. 8. Joe doesnt have enough money. 9. There is still some food in the dish. 10.Athletes have strong bodies.

C. Fill in the gaps with the correct adjective. (busy strange lucky careful kind funny) 1. Mrs. Smith is a lady. She always 4. Mr. Kim is a very man. Hes always helps people who are in need. working even at weekends. 2. Children shouldnt talk to people. 5. She is very . She makes me laugh. 6. You have to be when you drive a car. 3. He must be so to win this prize. When there are two or more adjectives in a sentence, they usually go in the following order: a a a woman big round wooden table small dark living room E. Rewrite the following sentences using the adjectives in parentheses in the correct order. 1. Sarah has (brown, nice, D. Choose the correct answer. short) hair. a) 1. aBob plays on his (brown, wooden,aold) piano. 2. blue beautiful sailing boat 2. blue sailing beautiful boat 3. a beautiful blue sailing boat b) 1. aTina clean new tie 3. a clean silk new tie 3. silk prefers (leather, Italian,2. a clean new silk black) furniture. tie c) 1. a big plastic red bag 2. a big red plastic bag 3. a plastic red big bag 4. Jim bought a (rocking, big, wooden) chair. d) 1. soft training leather shoes 2. leather soft training shoes 3. soft leather training shoes 5. A (black, fierce, large) dog attacked Sam. 6. My mom uses (delicious, Indian, green) spices. 7. The man is carrying a (paper, red, small, square) box. 8. A (slim, kind, old) lady helped me. Opinion beautiful Size Age young Shape Color Origin French Material Purpose

Comparison of Adjectives:
There are three degrees of adjectives: positive, comparative and superlative.

Comparative adjectives are used to compare two things together. They are followed by than. Superlative adjectives are used to compare three or more nouns. We often add the before them.
Rule Positive Add er or est to the smart end of short adjectives. Add only r or st to the short adjectives that wise end with e. Double the last letter if the short adjective ends with a vowel and a consonant. Change the y to i if the short adjective ends with a y preceded by a consonant. Use more or most before long adjectives. more beautiful beautiful Roses are more most beautiful beautiful Roses are the most beautiful busy big Comparative smarter Tim is smarter than Bob. wiser Dan is Superlative smartest Jim is the smartest in class. wisest his Dan is the wisest of all his brothers. biggest cake. busiest ever known.

wiser

than

brother. bigger than yours. busier busier than men.

My piece of cake is bigger I took the biggest piece of

It is known that women are Tim is the busiest man I have

than daisies. flowers. good best G. Fill in the blanks with the correct betterof the adjectives in parentheses. form Some adjectives have 1. Paul is a good player, but his friend Jim is (good) worst than him. bad worse irregular form in the 2. Rabbits are (fast) than turtles but tigers are theleast . little less comparative and in the 3. Mount Everest is the (high) mountain & the Amazon ismost(long) river. the much/many more superlative forms. 4. Detective stories are the (interesting) stories. far farther / further farthest / furthest 5. This movie is (funny) than the movie we watched last week. 6. Suzie is my (close) form and she is the F. Complete the table with the correct friendof adjectives. (pretty) too. Positive This room is getting (dirty)Superlative Comparative Positive Superlative 7. and Comparative every day. cute 8. I think this is the (comfortable) bed I have ever got. hottest more famous funnier 9. That house is the (ugly) house in the neighborhood. slim delicious 10. My new computer is (expensive) than my older one. 11. This is the (bad) meal Ive ever eaten. 12.Which is the (small) country in the world? 13. Los Angeles is (polluted) than Atlanta. 14.Ann thinks that swimming is (enjoyable) than basketball. 15.Sharks are the (dangerous) fish.

E. Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in parentheses. Make sure to use than or the where necessary.

1. Rick Smith is (tall) among these players and David is (short)

2. Elizabeth

is

(slim)

3. The blue snake is 4. The girl is (excited) (long) is (dangerous) among the dancers in the picture. and the orange snake

Steve but he is (old) her.

5. Lucy

looks

(lazy)

6. Which bag of these two do you think is (heavy) ?

7. Today, Laura wants to wear (beautiful) dress in the party.

8. This ring is (large) ring Ive ever seen in my life.

her friend Bob.

Answer key: Activity A: 1. Mr. Adams is a generous man. (opinion) 2. Sam bought two pairs of shoes. (number) 3. Tom is studying English literature. (origin)

4. Lauras eyes are blue. (color) 5. Give me the cylindrical tube. (shape) 6. She asked for a small piece of cake. (size) 7. This book is interesting. (opinion) 8. The jar contains some salt. (quantity) 9. We met an Egyptian woman. (origin) 10. Tina is wearing a pink dress. (color) Activity B: 1. Eagles have sharp claws. 2. James ordered an Italian dish. 3. Mary is a good singer. 4. You need to sleep eight hours daily. 5. Fred likes to drink diet soda. 6. In my country, brides wear white dresses. 7. The library in our school is very big. 8. Joe doesnt have enough money. 9. There is still some food in the dish. 10. Athletes have strong bodies. Activity C: 1. Mrs. Smith is a kind lady. She always helps people who are in need. 2. Children shouldnt talk to strange people. 3. He must be so lucky to win this prize. 4. Mr. Kim is a very busy man. Hes always working even at weekends. 5. She is very funny She makes me laugh. 6. You have to be careful when you drive a car.

D. Choose the correct answer. a) 1. a blue beautiful sailing boat 2. a blue sailing beautiful boat 3. a beautiful blue sailing boat b) 1. a silk clean new tie 2. a clean new silk tie 3. a clean silk new tie c) 1. a big plastic red bag 2. a big red plastic bag 3. a plastic red big bag d) 1. soft training leather shoes 2. leather soft training shoes 3. soft leather training shoes E. Rewrite the following sentences using the adjectives in parentheses in the correct order. 1. Sarah has nice short brown hair. 2. Bob plays on his old brown wooden piano. 3. Tina prefers black Italian leather furniture. 4. Jim bought a big wooden rocking chair. 5. A fierce large black dog attacked Sam. 6. My mom uses delicious green Indian spices. 7. The man is carrying a small square red paper box. 8. A kind slim old lady helped me.

G. Complete the table with the Positive Comparative cute cuter famous more famous slim slimmer

correct form of adjectives. Superlative Positive cutest hot Most famous funny slimmest delicious

Comparative Hotter funnier More delicious

Superlative hottest Funniest Most delicious

G. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in parentheses. 1. Paul is a good player, but his friend Jim is (better) than him. 2. Rabbits are (faster) than turtles but tigers are the (fastest). 3. Mount Everest is the (highest) mountain and the Amazon is the (longest) river. 4. Detective stories are the (most interesting) stories. 5. This movie is (funnier) than the movie we watched last week. 6. Suzie is my (closest) friend and she is the (prettiest) too. 7. This room is getting (dirtier) and (dirtier) every day. 8. I think this is the (most comfortable) bed I have ever got. 9. That house is the (ugliest) house in the neighborhood. 10. My new computer is (more expensive) than my older one. 11. This is the (worst) meal Ive ever eaten. 12.Which is the (smallest) country in the world? 13. Los Angeles is (more polluted) than Atlanta. 14.Ann thinks that swimming is (more enjoyable) than basketball. 15.Sharks are the (most dangerous) fish.

F. Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in parentheses. Make sure to use than or the where necessary. 1. Rick Smith is (the 2. Elizabeth is (slimmer 3. The blue snake is 4. The girl is (the most tallest) among these players and David is than) Steve but he is (older than) her. (the longest) and the orange snake is (the most dangerous) 7. Today, Laura wants to wear (the most beautiful) dress in the party. excited) among the dancers in the picture. 8. This ring is (the largest) ring Ive ever seen in my life.

(the shortest) 5. Lucy looks (lazier 6. Which bag of these than) her friend Bob. two do you think is (heavier)?