)n ad*e%ti e is a word that des%ribes or modi&ies a noun. +ts a small house. )n ad*e%ti e %omes be&ore the noun it des%ribes.

. ,his is a yellow ball. -e %an put an ad*e%ti e a&ter any tense o& erb be. ,his dress is pretty. )d*e%ti es %an be used alone a&ter erbs su%h as look. sound. smell. &eel. taste et%. ,his &ood smells horrible. + &eel tired. $. .ook at the underlined words in the following sentences. Write the kind of the adjective in the space provided. 1. Mr. )dams is a !enerous man. 2. Sam bou!ht two pairs o& shoes. 3. ,om is studyin! 0n!lish literature. 4. 1auras eyes are blue. 5. 2i e me the %ylindri%al tube. 6. She asked &or a small pie%e o& %ake. 7. ,his book is interestin!. 8. ,he *ar %ontains some salt. 9. -e met an 0!yptian woman. 10. ,ina is wearin! a pink dress.

)d*e%ti es are o& di&&erent kinds. ,hey %an be )umbers * +uantities or $ges ,here are twenty students in the %lass. %olors ,im is wearin! a blue shirt. "i#es ,here are many huge temples in China. "hapes /se a s,uare %ake tin &or the re%ipe. !pinions Sally is a cute !irl. !rigins + like to eat -talian &ood. /. 0nderline the adjectives in the following sentences 1 circle the nouns they modify. 1. 0a!les ha e sharp %laws. 2. 3ames ordered an +talian dish. 3. Mary is a !ood sin!er. 4. $ou need to sleep ei!ht hours daily. ". 'red likes to drink diet soda. #. +n my %ountry. brides wear white dresses. 5. ,he library in our s%hool is ery bi!. 6. 3oe doesnt ha e enou!h money. 7. ,here is still some &ood in the dish. 18. )thletes ha e stron! 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 ery man. Hes always helps people who are in need. workin! e en at weekends. 2. Children shouldnt talk to people. ". She is ery . She makes me lau!h. #. $ou ha e to be when you dri e a %ar. 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 bi! round wooden table small dark li in! room 2. 3ewrite the following sentences using the adjectives in parentheses in the correct order. 1. Sarah has 9brown. ni%e. short( hair. (. %hoose the correct answer. a( 1. blue beauti&ul sailin! boat 2. aold( blue sailin! beauti&ul boat 3. a beauti&ul blue sailin! boat 2.a:ob plays on his 9brown. wooden. piano. b( 1. silk %lean new tie a %lean new silk tie 3. a %lean silk new tie 3.a,ina pre&ers 9leather. +talian. 2. bla%k( &urniture. %( 1. a bi! plasti% red ba! 2. a bi! red plasti% ba! 3. a plasti% red bi! ba! 4. 3im bou!ht a 9ro%kin!. bi!. wooden( %hair. d) 1. so&t trainin! leather shoes 2. leather so&t trainin! shoes 3. so&t leather trainin! shoes 5. ) 9bla%k. &ier%e. lar!e( do! atta%ked Sam. #. My mom uses 9deli%ious. +ndian. !reen( spi%es. 7. ,he man is %arryin! a 9paper. red. small. s;uare( bo<. 6. ) 9slim. kind. old( lady helped me. !pinion beauti&ul "i#e $ge youn! "hape %olor !rigin 'ren%h &aterial 'urpose

%omparison of $djectives
4here are three degrees of adjectives positive, comparative and superlative.

%omparative adjectives are used to %ompare two thin!s to!ether. ,hey are &ollowed by =than>. "uperlative adjectives are used to %ompare three or more nouns. -e o&ten add =the> be&ore them.
3ule 'ositive )dd er or est to the smart end o& short ad*e%ti es. )dd only r or st to the short ad*e%ti es that wise end with e. ?ouble the last letter i& the short ad*e%ti e ends with a owel and a %onsonant. Chan!e the y to i i& the short ad*e%ti e ends with a @y pre%eded by a %onsonant. /se more or most more beauti&ul beauti&ul most beauti&ul be&ore lon! ad*e%ti es. Aoses are more beauti&ul Aoses are the most beauti&ul busy bi! %omparative smarter ,im is smarter than :ob. wiser ?an is "uperlative smartest 3im is the smartest in %lass. wisest his ?an is the wisest o& all his brothers. bi!gest %ake. busiest e er known.

wiser

than

brother. bi!ger than yours. busier busier than men.

My pie%e o& %ake is bi!ger + took the bi!gest pie%e o&

+t is known that women are ,im is the busiest man + ha e

than daisies. &lowers. !ood better best 5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in parentheses. Some ad*e%ti es ha e 1. Caul is a !ood player. but his &riend 3im is 9!ood( worst than him. bad worse irre!ular &orm in the 2. Aabbits are 9&ast( than turtles but ti!ers are the . little less least %omparati e and in the 3. Mount 0 erest is the 9hi!h( the 9lon!( ri er. mu%hBmany more mountain D the )mazon is most superlati e &orms. 4. ?ete%ti e stories are stories. &ar the 9interestin!( farther * further farthest * furthest ". ,his mo ie is 9&unny( than the mo ie we wat%hed last week. #. Suzie the is my 9%lose( and she is the 9pretty( too. F. %omplete table with the correct &riend form of adjectives. Cositi5. e ,his room Comparati Superlati e Cositi e Comparati Superlati e is !ettin! e 9dirty( and e ery day.e %ute 8. + think this is the 9%om&ortable( bed + ha e e er !ot. hottest more &amous &unnier 7. ,hat house is the 9u!ly( house in the nei!hborhood. slim deli%ious 10. My new %omputer is 9e<pensi e( than my older one. 11. ,his is the 9bad( meal + e e er eaten. 12.-hi%h is the 9small( %ountry in the worldE 13. 1os )n!eles is 9polluted( than )tlanta. 14.)nn thinks that swimmin! is 9en*oyable( than basketball. 15. Sharks are the 9dan!erous( &ish.

2. .ook at the pictures and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in parentheses. &ake sure to use 6than7 or 6the7 where necessary.

1. Ai%k Smith is 9tall( amon! these players and ?a id is 9short(

2. 0lizabeth

is

9slim(

3. ,he blue snake is 4. ,he !irl is 9e<%ited( 9lon!( and the oran!e amon! the dan%ers in the pi%ture.

Ste e but he is 9old( her.

snake is 9dan!erous(

". 1u%y

looks

9lazy(

#. -hi%h ba! o& these two do you think is 9hea y( E

5. ,oday. 1aura wants to wear 9beauti&ul( dress in the party.

6. ,his rin! is 9lar!e( rin! + e e er seen in my li&e.

her &riend :ob.

Answer key: Activity A: 1. Mr. )dams is a !enerous man. 9opinion( 2. Sam bou!ht two pairs o& shoes. 9number( 3. ,om is studyin! 0n!lish literature. 9ori!in(

4. 1auras eyes are blue. 9%olor( 5. 2i e me the %ylindri%al tube. 9shape( 6. She asked &or a small pie%e o& %ake. 9size( 7. ,his book is interestin!. 9opinion( 8. ,he *ar %ontains some salt. 9;uantity( 9. -e met an 0!yptian woman. 9ori!in( 10. ,ina is wearin! a pink dress. 9%olor( Activity B: 1. 0a!les ha e sharp %laws. 2. 3ames ordered an +talian dish. 3. Mary is a !ood sin!er. 4. $ou need to sleep ei!ht hours daily. 5. 'red likes to drink diet soda. 6. +n my %ountry. brides wear white dresses. 7. ,he library in our s%hool is ery bi!. 8. 3oe doesnt ha e enou!h money. 9. ,here is still some &ood in the dish. 10. )thletes ha e stron! bodies. Activity C: 1. Mrs. Smith is a kind lady. She always helps people who are in need. 2. Children shouldnt talk to stran!e people. 3. He must be so lu%ky to win this prize. 4. Mr. Kim is a ery busy man. Hes always workin! e en at weekends. 5. She is ery &unny She makes me lau!h. 6. $ou ha e to be %are&ul when you dri e a %ar.

(. %hoose the correct answer. a( 1. a blue beauti&ul sailin! boat 2. a blue sailin! beauti&ul boat 3. a beauti&ul blue sailin! boat b( 1. a silk %lean new tie 2. a %lean new silk tie 3. a %lean silk new tie %( 1. a bi! plasti% red ba! 2. a bi! red plasti% ba! 3. a plasti% red bi! ba! d( 1. so&t trainin! leather shoes 2. leather so&t trainin! shoes 3. so&t leather trainin! shoes 2. 3ewrite the following sentences using the adjectives in parentheses in the correct order. 1. Sarah has ni%e short brown hair. 2. :ob plays on his old brown wooden piano. 3. ,ina pre&ers bla%k +talian leather &urniture. 4. 3im bou!ht a bi! wooden ro%kin! %hair. ". ) &ier%e lar!e bla%k do! atta%ked Sam. #. My mom uses deli%ious !reen +ndian spi%es. 5. ,he man is %arryin! a small s;uare red paper bo<. 6. ) kind slim old lady helped me.

5. %omplete the table with the Cositi e Comparati e %ute %uter &amous more &amous

correct form of adjectives. Superlati e Cositi e %utest hot Most &amous &unny

Comparati e Hotter &unnier

Superlati e hottest 'unniest

slim

slimmer

slimmest

deli%ious

More deli%ious

Most deli%ious

5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in parentheses. 1. Caul is a !ood player. but his &riend 3im is 9better( than him. 2. Aabbits are 9&aster( than turtles but ti!ers are the 9&astest(. 3. Mount 0 erest is the 9hi!hest( mountain and the )mazon is the 9lon!est( ri er. 4. ?ete%ti e stories are the 9most interestin!( stories. ". ,his mo ie is 9&unnier( than the mo ie we wat%hed last week. #. Suzie is my 9%losest( &riend and she is the 9prettiest( too. 5. ,his room is !ettin! 9dirtier( and 9dirtier( e ery day. 6. + think this is the 9most %om&ortable( bed + ha e e er !ot. 7. ,hat house is the 9u!liest( house in the nei!hborhood. 18. My new %omputer is 9more e<pensi e( than my older one. 11. ,his is the 9worst( meal + e e er eaten. 12.-hi%h is the 9smallest( %ountry in the worldE 13. 1os )n!eles is 9more polluted( than )tlanta. 14.)nn thinks that swimmin! is 9more en*oyable( than basketball. 1".Sharks are the 9most dan!erous( &ish.

F. .ook at the pictures and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in parentheses. &ake sure to use 6than7 or 6the7 where necessary. 1. Ai%k Smith is 9the 2. 0lizabeth is 9slimmer 3. ,he blue snake is 4. ,he !irl is 9the most tallest( amon! these players and ?a id is than( Ste e but he is 9older than( her. 9the lon!est( and the oran!e snake is 9the most dan!erous( 7. ,oday. 1aura wants to wear 9the most beauti&ul( dress in the party. e<%ited( amon! the dan%ers in the pi%ture. 8. ,his rin! is 9the lar!est( rin! + e e er seen in my li&e.

9the shortest( 5. 1u%y looks 9lazier 6. -hi%h ba! o& these than( :ob. her &riend two do you think is 9hea ier(E