PRACTICE WORKSHEET

Name :_________________________________________ Roll No. : ________

Class : ________________ Date : ________

Adjectives

soft
cold

sweet
crunchy

creamy
delicious

Sweet, delicious, cold, crunchy, soft and creamy are words which describe the
NOUN ice-cream.

They are Describing Words or

Adjectives. We use them to make
our writing more interesting and to
give the reader a better picture of
what we are talking about.

A:Alien Adjectives
Circle the adjective in each sentence. Then, tell what noun the

adjective is describing.

Example: The green alien walked out of the

spaceship.

The adjective green describes the alien.

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1. The shiny spaceship landed in my yard.

The adjective ____________ describes _________________.

2. An alien with big eyes walked out of the ship.

The adjective ____________ describes ________.

3. The alien said, “Earth is such a beautiful planet.”

The adjective ____________ describes _________________.

4. A brown rabbit hopped into the yard and scared the alien.

The adjective ____________ describes _________________.

5. The frightened alien ran back into its spaceship and blasted off.

The adjective ____________ describes _________________.

B: Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives.

1. The …………………..dog was wagging its tail.

2. My ……………………….house is near the park.

3. Sam bought ………………….balloons fom the park.

4. The ……………………lion killed the ………………………….rabbit.

C: Look at the picture. Write adjectives to describe various things

in the picture.

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 Adjectives

QUALITY-What kind

Kinds of adjectives QUANTITY-How much

NUMBER-How many

A tall tree A huge whale

Some adjectives tell WHAT KIND like tall, small, huge, blue, smelly

They are Adjectives of Quality.

A: Choose suitable Adjectives of Quality and fill in the blanks.

heavy, ugly , pink , big , beautiful , soft , large ,

wicked, blue

One day a ……………bird flew over my house. It had …………..wings. They were

…………… and ………….in colour. It sat on a ………….. tree in my garden.

Suddenly, a …………….cat came by. It was fat and ……………….. . I jumped and

picked up a …………….. rod to chase away the cat. Then the bird spoke in a

………….voice, 'Thank You'.

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 much water some cereal enough rice

Adjectives of Quantity answer the question 'How much' ?

eg How much food? Little food.

B: Fill in with Adjectives of Quantity

1. There is _________________ sugar in the jar.

2. There is _________________ tea left in the kettle.
3. I have ______________work to do.
4. Raj gave the poor man _______________food to eat.

few strawberries six balloons

Adjectives of Number tell HOW MANY like several, few, many, one, all, seven

C: Underline the Adjectives of Number in each sentence

1. Several days ago my dog went missing.

2. All of the students will get a certificate.
3. There are many puppies for sale.
4. We ordered only one pizza.

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 Fun with Adjectives

Look at the adjectives given in the box

huge cute massive pretty lovely vast

handsome attractive enormous gigantic large

A: Make a list of adjectives that B:Make a list of adjectives that

mean ‘nice to look at’ mean ‘very big’
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C: Think of something that is fast and draw a picture of it in this box.

Now think of adjectives to describe your picture and write them in the spaces

D: Underline the adjectives and state their kind

1. An ugly mouse came out of the hole.

............................................................................................

2. I have a cute, white pup.

..............................................................................................

3. The king sent his two servants to bring a few sticks.

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4. There is some sugar in the jar.

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5. Grandma told me a funny story.

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6. I took little help from my friends.

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 Comparison of Adjectives
Look at the following sentences.
1. Rohan is a tall boy.
2. Sohan is taller than Rohan.
3. Mohit is the tallest of the three boys.

 Adjectives have three degrees of comparison:

1. The Positive Degree
2. The Comparative Degree
3. The Superlative Degree
We add –er to the adjective when two persons or objects are compared and –est to
the adjective when three or more persons or objects are compared.

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Now here are some more comparisons:

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A. Complete the table.
Positive Comparative Superlative
1. bright
…………………… ………………………

2. courageous
…………………… ………………………

3. dangerous
…………………… ………………………

4. easy
…………………… ………………………

5. long
…………………… ………………………

6. high
…………………… ………………………

7. difficult
…………………… ………………………

8. wise
…………………… ………………………
B. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences and write (P) for positive
degree, (C) for comparative degree and (S) for superlative degree.
1. Copper is a useful metal. …………………………….
2. Gold is costlier than silver . ……………………………
3. Varun is a healthy boy. …………………………………..
4. Kolkata is a big city. ………………………………………..
5. Arun is the best player of our team. ……………………
C. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of adjectives given in brackets.
1. My results are ………………………… than yours.(good)
2. The auditorium is the …………………. room in our school.
3. Muskan is …………………. than Sheela.(preety)
4. They are …………………………… than we.(famous)
5. What is the …………………………. news?(late)
6. She is the …………………………… woman in the office.(beautiful)
7. This is the …………………………… story I have ever heard.(interesting)
8. Iron is …………………………… than plastic.(heavy)
9. That was the ……………………. thing you could have done.(bad)

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 PRACTICE TIME

A. Circle the correct adjectives within the brackets:

1. This orange is not as ( thin / juicy ) as the one we had yesterday.

2. The ( silver / square ) moon shone brightly all night.

3. A ( huge / deep) bell hung from the church tower.

4. Meena has a (blunt / sweet ) voice.

5. All that we could see were some ( tall / delicious) trees.

6. He spoke in an ( oval / angry ) manner.

7. The library is a ( quiet / noisy ) place.

8. Everyone likes Amina because she is a ( helpful / rude ) girl.

B. Choose adjectives from the box to describe the given nouns:

hot small heavy funny

beautiful white gentle cloudy

1. ……………………………………..hut

2. ……………………………………..puppies

3. …………………………………….box

4. ……………………………………..woman

5. ………………………………………kettle

6. ………………………………………sky

7. ………………………………………story

8. ………………………………………rain

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C. Rewrite these sentences using an apostrophe with the underlined nouns:

1. That badminton racquet belongs to Aman.

.............................................................badminton racquet.

2. John has a sister called Jane.

Jane is …………………………………………………………………………..

3. The film has a name, ‘The Lion King’.

…………………………………………………………..is ‘The Lion King’.

4. That ribbon belongs to Ann.

That is………………………………………………………………………….

5. The magazine has the picture of Sachin on the cover.

The magazine has…………………………………………………………on the cover.

6. Clara is on holiday for a week.

Clara is on a ………………………………………………………………..

7. That house belongs to Mr Sharma.

That is…………………………………………………………………………

8. These books belong to the children.

These are …………………………………………………………………..

D. Fill in the blanks with words of your choice as instructed in the brackets:

1. I will wear my ………………………………………shirt tomorrow. (adjective)

2. Heena was tired ………………………she could not sleep. (conjunction)

3. There are envelopes and stamps……………………………..the drawer.

(preposition)

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