IDENTIFYING
ADJECTIVES
Prepared by: Teacher Dawn
What is an ADJECTIVE?
An ADJECTIVE is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun such as a person, place,
thing, or idea
COLOR SIZE SHAPE TASTE
Black Big Boxy Bitter
Blue Huge Round Sweet
Pink Large Oval Sour
Green Little Square Salty
Yellow Short Triangular Tangy
Gold Long Rectangle
1. They live in a beautiful house.
2. Lisa is wearing sleeveless shirt today.
3. She wore a red dress.
4. He writes meaningless letters.
5. Ben is an adorable baby.
6. Linda’s hair is gorgeous.
7. The glass is breakable.
8. I met a homeless man today.
9. Today is a sunny day.
10. A yellow leaf fell from a tree.
1. They live in a beautiful house.
2. Lisa is wearing sleeveless shirt today.
3. She wore a red dress.
4. He writes meaningless letters.
5. Ben is an adorable baby.
6. Linda’s hair is gorgeous.
7. The glass is breakable.
8. I met a homeless man today.
9. Today is a sunny day.
10. A yellow leaf fell from a tree.
Assignment:
Circle the ADJECTIVES and underline the NOUNS in the following sentences.
Clue: (More or less 25 nouns and 15 adjectives)
1. Tommy painted the old fence with white paint.
2. My family goes on a special trip every winter.
3. The jet made a very loud noise in the sky.
4. My cat is near the red brick house.
5. My sister likes to read long books with many chapters.
6. I always order glazed donuts at the bakery.
7. Grandma wants to pick wild berries every summer.
8. That was thick and tasty steak.
9. John was brave when he got stung by a bee.
10. The crooked tree at the old farm scared Lisa.
Assignment:
Circle the ADJECTIVES and underline the NOUNS in the following sentences.
1. Tommy painted the old fence with white paint.
2. My family goes on a special trip every winter.
3. The jet made a very loud noise in the sky.
4. My cat is near the red brick house.
5. My sister likes to read long books with many chapters.
6. I always order glazed donuts at the bakery.
7. Grandma wants to pick wild berries every summer.
8. That was thick and tasty steak.
9. John was brave when he got stung by a bee.
10. The crooked tree at the old farm scared Lisa.
3 DEGREES OF
ADJECTIVES
POSITIVE DEGREE
Used to describe a person or thing without comparing it.
Example:
You are pretty.
The ruler is long.
Rain is a young girl.
COMPARATIVE DEGREE
Used to compare two persons or things.
We add –er to one-syllable adjective.
For example: prettier, happier, taller, smaller, younger, longer
More or less is used with adjectives having three or more syllables.
For example: less expensive, more beautiful, more difficult, more famous
However, with two-syllable adjectives, -er or the word more or less is used.
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
Used to compare three or more persons or things.
We add –est to one-syllable adjective.
For example: prettiest, happiest, tallest, smallest, youngest, longest
Most or least is used with adjectives having three or more syllables.
For example: least expensive, most beautiful, most difficult, most famous
However, with two-syllable adjectives, -est or the word most is used.
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
pretty prettier prettiest
Long longer longest
young younger youngest
difficult More difficult Most difficult
beautiful More beautiful most difficult
expensive More expensive Most expensive
famous More famous Most famous
small smaller smallest
good better best
bad worse worst
We have special adjectives that does not use any of the rules mentioned earlier.
GOOD – BETTER – BEST
For example:
1. She is a good girl.
2. She is better than Angelica.
3. She is the best among the girls in the elementary school.
BAD – WORSE – WORST
4. James is a bad boy.
5. He is worse than his sister.
6. James is the worst among his siblings.
FAR – FURTHER – FURTHEST
7. Dandy’s house is far.
8. His house is further than Annie’s.
9. He has the furthest house.
Sample activity:
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
active 1 2
bright brighter 3
clean 4 cleanest
difficult 5 6
fast faster 7
fierce fiercer 8
generous 9 10
fat 11 12
interesting more interesting 13
black 14 15
Sample activity:
positive comparative superlative
active more active/less active most active
bright brighter brightest
clean cleaner cleanest
difficult more difficult/less difficult most difficult/least difficult
fast faster fastest
fierce fiercer fiercest
generous more generous/less generous most generous
fat fatter fattest
interesting more interesting most interesting
black blacker blackest
ASSIGNMENT:
Identify the degree of adjective that needs to be used to complete the following
sentences:
1. Alice is the _______ (young) among the three siblings.
2. Dashi is _______ (short) than Angelica.
3. Apples are _____ (healthy) than chips.
4. Gold is ________ (expensive) than silver.
5. This is the _______ (ancient) of all the cities.
6. Love is ______ (important) than money.
7. James’ car is _____ (cheap) than mine.
8. The first movie is _________ (boring) than the second. I don’t recommend it.
9. Chi is _______ (thin) than Cabbage.
10. Klay is 3 years old, Bem is 5 years old. Bem is _____ (old) than Klay.
ASSIGNMENT:
Fill in the correct form of adjective.
1. Apple is _________ (tasty) than banana,
2. Monday was the ________ day of the week. (good)
3. Elephant is __________ (heavy) animal in this zoo.
4. Mice are _________ (bad) than bats.
5. Aimee’s shoes is _________ (flat) than I have.
6. Summer is ________ (hot) than winter,
7. That tree is the ______ (big) tree that I have ever seen in my entire life.
8. My granddad is the _______ (old) member of our family.
9. The theatre is _______ (far) from my home than the stadium.
10. You are the _________ (nice) person I have ever known.
