DESCRIPTIVE

ADJECTIVES
 DEFINITION:

A descriptive adjective is a word that

describes the size, color, shape, mood, etc. of
a person, a thing, an animal, or a place.

Examples of adjectives:
Yellow, big, smaller, best, strongest, fast,
green
Task
Find the adjectives in the sentences:

• A yellow sun rose

• The small boy cried
• The girl painted a pretty picture.
• The old man wrote a long, boring book.
• Green grass was shining under the big, yellow sun.
• A car drove on a long, wide road.
• The boy threw a small ball over the roof.
Task
Find the adjectives:
Classroom erupted word tall best strongest

green running smiled table water river

wild excellent telephone pencil laugh

go am orange strong smart woman

apple book long mountain walked read

ate lunch umbrella rain earthquake car

Task
adjectives:
Classroom erupted word tall best strongest

green running smiled table water river

wild excellent telephone pencil laugh

go am orange strong smart woman

apple book long mountain walked read

ate lunch umbrella rain earthquake car

 COLORS

GREEN BLUE BLACK

WHITE ORANGE
REDPINK BROWN
YELLOW PURPLE
BLACK HOUSE
FAT - THIN
 BIG
SMALL
SHORT TALL
 UGLY
BEAUTIFUL
STRONG

WEAK
FAST
SLOW
YOUNG
OLD
HAPPY
SAD
GOOD

BAD
EXPENSIVE

CHEAP
SEXY PEOPLE
USE ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE THE
FOLLOWING PEOPLE AND THINGS
PIZZA IS ___________.
AMELIA VEGA IS ___________.
EIP IS ___________.
MY TEACHER IS ___________.
DOGS ARE ___________.
MY HOUSE IS ___________.
ALA JAZA IS ___________.
LEBRON JAMES IS ___________.
BATMAN IS ___________.
NETFLIX IS ___________.
BLUE IS ___________.
THE SKY IS ___________.
HAMLET IS ___________.
JUSTIN BIEBER IS ___________.
FEFITA IS ___________.
QUANTITATIVE
ADJECTIVES
 DEFINITION:
Adjectives of quantity are generally used when we do not
require denoting the exact number of noun such as number of
hairs, number of rice grains, number of sugar crystals in a
packet or spoon, etc.
• Examples of adjectives:
• He is so intelligent.
• He has many friends.
• She is very poor
• He has enough money to start business.
• Employees have completed most of the tasks.
Below is the list of commonly used adjectives of quantity:
Adjectives of quantity:
• Any: is generally used in the negative and
interrogative kind of sentences.
• Some: it is generally used in the affirmative
sentences.
• Little: means ‘hardly any’ or ‘very small quantity’ and
generally used with the singular uncountable nouns.
More adjectives of quantity:
Adjectives of quantity:
• Much: it is used as determiner followed by the
uncountable noun.
• All and whole: both have same meaning however used
in different ways.
• Insufficient: means not enough for needs
• Sufficient: means enough to fulfill needs
• Few: means less amount.
Analyze the following sentences:

Examples of adjectives:
• She eats a whole apple daily.
• I ate some rice today.
• He has only little knowledge about this project.
• He cannot spend his all money over you.
• There is no milk in the glass.
LET’S PRACTICE!
 Many students did not attend
Many the class today.?

Students

Attend

Class
Students have finished most of
their exams. ?

exams

finished

most

have
 I have spent all
? my pocket
money today.
pocket

my

money

all
Adding some milk to the
?
food makes you healthier.
healthier

milk

some

makes
 I have enough knowledge to
complete this project.?
project

enough

complete

knowledge
Deybi had only half glass of
milk.?

had

only

half

glass
 Poor people do not
have sufficient amount of money.
money ?

poor

amount

sufficient
I have less time for this
project.

have

time

less

this
 Only few birds are flying in
the sky.
birds

flying

sky

few
Is there any mango in the
fridge??
any

fridge

there

the