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Adjectives
Table of Contents
2 Grammar Notes
Adjectives
9 Exercise 1
Sentence Patterns
10 Exercise 2
Suffixes
11 Exercise 3
Feelings
12 Exercise 4
Silly Story
13 Exercise 5
Adjective Order & Punctuation
14 Exercise 6
Participial Adjectives
15 Exercise 7
Participial Adjectives
16 Exercise 8
Multiple-Word Adjectives
17 Exercise 9
Find Someone Who
18 Exercise 10
Multiple-Choice Quiz
19 Answer Key
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Grammar Notes
ADJECTIVES
A. Patterns
B. Suffixes
In English, many adjectives are Other adjectives are formed by Some adjectives have no suffixes,
formed by adding a common adding -ed or -ing to a verb. These usually because they don’t come
adjective suffix to a noun. are called participial adjectives. from nouns or verbs.
• common • hot
Noun Adjective Verb Adjective • big • cold
• small • green
danger dangerous excited,
excite
exciting
logic logical
inspired,
inspire
inspiring
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Suffix Example
Note #1:
-able lovable he -ly suffix is commonly used
T
to form adverbs (words that
-al logical describe verbs), but there are a
few adjectives that end in -ly.
-ant important These include friendly, costly,
and the time words daily, weekly,
monthly, yearly, hourly, and early.
-ed excited
-ent independent
-less careless
-ous dangerous
-y healthy
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Note:
Can you use -ing with a person instead of a thing?
It is possible if the person is the cause of the feeling.
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When you want to use more than one adjective to describe a noun,
you need to think about punctuation and the order of the adjectives.
1. PUNCTUATION
Note:
Using “and” is necessary when there is no noun that follows the adjectives.
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2. ORDER
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3. EX AMPLES
• We browsed through the many antique, colorful, silk dresses in the boutique.
(age, color, material)
Note: Tip:
I f the multiple adjectives are of the same type, ere is a good test for recognizing if you need a com-
H
then you can use any order you want. For example: ma between adjectives or not. See if the sentence still
makes sense if you switch the order of the adjectives.
• She has a funny, kind coworker. (opinion, opinion)
If it does, you need a comma(s). If it doesn’t, you can’t
• She has a kind, funny coworker. (opinion, opinion) use a comma(s).
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If the multiple-word adjective This rule is especially common What about using adverbs
comes before a noun, use hyphens. with time, money, and distance. and adjectives together? Be
Note that adjectives must never careful. Most adverb/adjective
• She gave me an
end in “s.” combinations will NOT be
up-to-date report.
hyphenated. One common
• We have a five-minute
• We used computer-generated exception is with the adverb well.
break in our morning class.
images in our presentation.
(NOT five-minutes break) • Lady Gaga is a very famous
• After the reading singer. (NOT very-famous singer)
• The clerk handed
exercise, answer these
me a 100-dollar bill. • The second presenter was
follow-up questions.
a less interesting speaker.
• I went for a 20-kilometer
(NOT less-interesting)
run this morning.
• J.R.R. Tolkien is a well-known
author. (This is the exception.)
When the multiple-word adjective (or adjective + noun) comes after the
main verb (or is the main verb), do NOT use hyphens. Let’s take a look at
the previous examples:
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Exercise 1
SENTENCE PATTERNS
1. she / intelligent / is
2. is / friendly / he
3. is / sunny / it
7. day / it / cloudy / a / is
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Exercise 2
SUFFIXES
A. Matching
Match the noun forms on the left to the adjective forms on the right.
1. beauty a) careful
2. independence b) academic
3. importance c) floral
4. care d) competitive
5. danger e) beautiful
6. competition f) furry
7. fur g) important
8. flower h) accessible
9. academy i) independent
10. access j) dangerous
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Exercise 3
FEELINGS
• happy
• sad
1 4 • angry
• scared
• nervous
• tired
2 5
3 6
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Exercise 4
SILLY STORY
My Silly School
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Exercise 5
ADJECTIVE ORDER & PUNCTUATION
Reminder:
A. Put in Order
1. Opinion 5. Color
2. Size 6. Origin
Put the adjectives into the correct order. Don’t forget to use commas!
3. Age 7. Material
4. Shape 8. Purpose
Ex. a large, brown, European horse
(brown / large / European)
1. a musician 6. an table
(young / talented) (marble / old / Italian)
2. an book 7. a photograph
(interesting / old) (black-and-white / big / beautiful)
3. a apartment 8. a dress
(smelly / messy) (silk / red / new)
4. a car 9. a bag
(Japanese, red, shiny) (sleeping / rectangular / cheap)
B. Write Sentences
1. pet
2. house
3. trip
4. movie
5. friend
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Exercise 6
PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
10. The reporter was so that I fell asleep while watching the news.
(bored / boring)
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Exercise 7
PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
Adjectives:
• excited / exciting
• bored / boring
• fascinated / fascinating
• tired / tiring
• embarrassed / embarrassing
• interested / interesting
• confused / confusing
• terrified / terrifying
• relaxed / relaxing
• disappointed / disappointing
• surprised / surprising
• thrilled / thrilling
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Exercise 8
MULTIPLE-WORD ADJECTIVES
Write the correct adjective on the line. Use hyphens when necessary.
3. The professor is .
(well liked)
Reminder:
4. They have a daughter.
(two years old) Adjectives don’t end in -s.
6. We ran for .
(15 kilometers)
8. That building is .
(100 years old)
9. He is a author.
(well known)
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Exercise 9
FIND SOMEONE WHO
Write the questions in the chart. Then interview your classmates. If your
classmate answers “Yes,” write his or her name in the space on the right.
who is nervous
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about something.
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Exercise 10
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUIZ
a) importance a) hard
b) important b) hardly
a) has a) 15-minutes
b) is b) 15-minute
a) exciting a) follow-up
b) excited b) follow up
a) furry a) well-known
b) fur b) well known
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Answer Key
NOTE: LESSON DESCRIPTION: LEVEL: Beg – Int
In its entirety, this lesson is suitable for This comprehensive lesson covers TIME: 2–3 hours
low-intermediate to intermediate learners. adjective sentence patterns and suffixes,
TAGS: adjectives, feelings, suffixes,
If you teach beginners, you may want participial adjectives, multiple adjective
participial adjectives, adjective
to limit this lesson to pages 2–3 of the order and punctuation, and hyphens in
order, punctuation, grammar
Grammar Notes and Exercises 1–4 on multiple-word adjectives.
pages 9–12.
A. WRITE THE FEELING Answers will vary. Check that the adjectives are in the correct order.
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EDITOR’S NOTES:
Exercise 8
1. For a fun activity on adjectives to begin or
1. 50-dollar 5. two hours 9. well-known end this lesson, try My Favorite Warm-Up Activity:
2. six-pound 6. 15 kilometers 10. up-to-date https://blog.esllibrary.com/2013/01/31/my-favourite-warm-
3. well liked 7. follow-up 11. very famous up-activity/
4. two-year-old 8. 100 years old 12. up to date
2. For E. Hyphens and Multiple-Word Adjectives on page 8:
Challenge your students to come up with a mnemonic device You may want to point out that though rules #1 and 2
to remember adjective order. For example, you could have pairs work most of the time, there are some exceptions.
make a sentence out of the first letters of each word (OSASCOMP). A few adjectives always contain a hyphen. For example,
the adjective good-looking is always hyphenated,
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