QUOTES OF THE DAY

Complete the bubble map

below.

NICK
VUJICI
C

determined

Confident

audacious

Disciplined

resilient

NICK
VUJICIC
Undaunted /
dauntless

Persistent

hardworking

patient

Strong-willed

ADJECTIVES

INTRODUCTION
Words which tell us something more about
nouns.
Describes a person, an animal, a plant, a
place or a thing
Is usually placed before a noun or after the
verb to be (is / are / am / was / were)

WHAT KIND OF?

- What kind of girl is she?
- What kind of fruit is it?
- What kind of plant is it?
- What kind of animal is it?

HOW MUCH?
- How much juice is there in
the glass.
- How much tea do you drink?
- How much milk is there in
the bottle?
- How much pepper is there in
the bottle?

HOW MANY?
- How many birds are there?
- How many apples are there
in the basket?
- How many kittens are there
in the box?
- How many children are
playing?

WHICH?
- Which girl is the tallest?
- Which man is fat?
- Which girls are talking?
- Which children are playing
at the field?

WHAT KIND OF?

- She is a thin girl.
- It is a sweet fruit.
- It is a thorny plant.
-It is a fierce animal.

HOW MUCH?
- There is much juice in the
glass.
- I drink little tea.
- There is some milk in the
bottle.
- There is much pepper in
the bottle.

HOW MANY?
- There are two birds.
- There are six apples in the
basket.
- There are five kittens in the
box.
- There are three children
playing.

WHICH?
- That girl in the middle is the
tallest.
- This man is fat.
- Those girls are talking.
- These children are playing
at the field.

TYPES OF ADJECTIVES
Descriptive adjectives
Quantitative adjectives
Possessive adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
Distributive adjectives
Interrogative adjectives

DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
(Quality)

Answer the question What kind of

COLOUR

SHAPE

SIZE

CONDITION

A brown cat
A blue bag
A red rose
An orange
blouse
A black diary
A yellow bird
A green sari
A purple
scarf
A grey
sarong

A round clock
A square
diskette
A circular
tray
A rectangular
board
A triangular
mirror
A round table

A tall boy
A long pencil
A small
house
A big car
A thick book
A wide road
A narrow
path
A deep sea
A heavy bag
A light box

A hot day
A rainy day
A sunny day
A cloudy day
An old book
A new bag
An untidy
room
A healthy
man

TASK

Complete the brace map below.

DESCRIPTIV
E
ADJECTIVES

COLOUR

Person
Place
Animal
Thing -

SHAPE

Person
Place
Animal
Thing -

SIZE

Person
Place
Animal
Thing -

CONDITION

Person
Place
Animal
Thing -

FORMATION OF
ADJECTIVES

Adjectives can be formed from a noun, a

verb or another adjective.
e.g ability able
wood wooden
success successful

TASK - Change these words into the adjective.

WORD
Accident
Admire
Beauty
Boy
Care
Cautious
Change
Choose
Comfort
danger
decide
Destroy
energy
enjoy
fame
father
Fault
gold

ADJECTI
VE

WORD
hate
hope
Industry
joy
length
lovely
luxury
man
Marvellou
s
mischief
nation
north
noise
Obey
occasion
patience
person

ADJECTIV
E

WORD
Reason
science
silk
skill
sun
talk
Terror
tire
trouble
value
victory
volcano
wave
Water
west
wit
wool
year

ADJECTIV
E

QUANTITATIVE ADJECTIVES

To show quantity or amount/ how many?

Definite

Indefinite

One
Two
Three
First
Second
Both

Many
Much
Few
Several
Most
All
Little
Any
Less
Some

TASK

Correct the errors in the sentences below.

1. My sister has not much pencils.
2. Is there many salt in the jar?
3. I have little book.
4. They have less pens that I have.
5. My mother bought many food.

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
To show who the owner is
Are placed before the nouns. We cannot use
them to replace nouns.

Adjective

Examples

My
His
Our
Her
Its
Your
Their

This is my cat.
That is his table.
These are our dolls.
This is her watch.
That is its cage.
This is your plate of rice,
The boys play with their kites.

TASK

Make two sentences from each of the

possessive adjectives.
his her my
its our your

their

DEMONSTRATIVE
ADJECTIVES
To point to the noun whether they are near
or far away from us
Not the same as demonstrative pronouns
it does not take the place of the noun; we
write it before the noun

Singular

Plural

This
-This box is heavy.

These
-These pencils are
blunt.

That
- That bag is empty.

Those
- Those plates are
clean.

TASK

Complete the following sentences.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

_______ eraser belongs to Wati.

_______ shoes are new.
I want to wear _______ dress to the party.
Dont carry _______ boxes.
_______ chairs are made of plastic.
_______ watch is hers.
_______ cup is dirty.

DISTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES
To show whether the nouns are taken singly
or as a group
Are always singular - the verb in the
sentence must therefore be in the singular

Adjective

Examples

Each

Each pupil is only allowed to borrow two books.

I was away for two days and it rained each day

Every

Every person above twenty-one can vote.

She has read every book in the library.

Either

Either he or she is wrong.

Either pencil will do.

Neither

Neither mango is sweet.

Neither pen is mine.

INTERROGATIVE
ADJECTIVES
To ask questions
Comes before the nouns

Adjective

Examples

What

What gift did you receive?

Which

Which girl is prettier?

Whose

Whose pencil is this?

Difference between interrogative adjectives and

interrogative pronouns.
e.g. Which toy did you buy? (adjective)
Which was the toy you bought? (noun)

TASK

Form 2 questions from each of the

interrogative adjectives.
What

Which Whose

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

We can use more than one adjective when describing

someone or something in a sentence.
When we use adjectives from different groups
together, we DO NOT use and.
e.g. There is a long and red ribbon in her pocket. (X)
There is a long red ribbon in her pocket. ()
We use and between two colour adjectives before a
noun OR after the verb to be.
A comma is used if more than two adjectives are
used.
e.g. The black and white blouse is hers.
The blue, green and yellow sari is Leelas.

O.S.A.C.O.M
Opinion / Shape
Value

Age /
Tempera
-ture

Colour

Origin

Material

Beautiful
Famous
Clever
Handsom
e
Strong
Proud
Weak
Friendly
Fair
Dark
Good
Naughty

Old
Hot
New
Warm
Young
Cold
Ancient
Modern

Red
Brown
Blue
Green
Orange
Purple
Pink
Black
White
Grey
Yellow

Malay
Indian
Chinese
Malaysian
American
Italian
French

Rubber
Cotton
Gold
Copper
Steel
Plastic
Leather
Wooden

Size (big,
small)
Length
(long, tall,
short)
Shape
(round,
square,
thin, fat)
Width
(wide,
narrow)

Examples
A beautiful little wooden house
A round red plastic ball
A beautiful pink cotton sari
A handsome tall young man
An expensive new gold ring
A rich fat man
A dangerous long narrow road
A sharp long knife
A long yellow ribbon
A blue British sports car
A strong short old man

TASK

Arrange the following adjectives in the

proper order and construct a sentence.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Chinese, old (man)

teenage, pretty, tall, Malay (girl)
wooden, small, square (table)
German, red, expensive, beautiful (car)
big, old, shady (tree)
small, industrial, clean (country)

COMPARISON OF
ADJECTIVES

There are three degrees of comparison for

the adjectives.
The Positive

The
Comparative

The
Superlative

The positive is
used to
describe an
object or a
person.

The
comparative is
used to
compare two
objects or
persons.

The superlative
is used to
compare more
than two
objects or
persons.

e.g. Amanda is
as tall as Alice.

e.g. Joseph is
taller than
Sarah.

e.g. Lisa is the

tallest in the
class.

TASK Complete the table

below.
The Positive
Brave
Clean
Clever
Slow
Weak
Dirty
Early
Lazy
Wealthy
Ugly
Big
Dull
Mad
Thin
Wet
Grey
Bad
Far
Good
Little
Beautiful
Careful
Handsome
Hardworking
Expensive

The Comparative

The Superlative