Agenda

Introduction

1. what adjectives are

2. Rules of adjective formation

3.types of adjectives

Guided Practice

1. Exercises

2. ? (fill in the blank, crossword puzzle, true false, matching, cross out the wrong one?

Production Role Play

1. You are the announcer at a fashion show. Use adjectives to describe the clothing

2. You are witness to a crime. You need to describe the criminal to the detective using descriptive adjectives.

3. You have lost your dog. You need to describe how your pet looks to the dog catcher, so they can look for him.4

4. Describe your ideal love. S/he is ___. Adjective1, Adjective 2, etc.

5. You are writing a job description. Use adjectives (resourceful, helpful, pleasant, cooperative, independent, etc.)

Adjectives

Describing Words

versatile robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender showy

shine

robustness tenacity

trouble

popularity

show tenderness

brightness

hardiness

depth

perennial

versatility

sun

Which are the adjectives? Cross out the non-adjectives.

Adjectives

Describing Words

versatile robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender showy

Can you think of synonyms? Type a synonym into the chat box.

Adjectives

Describing Words

versatile flexible

robust strong

sunny summery

tenacious persistent

perennial continuing

hardy tough

shiny glossy

deep

bright sunny

popular well-liked

trouble-free problem-free

tender soft

showy fancy

Synonyms

Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

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inflexible

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

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inflexible

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

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popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

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deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

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high-maintenance

weak

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

shady

high-maintenance

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

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deep

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popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

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tenacious

perennial

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popular

trouble-free

tender

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Adjectives

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robust

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tenacious

perennial

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popular

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robust

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tenacious

perennial

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

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tenacious

perennial

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deep

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popular

trouble-free

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

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tenacious

perennial

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shiny

deep

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trouble-free

tender

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plain

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

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tenacious

perennial

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shiny

deep

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popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

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popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

shady

high-maintenance

weak

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

shady

high-maintenance

weak

dim

tough

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

shady

high-maintenance

weak

dim

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Adjectives

Describing Words versatile

robust

sunny

tenacious

perennial

hardy

shiny

deep

bright

popular

trouble-free

tender

showy

dull shallow

plain

inflexible

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Key

Adjectives

Describing Words

Recently, I was at a wiziq class and the presenter asked this question:

Adjectives

Describing Words

Recently, I was at a wiziq class and the presenter asked this question:

Which of these types of plant are you ?(if you had to be a plant).

Adjectives

Describing Words

Recently, I was at a wiziq class and the presenter asked this question:

Which of these types of plant are you ?(if you had to be a plant).

Adjectives are words we use to describe things (nouns). Adjectives are used to help us compare things. Examples: [He's a] good egg. = a good and dependable person. [He's a] bad egg. = a bad or despised person, untrustworthy man. [once in a] A blue moon. = very seldom, rarely

a silver bullet = a solution to a difficult problem, Is Obama's economic package a silver bullet for the economic crisis?

a red herring = Something that draws attention away from the central issue

What is an adjective?

How do we form an adjective?

We can add endings to a noun: -ish Ex. boy boyish

-y Ex. hair hairy

-ary Ex. station stationary -ful Ex. joy joyful

We can add endings to a verb: -y scare scary Run runny - interest + ing interesting, annoying --interest +ed interested, annoyed

My children are interested in reading. We have many interesting books.

The annoyed movie patron complained so loud that he was annoying.

The author had a closed mind when he wrote his closing argument.

ADJECTIVE FORMING SUFFIXES for the Advanced Learner

• With meanings similar to -y, -ly, -ish: of, having to do

with, having the nature or character of, pertaining to,

concerning:

• Form in English From Latin Examples

• -al -alis gradus [step]: gradual -ar -aris mola [mill]: molar

-ary -arius, -aris plenus [full]: plenary -arious -arius grex,

greg- [flock]: gregarious -il, ile -ilis puer [boy; archaic

puera, girl]: puerile -an, ane -anus transmontanus [across

the mountains]: transmontane urbs, urb- [city]:

urban, urbane -ine -inus felis [cat]: feline

http://www.class.uidaho.edu/luschnig/EWO/4.htm

ADJECTIVE FORMING SUFFIXES for the Advanced Learner

• -ic, -tic -icus, sonus [sound]: sonic -ticus fanum

[temple]: fanatic -eous,-eal -eus ignis, ign- [fire]:

igneous arbor [tree]: arboreal -aceous -aceus

sebum [tallow, suet]: sebaceous -aneous -aneus

miscellus [mixed]: miscellaneous -ernal,-ern -

ernus hibernus [wintry, winter]: hibernal, cf.

hesternal, hodiernal; modus [manner]:

modern -urnal,-urn -urnus dies, base, di- [day]:

diurnal, cf. nocturnal -nal -nus mater, matr-

[mother]: maternal, cf. eternal -ate -atus deliciae

[pet, delight]: delicate (also: literate, numerate)

http://www.class.uidaho.edu/luschnig/EWO/4.htm

ADJECTIVE FORMING SUFFIXES for the Advanced Learner

• With meanings similar to English -ful, -some:

having, tending to be, full of:

• -ose, -ous -osus copia [abundance]: copious

• numerus [number]: numerous otium [leisure]:

otiose

• -lent -lentus vis [force]: violent

• virus [poison]: virulent

• This suffix may appear as -ilent, -olent, -ulent

http://www.class.uidaho.edu/luschnig/EWO/4.htm

Make Adjectives from

• Child

• Season

• Fault • Coward

• Worth

• Value

• Silk

• Dirt • Quarrel

Answers

• Child

• Season

• Fault • Coward

• Worth

• Value

• Silk

• Dirt • Quarrel

• Childish

• Seasonal • Faulty, Faultless • Cowardly • Worthy

• Valuable

• Silky

• Dirty

• Quarrelsome

Simple Order of Adjectives Rule

Learn English with Professor Grammar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySnT_5IcWGg

OP = opinion, SH = shape

A = age

C = color O = origin

M = material Rules http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-adjective-order.htm

Opinion Size size age color material The cute, little, baby is sitting in the big, old, brown, leather chair.

Opinion cute

Size little

Age old

Shape

Colour brown

Origin

Material leather Purpose

Make a phrase about the doll’s shoes.

Size age color material

____ ___ ____ _______shoes

Little old brown leather shoes

Size age color material

Little old brown leather shoes

Big old black leather running shoes

Size age color material purpose

Big old black leather running shoes

More Comprehensive Order of Adjectives Rule

• Adjective order

• In many languages, attributive adjectives usually occur in a specific order. Generally, the

adjective order in English is;[1]

• article or pronouns used as adjectives

• intensifier

• quality

• size

• age

• color

• participle

• proper adjective

• noun used as adjectives

• headnoun

Rules

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-adjective-order.htm

Exercises on order of adjective

• Which is the correct order?

• a short Russian thin lady

• a German tall thin boy

• a short thin French lady

• a thin short Brazilian man.

Answer in red to Exercises on order of adjective

• 1. Which is the correct order?

•

• a short Russian thin lady

•

• a German tall thin boy

•

• a tall thin French lady

•

• a thin short Brazilian man.

Size shape origin

Exercises on order of adjective

• Which is the correct order?

• a stainless steel new pot

• a new steel stainless pot

• a steel new stainless pot

• a new stainless steel pot

Exercises on order of adjective

• Which is the correct order?

• a stainless steel new pot

• a new steel stainless pot

• a steel new stainless pot

• a new stainless steel pot

age quality material origin

Exercises on order of adjective

• Which is the correct order?

• a beautiful red sports car

• a red beautiful sports car

• a sports beautiful red car

• a red sports beautiful car

Exercises on order of adjective

• Which is the correct order?

• a beautiful red sports car

• a red beautiful sports car

• a sports beautiful red car

• a red sports beautiful car

opinion color purpose

Exercises on order of adjective

• 4. Which is the correct order?

• an old-fashioned leather comfortable wing-chair

• a comfortable leather old-fashioned wing-chair

• an old-fashioned, comfortable leather wing-chair

• a leather old-fashioned comfortable wing-chair

Exercises on order of adjective

• 4. Which is the correct order?

• an old-fashioned leather comfortable wing-chair

• a comfortable leather old-fashioned wing-chair

• A comfortable, old-fashioned, leather wing-chair

• a leather old-fashioned comfortable wing-chair

Quality age material compound noun

Adjectives

If two or more adjectives qualify the same noun, they should not be separated by commas or by and etc. • a tall, thin figure

• a fat, stocky policeman

• the poor, old lady

What types of adjectives are there?

http://www.referatele.com/referate/engleza/online12/The-Adjective---Types-of-adjectives-Position-of-adjectives-Comparison-of-adjectives-Adjective-patter.php

Types of Adjectives

• Quality

• Color • Class

• Emphasizing

• Participle

• Proper • Interrogative

• Compound

• Comparative • Superlative

Adjectives of Quality

• A sad tale

• A wise man

• A happy mother

Adjectives of Color

• Blue eyes

• A red apple

• A black cat • A green glass

Adjectives of class

Identifies a particular class of which the noun belongs to. • Financial help

• A Cultural programme

• A Political party

• Domestic animals

Emphasizing Adjectives

Lays stress on some feeling or quality of its noun. • An urgent need

• In utter despair • A pure love

• Total failure

• a kind heart

Participle Adjectives

A participle used as an adjective.

• ing-adjectives o an interesting story

o charming scenery

o an alarming increase

• ed-adjectives o a tired traveler o a furnished house

o a broken heart

Participle Adjectives Exercise

exhilarating challenging exciting frustrating satisfying annoying boring

exhilarated challenged excited frustrated satisfied annoyed bored

bored = can't find anything interesting to do

boring = has an uninteresting personality

annoyed = upset about something

annoying = upsets other people

satisfied = content, pleased about something

satisfying = fulfilling, give a feeling of accomplishment

frustrated = not happy because he cannot accomplish his goal

frustrating = makes you feel sad or hopeless because it is too hard

challenged = motivated to rise to the next level of proficiency

challenging = a task that is not easy but is attainable with effort

exhilarating = causing extreme joy or excitement

exhilarated = feeling extreme joy or excitement

1. My parents are very _____________________ .

2. I like going shopping because it is _____________________ .

3. When I wake up in the morning I feel _____________________

.

4. My friends are really _____________________ .

5. In winter it is usually _____________________ .

6. The curtains in my bedroom are _____________________ .

7. I would love to buy a _____________________ car.

8. I don’t like _____________________ people!

9. My teacher is really _____________________ .

10. I like going for _____________________ walks.

11. My English lessons are really _____________________ .

12. Comedy films are _____________________ .

13. I like going on holiday to _____________________ places.

14. At the moment I feel _____________________ .

Proper Adjectives

Formed from a proper noun

• American citizens

• Victorian age

• the Swiss Chocolates

Interrogative Adjectives

Adjective used to ask a question regarding the noun that follows it; • Which book is this?

• Which pen do you like the best?

• What dress is she wearing tonight?

Compound Adjectives

Made up of two or more words usually with hyphens between them

• a bottle-green car • a low-paid job

• a good-looking girl • one-way traffic

Correct the following sentences

1.A tall young man entered my room.

2.A slim and fair lady came to the office.

3.She married a handsome and young man.

4.They are good and bad children.

5.Where is your blue and small box?

6.Katy is a tall slim girl.

Forming Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

http://www.eflnet.com/tutorials/adjcompsup.php http://theenglishyouneedblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/comparative-adjectives.html

Adjectives are used to help us compare things. Example: The red

What is an adjective?

herring is longer than the bullets.

Forming Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

http://www.eflnet.com/tutorials/adjcompsup.php http://theenglishyouneedblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/comparative-adjectives.html

tall

taller

fast

faster

Look at the man and boy.

• Tell me about them.

• The man is tall.

• The boy is short.

• Who is taller?

• The man is taller than the boy. • Who is shorter?

• The boy is shorter than the man.

Look at the man and the others. • Tell me about them.

• One man is tall.

• The others are short.

• Who is taller?

• The man in the center is taller than the others.

• Who is shorter?

• The others are shorter than the man in the center.

Look at the bus and car.

• The bus is longer. • The car is shorter.

• The bus is slower than the car.

• The car is faster than the bus.

Tell me about them.

We describe with

adjectives

Words that describe

•are adjectives. •Adjectives that compare are comparatives.

What word describes

•summer?

hot

What word describes

•winter?

cold

Let’s compare

winter and summer. •Winter is colder than summer.

•What did we add to the adjective ‘cold’ ?

Now let’s compare

summer to winter.

•Summer is _____

than winter.

Now let’s compare

summer to winter.

•Summer is hotter than winter.

hot What do we have to add

to ‘hot’ to make the comparative?

Hot+t+er

We have to double the t before adding er

hotter

Why do we double the

consonant?

To keep the vowel sound short.

What would hoter

Sound like?

The o would be long and sound like “oh”.

Can you think of

another one syllable word where you have to double the consonant?

How about ‘big’?

consonant + er

Hot hotter big bigger

When do you double the consonant?

• When the word is one syllable

• And the vowel is short

Let’s do a few more.

clean

cleaner

new

newer

old

older

Why didn’t we double the consonant?

“clean” and “old” and “new” are one syllable.

So what gives?

They have long vowels.

nice How do you form the

comparative for “nice” ?

nicer

nicer Why do you only add an r

and not er?

niceer

How would nice + er sound?

Can you think of

Another word like that, ending in e?

adjective + r

nice nicer ripe riper

What happens

When the adjective ends in y?

Change y to i + er

Dirty dirtier

dirty

dirtier

Can you think of another one like this?

early

earlier

Change y to i + er

Early earlier Dirty dirtier

adjective comparative

busy How about busy?

What is the comparative of busy?

busier

good How about this one?

What is the comparative of good?

better

That’s right

We can’t say gooder.

bad

How about this one?

Can we say badder?

No.

worse

irregular

Good better bad worse

And this one?

expensive

Can we say expensiver?

No.

more expensive

beautiful

And how about

beautifuler or More beautiful?

more beautiful

When the adjective has more than one

syllable we say more + adjective.

more + adjective

beautiful more beautiful

expensive more expensive

Now let’s compare.

Today’s weather is ______ (bad) than yesterday’s weather.

Now let’s compare.

Today’s weather is ______ (bad) than yesterday’s weather.

Today’s weather is worse that yesterday’s

weather.

The car is ___ than the bus.

1.new

2.old

3.clean

4.fast 5.expensive

Give an example for each column

adj + er adj +r adj + ier consonant +r irregular more + adj.

Can you put the words in the correct column?

good beautiful cheap bad nice busy

expensive big hot early old clean

sad large ripe heavy thin long

intelligent tall childish difficult populated fine

Give an example for each column

adj + er adj +r adj + ier consonant +r irregular more + adj.

cleaner nicer busier bigger worse intelligent

taller finer earlier sadder better expensive

cheaper larger heavier hotter populated

older riper thinner beautiful

childish

If you were critically ill (very very sick), would you prefer a doctor who has practiced medicine for 30 years or just 10 years?

If you were critically ill (very very sick), would you prefer a doctor who has practiced medicine for 30 years or just 10

years? Answer making comparatives using one of the following words:

1.Qualified

2.Competent 3.Experienced

4.educated

5.Cheap

6.Famous

7.modern

1.Handy

2.savvy

3.Close to where I live

4.Skilled

5.Compassionate

6.good

If you were critically ill (very very sick), would you prefer a doctor who has practiced medicine for 30 years or just 10

years? Answer making comparatives using one of the following words:

1.Qualified

2.Competent 3.Experienced

4.educated

5.Cheap

6.Famous

7.modern

1.Handy

2.savvy

3.Close to where I live

4.Skilled

5.Compassionate

6.good

I prefer a doctor who has been practicing 30 years because he is more

experienced.

This one is _____ than that one.

This one is higher than

that one

This one is thinner than that

one This one is taller than that one

Which one is prettier?

Which one is more expensive?

This one is _____ than that one.

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Grammar Rock Adjectives Song

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This one is higher than

that one

This one is thinner than that

one This one is taller than that one

Which one is prettier?

Which one is more expensive?

This one is _____ than that one.

Role Play

1. You are the announcer at a fashion show. Use adjectives to describe the clothing.

Lacy, layered, beaded, pleated, low-cut.

Spaghetti strapped, elegant, full-length

Role Play 2. You are witness to a crime.

You need to describe the criminal to court using descriptive adjectives.

The criminal had

grey hair, a

moustache, a

beard, a hook, a

peg leg …

Role Play 3. You have lost your dog. You need to describe how your pet looks to the dog catcher, so they can look for him.

Role Play 4. Your nephew is coming for a visit. Describe him to your Mother , who is going to pick him up at the airport.

Hi, there! I’m

here.

Role Play 5. Describe your ideal love. S/he is ___. Adjective1, Adjective 2, etc.

Role play 5. You are writing a job description. Use adjectives (resourceful, helpful, pleasant, cooperative, independent, etc.)

Advanced

BE DESCRIPTIVE...A PUZZLE

Intermediate

Key Across

2. straight A line without corners or bends is...

3. adjective Which part of speech has the function

of

qualifying (moderating) other words?

6. strong Physical strength.

7. a Name the indefinite article that acts as a

quantifier.

8. superlative What kind of adjective description

is the

phrase "most beautiful" ?

10. first An adjective that describes the item that

comes

at the beginning

12. girlish An adjective describing a young

woman's qualities

13. stronger comparative,

15. one A number

19. tomorrow A day

20. acrid An adjective describing a smell

22. putrid An adjective describing a smell

23. heavy A synonym for weighty

24. whitish An adjective describing a color

27. last An adjective that describes the item that

comes at the end

29. tall An adjective describing height

30. beautiful appealing

Down 1. red An adjective describing a color 2. sweet An adjective describing a taste 4. comparative Describes the degree of adjectives which contrast two things. 5. positive Describes the degree of sentences that are not negative. 7. aged Existed for long time. 9. an Name another indefinite article that is a modifier. 11. most, as The adjective contrasted against 'fewest' and a word that can be an adverb, a conjunction or preposition, depending upon how it is used 13. second An ordinal number 14. boyish An adjective pertaining to a young male 16. sour An adjective describing a taste 17. motherly An adjective describing a style of parenting 18. many Name a quantifier 21. manly An adjective pertaining to an adult male 25. two A number 26. black An adjective describing a color 28. sacred An adjective meaning revered