Adjectives

Mrs. Maha AL-Otaibi AdjectivesEach sentence below contains one or more adjectives. Read each sentence carefullyand underline the adjectives. The first four sentences have been done for you.1. I’m not going to keep these empty plastic bottles.2. Nancy was angry when Fred compared her cookies to old mud pies.3. Pretty yellow birds decorated the ancient walls.4. A simple explanation will prevent a terrible punishment.5. My best friend has an exciting new idea!6. Mary gazed into the cracked mirror and said, “I really believe that green teethare attractive.”7. Jason placed the leather boots in that small closet.8. Ryan gave me two useful gifts.9. There is nothing like a good book on a comfortable couch.10. I told them that frozen pizza would make a fine dessert.11. Eighty awful alligators ate eighteen aimless acrobats.12. Herman became confused when he read the secret map.From the choices provided after each sentence select a word or phrase that wouldcorrectly complete the sentence. Submit the form using the SUBMIT APPLICATIONbutton at the end of the exercise. Your score will be returned to you in a few seconds.1. Those are probably the ___________ curtains in the store. fancyest fanciest most fanciest2. Uncle Carl is really ______________________ man. an old sweet a sweet, old a sweet old3. The Karmen-Ghia used to be _________________ sportscar. a fine German a German, fine a fine, German4. Everyone was home for the holidays. What could make for ___________Christmas than that? a merryer 1 adjectives

Mrs. Maha AL-Otaibi the merriest a merrier5. They grew up in ___________________ house in Mexico City. a comfortable, little a little, comfortable a comfortable little6. Diehard is the ____________ movie I've ever seen. most excited most exciting most exciteable7. Tashonda wanted to take a course with _____________________ professor. that interesting new Japanese economics that Japanese interesting, new economics that interesting, new, Japanese, economics8. Of all the mechanics in the shop, Jerzy is surely ______________ . the less competent. the least competent. the competentest.9. In the fall, the valleys tend to be ___________ than the hilltops. foggy more foggier foggier10. My cold is definitely _________ this morning. worse worst worser Put the adjectives into the correct form. than Chicago.1. Los Angeles is (large) city of the United States.2. But New York is the (large) 2 adjectives

Mrs. Maha AL-Otaibi3. The weather in Hollywood is (good) than in New York or New Jersey.4. Nestor Studios is the (old) movie company in Hollywood.5. Disneyland is (interesting) than any other amusement park. Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).1. My house is (big) ……………..than yours.2. This flower is (beautiful) than that one.3. This is the (interesting) book I have ever read.4. Non-smokers usually live (long) than smokers.5. Which is the (dangerous) animal in the world?6. A holiday by the sea is (good) than a holiday in the mountains.7. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) than a beer.8. Who is the (rich) woman on earth?9. The weather this summer is even (bad) than last summer.10. He was the (clever) thief of all.Fill in the correct form of the following adjectives.1. London is the (large) city in Great Britain.2. No other British city has as (many) inhabitants as London.3. The London underground, the tube, is the (old) underground in the world.4. The Tower of London is one of the (famous) London sights.5. Another sight is the London Eye. With its 135 metres, it is (tall) than any other big wheel in the world.Exercise on Comparison of Adjectives (as ... as)Fill in the comparison with as ... as.1. John is (tall) Glen.2. Janet is (beautiful) ……………Jeniffer.3. You are (crazy) …………………..my sister.4. We can run (fast) ………………….they can.5. My mom is (not / strict) ………………….your mum.6. Your mobile phone is (not / trendy) …………….mine.7. Matrix II was (not / interesting) ………………….Matrix I.8. This yoghurt (not / taste / good) ………………the one I bought yesterday. 3 adjectives

Mrs. Maha AL-Otaibi adjectives9. I can do (many / press-ups) ………………..you.10. I (not / earn / much / money) ………………you do. Put the adjectives in the correct order: 1-round small reading lamp 2-German old yellow car 3-wooden huge sailing ship 4-physics boring old teacher 5-slim Canadian handsome snowboarder 6-sugar blue round bowl 1. Which is the correct order? a small Canadian thin lady a Canadian small thin lady a small thin Canadian lady a thin small Canadian lady 2. Which is the correct order? a carving steel new knife a new steel carving knife a steel new carving knife a new carving steel knife 3. Which is the correct order? a beautiful blue sailing boat a blue beautiful sailing boat a sailing beautiful blue boat a blue sailing beautiful boat 4. Which is the correct order? an old wooden square table a square wooden old table an old square wooden table a wooden old square table 5. Which is the correct order? an new French exciting band a French new exciting band an exciting French new band an exciting new French band 6. Which is the correct order? a red big plastic hat a big red plastic hat a plastic big red hat a bit plastic red hat 7. Which is the correct order? a small Japanese serving bowl a Japanese small serving bowl 4

Mrs. Maha AL-Otaibi adjectivesa small serving Japanese bowla serving small Japanese bowl8. Which is the correct order?a cotton dirty old tiea dirty cotton old tiean old cotton dirty tiea dirty old cotton tie Are these adjectives in the natural order? Put true or false a big red book a red big book a French green book a beautiful green Italian scarf a little green man the first three days the three first days a funny little man a brown leather jacket a German small town the three last weeks a portable expensive computer an army Swiss knife a green old sweater an Italian gentle man a new terrible movie an old lovely house a tea yellow cup the three last people green big eyes 5

Mrs. Maha AL-OtaibiFill in the blanks: Comparative Superlative Positive large dark happy dirty nice flat many or much big new importantExercise “The three little pigs” – Part 1Fill in the correct form of the adjective or adverb.1. Once upon a time there were three little pigs who wanted to see the world. When the they lefthome, their mum gave them some advice: Whatever you do, do it the (good) youcan.2. So the three pigs wandered through the world and were the (happy) pigs you've ever seen.3. They were playing (funny) games all summer long, but then came autumn and each pig wanted to build a house.4. The first pig was not only the (small) but also the (lazy) of the pigs.5. He (quick) built a house out of straw.6. The second pig made his house out of wood which was a bit (difficult) thanbuilding a straw house.7. The third pig followed his mum's advice and built a strong house out of bricks, which was the(difficult) house to build.8. The pig worked very (hard) , but finally got his house ready before winter.9. During the cold winter months, the three little pigs lived (extreme) (good) in their houses.10. They (regular) visited one another and had the (wonderful) time of their lives. 6 adjectives

Mrs. Maha AL-OtaibiExercise “The three little pigs” – Part 2Fill in the correct form of the adjective or adverb.1. One night, however, a wolf came to the place where the three little pigs lived. It was the(horrible) wolf in the whole wide world.2. Being (terrible) hungry, he went straight to the straw house.3. \"Let me in, little pig,\" the wolf shouted out (angry) , \"or I'll huff and I'll puffand I'll blow your house down!\"4. The pig didn't let him in, but as the house was made out of straw, the wolf blew it down (easy) .5. The little pig ran to his brother's house as (fast) as he could. But the wolf followed him to the wooden house.6. \"Open up, little pigs,\" he shouted even (angry) .7. Then he huffed and puffed and it didn't take him much (long) to blow the house down.8. The two pigs (nervous) ran to their brother who lived in the brick house.9. The wolf followed them (grim) .10. \"Open the door,\" he shouted (furious) .11. As the pigs didn't open, the wolf huffed and puffed (heavy) . But the stone house didn't fall down.12. From all the huffing and puffing the wolf became even (hungry) .13. With his last power he (slow) climbed up the house to get in through the chimney.14. The pigs saw this and (hasty) lit a fire.15. When the wolf climbed down the chimney, he fell into the fire which was (awful) hot.16. He burnt his bum (bad) and ran away.17. From that day on, the pigs had no more trouble with the wolf and they lived (happy) ever after. Find the adjective in the first sentence and fill the gap with the adverb.1. Joanne is happy. She smiles ……….2. The boy is loud. He shouts .3. Her English is fluent. She speaks English .4. Our mum was angry. She spoke to us .5. My neighbour is a careless driver. He drives . 7 adjectives

Mrs. Maha AL-Otaibi6. The painter is awful. He paints .7. Jim is a wonderful piano player. He plays the piano .8. This girl is very quiet. She often sneaks out of the house .9. She is a good dancer. She dances really .10. This exercise is simple. You have to put one word in each space. 8 adjectives