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The butterfly wants to reach the flower. Help the butterfly reach it by
colouring the circles with words that tell us more about the flower.
pretty yellow red bee soft chair
The word ‘flower’ is a noun. The words you have coloured tell us more
about the flower.
Look at these groups of words.
A long rope a cute baby a round table a tall tree
The words rope, baby, table and tree are nouns.
The words long, cute, round, and tall describe these nouns.
These words are describing words or adjectives.
Words that describe nouns are called describing words or adjectives.
Adjectives tell us about the colour, size, shape, and numbers of
nouns.
For example
Green grass a small bird a round sun three stars
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The adjective ‘green’ describes the noun ‘grass’. It tells us what the
colour of the grass is.
The adjective ‘small’ describes the noun ‘bird’. It tells us what the
size of the bird is.
The adjective ‘round’ describes the noun ‘sun’. It tells us what the
shape of the sun is.
The adjective ‘three’ describes the noun ‘stars’. It tells us the number
of stars.
Now, let us look at some more group of words.
The adjective ‘young’ describes the noun ‘boy’. It tell us the age of the
boy. So, adjectives also tell us about age.
The adjective ‘sweet’ describes the noun ‘apple’. It tell us how the
apple tastes. So, adjectives also tell how things taste.
The adjective ‘happy’ describes the noun ‘girl’. It tell us how the girl
feels. So, adjectives also tell how people feel.
The adjective ‘cold’ describes the noun ‘ice’. It tell us how it feels when
we touch the ice. So, adjectives also tell us how things feel when we
touch them.
A. Underline the adjectives in these sentences. Write what they tell –
colour, size, shape, number, taste, touch, age, or feeling.
1. The book is square
2. The ribbon is red.
3. Rahul has one book.
4. It is a small book.
5. They are soft cakes.
6. They are sweet apples.
7. Look at the sad boy.
8.The young girl climbs the tree.
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This These
This These
This These
This These
B. Match these adjectives to their opposites.
1.old a) near 6.Slow f) soft
2.heavy b) early 7.open g) fast
3.up c) light 8.dry h) cold
4.far d) young 9.Hot i) wet
5.late e) down 10.Hard j) closed
Use of this, these, that and those
We use this, these, that, and those to point at nouns. Now read the
groups of words below.
‘This’ and ‘that’ are used to point at nouns that are one in number.
These and those are used to point at nouns that are more than one
in number.
We also use the words ‘this’ and ‘these’ to point at nouns that are
near us.
We also use the words ‘that’ and ‘those’ to point at nouns that are far
from us.
C. Colour the correct box for each sentence.
tree is tall.
roses are white.
doll is beautiful.
shoes are new.
D. Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives.
1. I have a school bag.
2. This is a balloon.
3. She is a girl.
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4. We have book.
5. This is a picture.
6. Give me a glass of milk.
7. These are cakes.
8. This is a table.
9. He has friends.
10.That is a tree.
E. Pick two suitable adjectives to complete each sentence. Make sure
each sentence makes sense.
1. sunflowers in my garden are big and .
(two/cold/dry/yellow)
2.Tigers have and teeth.
(blue/strong/sharp/frozen)
3.We ate the and pizza.
(dull/sweet/hot/cheesy)
4.My mother has packed and food for me in
lunch. (healthy/beautiful/tasty/many)
5.These mangoes are and .
(sweet/salty/juicy/happy)
