This document provides information about adjectives: - Adjectives are describing words that modify nouns and pronouns by describing their qualities, such as size, shape, color, number. - Examples are given of adjectives describing nouns in sentences. - Different types of adjectives are discussed such as those indicating color, size, number, feelings. - Exercises are included for students to identify adjectives in sentences and fill in blanks with appropriate adjectives.

1. ADJECTIVES

2. Understanding Adjectives………..
What
ADJECTI
Adjectives are
Describing
Words.
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3. What do
they
describe?
Adjectives describe
Nouns or Pronouns. It
describes people,
places, animals and
things.

4. That sounds easy!
How do we identify
ADJECTIVES
Now that is very simple.
Adjectives always tell us
something more about the
noun or pronoun. Let us
understand this with
examples.

5. Let us look at the sentences and understand the adjective used in the sentence.
1) That is a fast car and going up.
adjective noun
2) Please give me a delicious apple on the table.
adjective noun
In both the sentences, ‘FAST’ and “DELICIOUS’ are used to describe the nouns
‘Car’ and ‘Apple’.
Let us take a few more examples.

6. 1. Mohini has a red dress.
Here the word ‘red’ tells us about the colour of the dress.
2. It was an interesting movie.
Here the word ‘interesting’ tells us about the kind of movie.
3. Father bought four chocolates.
Here the word ‘four’ tells us about the number of chocolates.

7. Adjectives describe the
Quality/kind of people,
animals or things.
A pretty girl
A naughty child
A beautiful scenery
A ferocious tiger
A friendly dog
A shady tree
A snowcapped mountain
A scary movie
An exciting play
An interesting book.
Numbers are ADJECTIVES too.
Five pencils
Thirty children
One child
Four notebooks
Colours are ADJECTIVES also.
A red dress
A blue shirt
A yellow tablecloth
A pink flower
The blue sky

8. Adjectives are FEELINGS.
She is sad.
I am happy.
He is scared.
They are tired.
She is sleepy.
He is bored.
The teacher is angry.
Shapes are ADJECTIVES too.
A round container
A square class room
A triangular pattern
Sizes are ADJECTIVES also.
A tall building
A gigantic elephant
A tiny mouse
A huge gorilla
A short man
A long skirt.

9. Understanding adjectives and the noun it modifies.
A sentence can contain many nouns but it is important to understand which
noun the adjective modifies.
Look at the following examples.
1) Please get me a bag of ripe apples.
The adjective ‘ripe’ describes the kind of apples and does not tell us anything
about the bag. So ‘ripe’ modifies apples.
2) The leader sat in a wooden chair.
The adjective ‘ wooden’ describes the kind of chair and does not tell us
anything about the leader. So ‘wooden’ modifies chair.

10. Let us practice……….
Exercise-1
Underline the adjective with green colour and circle the noun that it describes,
with red.
1. Victoria wore a frilly dress to the party.
2. Our cousins drove here in their blue car.
3. The box on the shelf was dusty.
4. The animals in the zoo were hungry.
5. I ran a comb through my straight hair.
6. After walking all day, his feet were tired.
7. Kenny and Joe played an awesome game.
8. She could not believe what a boring day it was.

11. Exercise-2
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adjective. Choose from the box.
1. The ___________ shoemaker worked hard to support his family.
2. He has a ______________ garden.
3. He was wearing a ______________ shirt.
4. She has a _______________ necklace.
5. There are _______________ oranges in the basket.
6. Those are ______________ roses.
7. She walked into a _____________ playground.
Beautiful, twenty, Poor, pretty, round, blue, golden.

12. Exercise-3
Q. Write two suitable adjectives for the following nouns:
1. _________________ ______________ friend.
2. _________________ _______________ city.
3. _________________ ________________ hotel.
4. _________________ ________________ car.
5. _________________ _________________ movie.
6. _________________ __________________ birthday party.
7. __________________ __________________ school.

13. Exercise 4:
Draw, colour a house and write four suitable adjectives for it.

14. Let us check the answers……….
Exercise-1
Underline the adjective with green colour and circle the noun that it describes, with
red.
1. Victoria wore a frilly dress to the party.
2. Our cousins drove here in their blue car.
3. The box on the shelf was dusty.
4. The animals in the zoo were hungry.
5. I ran a comb through my straight hair.
6. After walking all day, his feet were tired.
7. Kenny and Joe played an awesome game.
8. She could not believe what a boring day it was.

15. Let’s check the answers…..
Exercise-2
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adjective.
1. The poor shoemaker worked hard to support his family.
2. He has a beautiful garden.
3. He was wearing a blue shirt.
4. She has a golden necklace.
5. There are twenty oranges in the basket.
6. Those are pretty roses.
7. She walked into a round playground.

16. Let’s check the answers…..
Exercise-3
(Children can write any other suitable adjectives as well.)
1. ___old_______ ___best_______ friend.
2. ___famous____ __beautiful_______ city.
3. ___big_______ ___ clean_______ hotel.
4. ___new_______ ___silver______ car.
5. ___short_______ ___wonderful__ movie.
6. ___fabulous____ ____exciting____ birthday party.
7. __English medium___ ___well known__ school.

17. Let’s check the answers…..
Exercise 4:
Draw, colour a house and write four suitable adjectives for it. (Children can write any
other suitable adjectives as well.)
double storied
huge
clean beautiful