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Adjectives

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Describe this kitten


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When you described this kitten, you probably used words like:

The describing words you shared about the kitten are all adjectives.Adjectives describe people, animals, places and things (nouns).

cute cuddly �uffy grey

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Recap - What is an adjective?


14Where do we use adjectives?

Adjectives come before or after a noun.

For example :

The excited dog jumped up on my legs.

The dog was excited when he jumped up on my legs.


15Task: Can you spot the adjectives?

I really enjoy reading funny stories.

London is a busy place.

In her new house, Jessie had a large swimming pool in the garden.


16Task: Can you spot the adjectives?

I really enjoy reading funny stories.

London is a busy place.

In her new house, Jessie had a large swimming pool in the garden.

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17Adjective pairs and lists

You can use more than one adjective to describe a noun.

You can use two adjectives – we call this an adjective pair.

Jasper is a cute, cuddly cat.

You need to use commas to separate the adjective pair.

This is what a comma looks like!


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You can use three or more adjectives to describe a noun – we call this a list of adjectives.

In a list, you need to use commas to separate the adjectives and use and to join the last two adjectives.

Jasper is a cute, cuddly and grey cat.

Jasper is a cute, cuddly, grey and timid cat.


19Task: Can you fill in the missing commas?

The tired upset boy ran to his mummy.

I would really like an orange yellow and purple ice lolly.

My favourite reading book is funny clever and interesting.


110Task: Can you fill in the missing commas?

The tired, upset boy ran to his mummy.

I would really like an orange, yellow and purple ice lolly.

My favourite reading book is funny,clever and interesting.

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Tasks

Task 1 - Silly or sensible phrases

Task 2 - Match the opposite adjectives

Task 3 - Put missing adjectives into a sentence (2 levels of difficulty)


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Task One – Silly or Sensible Phrases

Cut out and put the green adjectives and blue nouns cards into two piles.

Pick one word from each pile. Join them together to make a noun phrase.

Is it silly or sensible? Put it into the correct column.

Silly phrase Sensible phrase


Task Two – Opposite Meanings

Find adjectives that have the opposite meaning to each other and add them to the table.

e.g. colourful e.g. colourless

Adjective Opposite meaning

exciting wet amazing

late small dry

smooth dark boring

light

rough

quiet

terrible busy big early


Task Three - Hard

Fill in missing adjectives into the sentences below.

You can choose what you think fits in best, but it needs to make sense.

1. There is a ________________ dog in the back garden.

2. In school, there are lots of ________________ lessons.

3. I love ________________ ice cream.

4. I looked at my ________________ bike and couldn’t believe how

________________ it was!

5. In the swimming pool, there are ________________ �oats and

________________ lifeguards.

6. The sky looked ________________ and ________________.

7. Tigers are ________________ , ________________ and

________________.

8. I would really like to go on a ________________ ,

________________ holiday.

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