Name: __________________

Mark:

Date: _____/ _____ / ______

Teacher:

ADJECTIVES - FORMATION

A) Identify the adjectives in this text.

Mark is my younger brother. He is thirteen. He is tall and slim.
He has got a round face. His eyes are brown and his hair is short.
He is a good student. He is hard-working and self-confident.

B) Match the nouns with the corresponding adjectives.

1. beauty
2. intelligence
3. health
4. ambition
5. success
6. care
7. fame
8. danger
9. power
10.Comfort
11.patience
12.attraction

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)

successful
famous
comfortable
intelligent
beautiful
attractive
patient
powerful
careful
ambitious
healthy
dangerous

true
polite

intolerant
disloyal
unhappy

patient

friendly

illogical
irresponsible

immoral
correct
modest

expensive
immature
informal
unlucky

legal

1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______
7. ______
8. ______
9. ______
10.______
11.______
12.______

important
pleasant
disagreeable

C) Find the opposites by adding or subtracting a prefix.

ADJECTIVES - FORMATION - Answer key

A) Identify the adjectives in this text.
Mark is my younger brother. He is thirteen. He is tall and slim.
He has got a round face. His eyes are brown and his hair is short.
He is a good student. He is hard-working and self-confident.

B) Match the nouns with the corresponding adjectives.

1. beauty
2. intelligence
3. health
4. ambition
5. success
6. care
7. fame
8. danger
9. power
10.Comfort
11.patience
12.attraction

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)

true
untrue
polite
impolite
happy
unhappy
friendly
unfriendly
moral
immoral
correct
incorrect
modest
immodest
formal
informal
lucky
unlucky
legal
illegal
C) Find the opposites by adding or

successful
famous
comfortable
intelligent
beautiful
attractive
patient
powerful
careful
ambitious
healthy
dangerous

1. e
2. d
3. k
4. j
5. a
6. i
7. b
8. l
9. h
10.c
11.g
12.f

tolerant
intolerant
loyal
disloyal
patient
impatient
logical
illogical
responsible
irresponsible
expensive
inexpensive
mature
immature
important
unimportant
pleasant
unpleasant
agreeable
disagreeable
subtracting a prefix.