NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
ADJECTIVES (Describing People)
ADJECTIVE OPPOSITE ADJECTIVE OPPOSITE ADJECTIVE OPPOSITE

careful careless healthy sick shy outgoing

fat thin lazy hard-working smart stupid
friendly unfriendly old young special ordinary
funny serious polite impolite strong weak
happy sad rich poor tall short

 Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Use the words in the box above.

1. My friend likes to exercise and eat fruits and vegetable, so he’s ___________.

2. A: Are you a lazy person? B: No, in fact, I’m very ___________.

3. My son Thomas is very ___________. He’s only five years old.

4. He should play basketball because he is ___________. He’s not short.

5. My sister isn’t very ___________. She’s shy and doesn’t like to meet new people.

6. He worked very hard his whole life and saved lots of money. He’s ___________.

7. I went on a diet last year and lost five kilograms, so now I’m ___________.

8. Sarah always says, “Thank you”. She’s a ___________ person.

9. Of course, I’m very ___________! I got an A+ on all of my exams!

10. My uncle loves to tell jokes to make us laugh. He’s ___________.

11. My friend can lift 200 kilograms, so he’s really quite ___________!

12. Jennifer and Kelly always look left and right before they cross a busy street. They are
___________ when they cross a busy street.

13. My classmate always smiles and has many friends. She’s ___________.

14. Nothing seems to make my grandfather sad. He’s a ___________ person.

15. Khaled can make many different animal sounds. Most people can’t do that. He’s
___________.
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Grammar Focus Adjectives (describing people)

Level Intermediate

ANSWER KEY My Notes

1. healthy 9. smart
2. hard-working 10. funny
3. young 11. strong
4. tall 12. careful
5. outgoing 13. friendly
6. rich 14. happy
7. thin 15. special
8. polite

Grades as
percentages
15 / 15 = 100%
14 / 15 = 93
13 / 15 = 87
12 / 15 = 80
11 / 15 = 73
10 / 15 = 67
9 / 15 = 60
8 / 15 = 53
7 / 15 = 47
6 / 15 = 40
5 / 15 = 33
4 / 15 = 27
3 / 15 = 20
2 / 15 = 13
1 / 15 = 7
0 / 18 = 0%

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