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 ADJECTIVES

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EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

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 ADJECTIVES: NOTES
Adjectives are used to tell or describe more about people, animals,
places, and things.

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
opinion size quality age shape colour origin material noun
lovely tall beautiful antique slim red Malaysian paper doll
Taken from Year 6 textbook, page 110.

Adjectives pertaining to shape and age are interchangeable.

Example:
 It is an old small hut. 
 It is a small old hut. 

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Rules:
1. The positive form is used when no comparison is made.
 Example: He is a tall boy.
2. The comparative form is used when we compare two people,
animals, places and things.
 Example: His sister is taller than him.
3. The superlative form is used to compare three or more people,
animals, places, and things.
 Example: Akif is a tall boy. His sister, Sarah is taller than
him. Their brother, Johan is the tallest of them.

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 EXERCISE 1

Tick the most suitable adjective to complete the sentences.

1. The girl always helps her parents and teachers.

 lazy  hardworking
2. My father is fixing the lamp.
 shiny  broken
3. My cousin’s house is very . It has 7 bedrooms and
8 bathrooms.
 tiny  large
4. The to
wolf was sneaking around the bush to find some sheep
 hungry  thirsty
5. The man fought the enemies all by himself.
 brave  timid
6. Hanaa’ is a
girl. She always passes her tests with flying
colours.
 short  clever
7. Husna ate a lot of the cake baked by her grandmother.
 delicious  horrible
8. Mimi cried sadly when she heard about the
news.
 happy  terrible
9. The watch costs him a lot of money.
 expansive  cheap
10. All of the children are scared to go to the house.
 attractive  haunted
 EXERCISE 2

Fill in the blanks with adjectives in the correct order.

1. It is a building. (big round, round big).

2. He is a artiste. (local famous, famous local).

3. I bought a pair of
shoes. (black leather, leather
black)

4. My mother bought a
table. (wooden long
expansive, long expansive wooden)

5. We ordered two cakes for the class party.

(square chocolate tasty, tasty square chocolate)

6. The
man is my cousin. (handsome tall dark,
tall dark handsome)

7. My mother bought a
baju kurung. (beautiful silk,
silk beautiful)

8. There was a
table in this bedroom. (big
brown wooden, brown big wooden)

9. I live in a
house on top of the hill. (ancient
gigantic, gigantic ancient)

10. My dog is a
animal. (intelligent lovely,
lovely intelligent)
 EXERCISE 3

Colour the circle of the best answer.

1. My car is than his car.

〇 cheap 〇 cheaper 〇 cheapest
2. She is than her stepsister.
〇 beautiful 〇 more beautiful 〇 most beautiful
3. Harry is a boy.
〇 hardworking 〇 more hardworking 〇 most hardworking
4. Ms. Olivia is the teacher in this school.
〇 fierce 〇 fiercer 〇 fiercest
5. The weather today is than today.
〇 cold 〇 colder 〇 coldest
6. She is in English than me.
〇 good 〇 better 〇 best
7. Aman is student in his class.
〇 good 〇 better than 〇 the best
8. This knife is than that knife.
〇 sharp 〇 sharper 〇 sharpest
9. An exercise book is than a dictionary.
〇 thin 〇 thinner 〇 thinnest
10. His house is house in this area.
〇 large 〇 larger than 〇 the largest
 EXERCISE 4

Circle the best answer.

1. The mango tree is very .

A. high B. long C. big

2. Michael is chores.
and he always helps his mother to do the house
A. quick B. lazy C. diligent

3. This ruler is , but that ruler is than this one.

A. small, longer B. longer, long C. long, longer

4. The hill near my house is than the hill next to my school.

A. deeper B. higher C. taller

5. I love my new dress. It is

in colour.
A. short B. pretty C. green

6. Anna is very . She seldom do her homework.

A. beautiful B. hardworking C. lazy

7. This book is
and than the book on the table.

A. large, heavy B. larger, heavier C. largest, heaviest

8. The biscuits have a shape.

A. heart B. short C. heavy

9. He is the boy I ever know. He always helps others.

A. meanest B. shortest C. kindest

10. Summer is
spring, but spring is than autumn.
A. colder, hotter B. hotter, warmer C. hotter, colder
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