Adjectives to Describe People

1. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks with the correct adjective. Choose the adjective from the
box.

Rich Insane Short Lazy New Young Handsome

Happy Sad Cool Hot Tired Beautiful Dead

Tom: Hey Bob, how are you?

Bob: I’m a little bit ____________. And you?
Tom: I’m very __________! I got a new job. I’m going to be __________!
Bob: You’re ___________ and I’m ____________.
Tom: Why are you _________? You have a _________________ wife. You’re ___________ and ______________.
Bob: Oh you’re ____________! Maybe I just feel _________ because it’s so _______ outside!
Tom: You’re just a _________ man. Let’s watch a movie or something. The ________ Tom Cruise movie is
_____________.
Bob; Ok. Sounds good.

2.Match the adjective with its opposite. Write the letter beside the correct answer.

a. Rich ____1. old

b. Hot ____2. sane
c. Beautiful ____3. poor
d. Dead ____4. ugly
e. Insane ____5. cold
f. Short ____6. awake
g. young ____7. alive
h. tired ____8. tall

3. Make yes/no questions and short answers using the words.

For example: Are you tired? Are you a tired student?

A. (He/Tall) ___________________________? Yes, _________________.

B. (They/tall)__________________________? No, ___________________.
C. (She/rich/doctor)________________________________? Yes, ______________________.
D. (You/good/student) _______________________________? Yes, ______________________.
4. Put the words into the correct order. Be careful! Make questions when you see a question mark (?):
1. cool / Tom Cruise / not / is / actor / a _____________________________________________________________________
2. Jennifer Lopez / not / is / ugly ______________________________________________________________________________
3. ? / she / a / person / nice / is ________________________________________________________________________________

4. not / Messi / tall / is ___________________________________________________________________________________________.

5. beautiful / Julia Roberts / actress / a / is ____________________________________________________________________.

4. Make sentences using the pictures:

A. _________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Tim Johnson