Adjectives

ADJECTIVE
• Adjectives are
descriptive words used
to “modify” or tell more
about nouns and
pronouns…
• Without colorful and
Presenting a blue car, a red
precise adjectives,
car and a light brown car…
language would be
pretty blah!
An Adjective tells about

a person a place

an animal a thing
An Adjective
answers the question “What kind?”

The small boy is walking.

This is a big farm.
The brown cow was on the farm.
This is a funny book.
Some adjectives tell about

Colors
and Shapes
Did you see the gray kitten?
I love red strawberries.
Did you see my yellow duck?
The round sun is in the sky.
The food is in a square bag.
Some adjectives tell about

Size
This is a small bunny.
 T-Rex has a short neck.

T-Rex has a big legs.

T-Rex has a long tail.

T-Rex has a huge head.

We can use more than one
adjective before a noun.

There is usually one correct

order.
 e.g.
1. It’s beautiful sunny weather.

2. John has a big brown dog.

 Word order
We order adjectives according to
their meaning.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Opinion Size other Age Colour
qualities
6. 7. 8. 9.
Origin Material Type Purpose
 Group Examples

1. Opinion (how good?) wonderful, nice, great,

terrible…
2. Size (how big?) small, large, long, tall,
short…
3. Most other qualities quiet, famous, important,
soft, fast, warm….
 Group Examples

4. Age (how old?) old, new

5. Colour green, red, brown…

6. Origin (where China, England….

from?)
 Group Examples
7. Material (made of?) paper, wood,
plastic…
8. Type (what kind?) an electric kettle,
road transport…
9. Purpose (where a face towel,
for?) a bread knife….
 CONJUNCTION
• A conjunction is a short
joining word, such as “and, or,
but, for, so & yet.”
• The main function of a
conjunction is to join words,
phrases and clauses together:
• Slowly and carefully
• A red hat and a white shirt
• He had no ticket, but he went
anyway.
 INTERJECTION
• An interjection is a
word (or words) of
shock or surprise.
• It is usually used by
itself and is followed by
an exclamation point.
“Watch out! Where’d this
• Examples are: Wow!,
rocket come from???” Cool!, Awesome! and
so on…