Adjectives

ADJECTIVES

Adjectives ending in –ing or -ed

• Adjectives ending in –ING describe a person, a thing or a situation

Example: It was a very INTERESTING programme

• Adjectives ending in –ED describe how we feel because of a person, thing or situation.

Example: I feel DEPRESSED today because the weather is DEPRESSING

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Choose the correct adjective to complete the sentences:

1. She wasn’t very good at maths. I was

surprising/ surprised when she passed the exams.

2. It was embarrassing/embarrassed to find out that I had no money with me at the supermarked checkout.

3. I enjoyed the Dracula film last night but my

younger sister was frightened/frightening by it.

4. The children got very exciting/excited at the idea of the holiday in Greece. by Eva Hugas

Choose the correct adjective to complete the sentences:

1. She wasn’t very good at maths. I was surprised when she passed the exams.

2. It was embarrassing to find out that I had no money with me at the supermarked checkout.

3. I enjoyed the Dracula film last night but my

younger sister was frightened by it.

4. The children got very excited at the idea of the holiday in Greece.

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Some adjectives…

A patient person

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A safe place

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a naughty child

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dreadful

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Complete each second sentence so that it means the same as the one before. Use the

RIGHT adjective form.

1. Most students are frightened of speaking a foreign language.

Speaking a foreign language is ________________________________

2. The meeting was so boring that I almost fell asleep.

I was ______________________ that I almost fell asleep.

3. The teacher found her pupils’ exams results disappointing.

The teacher was __________________________ her pupils’ exams results.

4. I was confused because the instructions were only in Spanish.

The instructions were ________________________ because they were only in Spanish.

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Complete each second sentence so that it means the same as the one before. Use the

RIGHT adjective form.

1. Most students are frightened of speaking a foreign language.

Speaking a foreign language is frightening for most students

2. The meeting was so boring that I almost fell asleep.

I was so bored at the meeting that I almost fell asleep.

3. The teacher found her pupils’ exams results disappointing.

The teacher was disappointed with her pupils’ exams results.

4. I was confused because the instructions were only in Spanish.

The instructions were confusing because they were only in Spanish.

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The basic types of adjectives

Opinion

An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). For example: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult

Size

A size adjective, tells you how big or small something is. For example: large, tiny, enormous, little

Age

An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is.

For example: ancient, new, young, old

Shape

A shape adjective describes the shape of something. For example: square, round, flat, rectangular

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Colour A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something.

For example: blue, pink, reddish, grey

Origin An origin adjective describes where something comes from.

For example: French, lunar, American, eastern,

Material A material adjective describes what something is made from.

For example: wooden, metal, cotton, paper

Purpose A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These

adjectives often end with “-ing”. For example: sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), roasting (as in “roasting tin”)

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Examples of Adjective Order

opinion size age shape colour origin material purpose

silly young English man

small red sleeping bag

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