Explanation
Exercises

🎨 Adjectives in English

📘 Rule ✅ Correct ❌ Incorrect
Adjective + Noun
Adjectives go before the noun.		 🎸 It’s an expensive guitar.
🚗 She has a new car.		 ❌ It’s a guitar expensive.
❌ She has a car new.
Be + Adjective
Use adjective after the verb "be".		 🎸 This guitar is expensive.
🚗 Her car is new.		 —
Questions with Be
Adjective after be + subject.		 ❓ Is your car new?
❓ Are your classmates nice?		 —
Senses + Adjective
After feel, look, smell, sound, taste.		 💡 Your idea sounds interesting.
🍲 It tastes horrible.
😴 You look tired.
🍪 These cookies smell delicious.
😞 I feel depressed.		 —
No Plural
Adjectives don’t change in plural.		 👟 These are my favourite shoes.
👁️ She has blue eyes.		 ❌ These are my favourites shoes.
❌ She has blues eyes.
Very / Quite + Adjective
Use these before the adjective.		 💸 It’s very expensive.
💰 It’s quite expensive.		 —

✏️ Examples in Sentences

  • 🖊️ She has a pen in her bag.
  • 🍎 I ate an apple this morning.
  • 📚 They bought books from the store.
  • 🎓 He is a university student.
  • 🕐 We waited for an hour before the bus arrived.
  • 🐱 A cat is sleeping on the sofa.
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 There are children playing in the park.
  • 🐁 I saw a mouse in the kitchen!
  • 🍂 The trees lost all their leaves in autumn.
  • 👒 She wore a hat and sunglasses.
  • 🔪 A knife is missing from the drawer.
  • 🧴 I need a bottle of water.
Exercises:
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Adjectives: Old, interesting,
expensive, etc.

Choose the correct forms with adjectives to complete
the following sentences.
1 This film is very .
2 The hotel room was quite .
3 My computer is than yours.
4 She’s a singer.
5 It was a test.
6 His jokes are always .
7 The mountain was .
8 The sunset looked .
9 Breakfast was .
10 I need a pencil.

Adjectives: Old, interesting,
expensive, etc.

Put the words in the correct order.
1
The / teacher / told / old / story / interesting / an
A.
B.
C.
D.
2
warm / windowsill / sat / cat / the / on / the / small
A.
B.
C.
D.
3
a / beautiful / garden / have / our / busy / neighbors
A.
B.
C.
D.
4
wore / she / dress / red / bright / a
A.
B.
C.
D.
5
bought / expensive / an / new / they / laptop
A.
B.
C.
D.
6
he / water / me / a / glass / cold / large / of / gave
A.
B.
C.
D.
7
the / little / shades / path / green / the / tall / tree
A.
B.
C.
D.
8
my / playful / young / puppy / shoe / the / old / chewed
A.
B.
C.
D.
9
mountain / cabin / cozy / a / in / we / stayed
A.
B.
C.
D.
10
i / famous / the / visited / ruins / ancient
A.
B.
C.
D.

Adjectives: Old, interesting, expensive, etc.

Complete the senteces using (a/an) adjective + noun or using be + adjective.
EXAMPLE: heavy / table ⇒ This table is heavy. It’s a heavy table.
1
old / book ⇒ This book . It’s .
2
small / puppy ⇒ This puppy . It’s .
3
cheap / car ⇒ This car . It’s .
4
salty / snack ⇒ This snack . It’s .
5
healthy / meal ⇒ This meal . It’s .
6
strong / coffee ⇒ This coffee . It’s .
7
bright / painting ⇒ This painting . It’s .
8
sharp / knife ⇒ This knife . It’s .
9
clear / message ⇒ This message . It’s .
10
wet / floor ⇒ This floor . It’s .