Describing Things 10-12

Describing Things

Opinion Adjectives

Some adjectives give opinions, not facts.
You can use adjectives to give your opinion about things as well as to give factual information. You can use more than one adjective before a noun.

Opinion Adjectives

Adjectives usually follow a set order in English. Opinion adjectives come before fact adjectives.

Fact Adjectives

Fact adjectives tell you a particular fact about the noun they are describing.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct adjective to complete this sentence:

This is a ____ old t-shirt.

• horrible

• lovely

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct adjective to complete this sentence:

This is a ____ movie.

• boring

• great

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct adjective to complete this sentence:

I have a ____ long dress.

• lovely

• horrible

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct adjective to complete this sentence:

This is a ____ bird.

• beautiful

• ugly

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct adjective to complete this sentence:

This is a ____ party.

• fun

• boring

Reorder

Reorder the words to form a complete sentence.

• That

• is

• a horrible

• blue

• car.

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2

3

4

5

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• 2
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• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the words to form a complete sentence.

• This

• is

• a fun

• short

• story.

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the words to form a complete sentence.

• I

• have

• a lovely

• black

• cat.

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the words to form a complete sentence.

• He

• has

• an ugly

• red

• house.

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the words to form a complete sentence.

• They

• have

• a great

• new

• laptop.

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
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• 5

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio and choose the correct answer.

Which book is good?

• In the City

• In the Sky

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio and choose the correct answer.

What class is boring?

• Math Class

• Music Class

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio and choose the correct answer.

What does Ben have?

• old pants

• new shirt

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio and choose the correct answer.

Which piece of clothing is fun?

• panda hat

• winter gloves

Vocabulary: Materials as Adjectives

"wood" becomes "wooden" as an adjective.

Match

Match the following pictures to the correct vocabulary word.

plastic

wooden

glass

paper

• plastic

• wooden

• glass

• paper

Vocabulary: Materials as Adjectives

"wool" becomes "woolen" as an adjective.

​cotton - algodón
polyester - poliéster

denim - denim (tela de jean)
silk - seda

Vocabulary: Types of Fabric

​Types of fabric:
cotton - algodón
polyester - poliéster
denim - denim (tela de jean)
silk - seda

Match

Match the following pictures to the correct vocabulary word.

woolen

leather

metal

fabric

• woolen

• leather

• metal

• fabric

Fact Adjectives

Fact adjectives tell you a particular fact about the noun they are describing.

Match

Match the following objects with the correct description.

Oh, no, the blue glass vase!

That's an expensive leather couch.

This is a beautiful wooden table.

What an interesting metal box!

We have two plastic chairs.

• Oh, no, the blue glass vase!

• That's an expensive leather couch.

• This is a beautiful wooden table.

• What an interesting metal box!

• We have two plastic chairs.