Adjectives 10-12

Match the pictures to the correct sentences.

• That small

  old brown dog

  belongs to Harry.

• 
• Ebru makes this

  lovely white silk dress.

• 
• I read this exciting

  new French novel.

• 
• Mark buys a lovely large house.

• 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Reorder the following sentences placing the adjectives in the correct order.

• rug in his living room.

• Indian

• Claude has a

• beautiful

• old

Answer explanation

beautiful goes first because it's an opinion adjective, then age (old), and then nationality (Indian).

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Reorder the following sentences placing the adjectives in the correct order.

• big

• American

• red

• sports car.

• Nigel's bought himself a

Answer explanation

big goes first because it's a size adjective, then color (red), and then nationality (American).

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Reorder the following sentences placing the adjectives in the correct order.

• Catalina keeps her jewelry in a

• wooden

• box.

• small

• black

Answer explanation

small goes first because it's a size adjective, then color (black), and last material (wooden).

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Reorder the following sentences placing the adjectives in the correct order.

• My granddaughter is engaged to a

• charming

• man.

• young

• tall

Answer explanation

charming goes first because it's an opinion adjective and opinion adjectives always go first. Then goes size (tall) and age (young).

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Match the following pictures to the correct sentences.

• The test was easier than last year's.

• 
• Al's new car is faster than mine.

• 
• Our house is larger than our neighbor's.

• 
• Mount Everest is higher than K2.

• 
• Today is colder than yesterday.

• 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Write the following adjectives in comparative form:

fast, beautiful, happy, hot, young, thin, cold, complicated, early, tiring

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Choose the correct sentence.

• Lisbon is much more farther away from here than Seville.

• Lisbon is much farther away from here than Seville.

Answer explanation

farther is the comparative of far, so we don't need more. More is for long adjectives and adjectives ending in -ing.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Choose the correct sentence.

• The Sahara Desert is hotter than the Atacama.

• The Sahara Desert is hoter than the Atacama.

Answer explanation

hotter is the comparative of hot. Como termina en consonante - vocal - consonante, se duplica la segunda consonante y agregamos -er.

hot > hotter

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Choose the correct sentence.

• I feel happier since I moved to Barcelona.

• I feel happyer since I moved to Barcelona.

Answer explanation

happier is the comparative of happy. Como termina en y, transformamos la y en i y agregamos -er.
happy > happier

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G