Different Types of Adjectives!

First, let’s remember what an adjective is. An adjective is a word that describes a person, a place, or a thing. It gives us more information about a noun.

For example, in the sentence, “The happy girl played,” the word ‘happy’ is an adjective that describes the girl.

There are many different kinds of adjectives that tell us different things. Let’s look at some of them:

• Opinion Adjectives: These words tell us what someone thinks about something.
  • Examples: beautiful, ugly, good, bad, funny, boring
  • In a sentence: The funny clown made us laugh.

• Size Adjectives: These words tell us how big or small something is.
  • Examples: big, small, tall, short, large, tiny
  • In a sentence: The tiny mouse ran quickly.

• Age Adjectives: These words tell us how old something is.
  • Examples: old, new, young, ancient
  • In a sentence: My grandma has a new car.

• Color Adjectives: These words tell us the color of something.
  • Examples: red, blue, green, yellow, black
  • In a sentence: I have a red ball.

• Shape Adjectives: These words tell us the shape of something.
  • Examples: round, square, triangle, oval
  • In a sentence: The pizza is round.

• Origin Adjectives: These words tell us where something comes from.
  • Examples: American, Korean, Chinese, Italian
  • In a sentence: I ate a delicious American hotdog.

• Material Adjectives: These words tell us what something is made of.
  • Examples: wooden, plastic, metal, glass, paper
  • In a sentence: The wooden door opened slowly.

• Number Adjectives: These words tell us exactly how many of something there are.
  • Examples: one, two, three, ten, hundred
  • In a sentence: I have three pencils.

The correct order to write adjectives in is number -> opinion -> size -> age -> shape -> color -> origin -> material.

You can remember it like this:

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📖 This first worksheet is simple and should be straightforward for most students:

📖 This second worksheet might prove a bit more challenging, as they have to first find the adjective on their own. I recommend not letting your child look at the list of types of adjectives for an added challenge.

📖 This is to practice ordering the adjectives correctly- lesson to come later!