Topic 12

Topic 12                     Adjectives

Adjectives are words we use to describe people, animals, things, events and places.  The following words are adjectives.

     bad           good                       sad          happy           

     beautiful    ugly                        tall           short

     blunt         sharp                      narrow      wide 

     clean         dirty                       ill              well

     dry            wet                        fine           rainy

     thick          thin                        fast           slow

     fat             thin                        many         few

     fresh          stale                      kind            cruel

     heavy        light                        soft            loud

     hot            cold                        cheap         expensive            

     hungry       full                         small           big

     long          short                       naughty       well-behaved

     muddy      clear                        neat            untidy

     noisy         quiet                       near            far

There are two main types of adjectives ---- predicative and attributive

A)  Predicative Adjective                                                            

A predicative adjective comes after Verb-to-be and linking verb.     

     After Verb-to-be      

               am / is / are / was /were             

    After linking verb

appear, become, fall, feel, get, keep, look, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste

       The children are noisy.

        He looks happy every day.    (BUT – He looks at us happily.  (verb))

        The food smells nice.

B)  Attributive Adjectives

         Before a noun

Many adjectives are both predicative and attributive.  But some are

attributive only.

          He is hardworking.          (predicative)

          He is a hardworking boy.  (attributive)

An attributive adjective is an adjective used directly before a noun.

          Possessive Adjective ( P2 )      my book

          Articles ----- a / an / the          a hamster  

          Demonstrative Pronouns  ----- this /that /these /those

                                                      this /that house; these /those ants                                                                 

                                                                                                    (35)

Topic 12                      Adjectives                                                 

Exercise 67

Fill in the blanks with the words given.

     angry         pleased           asleep         awake            bad                                                                      

     bent           small              beautiful      blunt              bright

1.  Milk turns _________ when we leave it like that for too long.

2.  Nora’s ruler is not straight.  It is _________ a little bit.

3.  The knife is not sharp.  It is ___________.

4.  I can’t wear the shoes.  They are too ________ for me.

5.  James fell __________ in class yesterday morning.  Miss Yong was so

     _________ with him that she scolded him.

6.  Tina had too much coffee, so she stayed _________ last night.

7.  Her dress is old but ____________ .

8.  Hassan was ___________ to receive a present from his grandparents.

9.  The moon was so ___________ last night.

Exercise 68

Fill in the blanks with the words given.

     clean          ugly               straight        cheap            dull  

     cold            dry                clever          fair                dark       

1.  Sheila is as _________ as ‘Snow white’.

2.  There  is no light in the room.  The room is very __________.

3.  This road is wide and ______________. 

4.  It is _________ in winter.

5.  This book is not interesting at all.  It is so ___________.

6.  We must keep our house __________ and tidy.

7.  The blouse is _________ enough and I can wear it now.

8.   The houses are not expensive.  They are _________ enough for the

      low-income group.

9.  The bulldog may look _________ but it is very _________. 

Exercise 69

Fill in the blanks with the words given.

     deep          fat                  sad             empty            dear  

     sharp         early               far              stale              hard

1.  I am always __________ to school.

2.  This rock is as _________ as diamond.

3.  The pencil is not _________.  It is too blunt to write.

4.  The boy can’t run fast because he is too __________ and clumsy.

5.  The bread is not fresh anymore.  It is _________ in taste and smell.

6.  This river is very _________ and ________ from the town centre .

7.  Chiayi was very _________ yesterday because she had lost her purse.

8.  That apartment is too _______ for me to buy.                           (36)

Exercise 70                                                                                  

Fill in the blanks with the words given.

     fresh          heavy             kind             lazy               noisy                                                                          

     poor           safe               new             polite             different

1.  Fatimah is always _________ and __________.   We all like her.

2.  Miss Ting scolded the children because they were too ____________.

3.  Hashim seldom does his homework. He is just too ___________.

4.  The Huang family is just too _________ to buy a low cost house.

5.  This school bag is just too ________ for the little girl to carry.

6.  My uncle has bought a brand _______ car.

7.  The twin sisters look quite ____________ in many respects.

8.  The fruit is __________ and juicy.

9.  It is not __________ for a girl to go out at night.

Exercise 71

Fill in the blanks with the words given.

     cruel          easy               rough           tame              narrow

     thick          tight                tiny             well                young

1.  I prefer _________ soy sauce to light soy sauce.

2.  The road is _________ and winding.

3.  My brother is just too ___________ to drive.

4.  The man often beats his dog.  He is ________ and bad.

5.  The lid of the tin is just too __________ for me to open.

6.  This is a __________ book.  It has about 1000 plus pages.

7.  The work is __________ enough for them to do at ease.

8.  The sea was a little bit __________ yesterday.

9.  The bear is not wild.  It is _________ and friendly enough.

10. This is a pigeon’s egg.  It is so _________ in size.

Exercise 72

Fill in the blanks with the words given.

     sour          strong              true             dead               few

     little          naughty            long            obedient          selfish

1.  Her hair is _________ and curly.

2.  The lemon drink is too _________ for me.

3.  She does not have many jeans.  She has _________ jeans.

4.  My little brother does not eat much food.  He eats _________ a day.

5.  The orchid plant is __________ .  It is rotting.

6.  The man has very __________ arms and legs.

7.  It is _________ that he can swim very fast.

8.  Tina always listens to her elders.  She is good and ___________.

9.  The little boy is mischievous and ____________.

10.  Nobody likes her because she is __________ and greedy.