A selection of English ESL adjectives printables

Choose the correct possessive adjective that matches each picture and completes the corresponding sentence. This is an activity that I made for my A1 students. It is saved as a JPG on a word document. You can convert it to PDF.

Possessive Adjective Worksheet Quiz

A simple explanation of how to work with superlative using small adjectives. Including CVC pattern rule and "y" substitution rule as well. You can use to explain how to use adjective rule.

Superlative - two syllables adjectives

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This worksheet focuses on the use of comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Students will first fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives provided, reinforcing their understanding of how to compare two or more things. In the second part, they will practise rewriting sentences to explore different ways of expressing comparisons. This worksheet is designed for intermediate ESL learners to enhance their sentence variety and descriptive skills. An example is provided for guidance, and students will encounter both direct comparisons and reverse structures (e.g., "The orange is sweeter than the apple"). By the end of this activity, learners will have a stronger grasp of how to use adjectives to compare and describe objects, people, and places.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

gap filling - asking questions - writing the negatives - completing sentences - writing about oneself using possessive adjectives - choosing the right possessive adjective 

Possessive adjectives & to have

There are several tasks to practice adjective, match the opposites, use the words to describe animals answering some questions about animals, use the synonyms and finally draw and describe your animal.

Adjectives to describe animals.

Worksheet adapted for 6 grade. Adapted from the book Big Surprise 6!; Unit 1. Table for adjectives comparatives and superlatives, paint according to descriptions, True/False activities and writing sentences with adjectives.

Adjectives. Heroes and Villains.

Правило утворення ступенів порівняння
1.	We add –er and –est to one-syllable words
2.	If an adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant
3.	If an adjective ends in –e, we add –r or –st
4.	If an adjective ends in a consonant and –y, we change –y to –i and add –er or –est
5.	We use more and
the most to make comparatives and superlatives for most two syllable adjectives and for all adjectives with three or more syllables
6.	These common two-syllable adjectives, you can either add –er/–r and –est/–st or use more and the most
Виключення
Exceptions
Some adjectives  have irregular comparatives and superlatives forms


Adjectives Comparatives and Superlatives

PART A . The students are given an M and M with a different colour. They have to speak following the instructions given for each colour. Allow them 10' to think of the sentences. Then they must speak in front of the class. The rest of the student try to understand doing some listening practice.
PART B.  A wordwall random wheel game is included.
The  teacher shows the students the different adjectives to express feeelings and emotions using the random spin picker and make the students repeat and learn the different synonyms ( In the wordwall game there is also the possibility to choose the "random cards" or the "open the box" version to help the students associate the face expression of the M&M character and the synonyms).
All the students having the M&M with the same colour join and  will have to invent a short story (hey can prepare and write it first) using an specific situation where the M&M character shows that feeling. 
When every group has finished their story, they will tell it to the rest of  the class. 

   
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Adjectives Related To Emotions

Look at the picture and then answer the questions. Most of the questions involve adjectives. On the 2nd page of the activity there is an extension work on adjectives.

Answer the Questions - Adjectives

This Bingo! card was based on film vocabulary in Steps Plus VI coursebook. You can simply pick words, read them out for students to find and mark them on their Bingo! cards as a simple listening practice. Or you can make it more challenging by giving equivalents in your native language while students find the correct words on their Bingo! cards. If you had talked about film titles beforehand, they can also be used as clues to mark correspondent words.

Film Types Adjectives Bingo

This exercise is targeted for kids (primarily girls) ageing 8-11 years old. The exercise is used for practicing adjectives of comparison describing outfits. You can also practice describing clothes.

Adjectives of comparison. Clothes.

There are two activities. The first one is a controlled practice and the second one is freer practice. Students have to complete the questions, interview a friend ad then teacher asks for feedback.

Ed and ing adjectives

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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