ESE Week 4

Learning Adjectives

Adjectives

• ad·jec·tive ˈajəktiv/ Noun Grammar plural noun: adjectives• a word or phrase naming an attribute, added

to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

Order and forms of Adjectives

• Refer to the module on Unit 2 for the order of adjectives,forms of adjectives and how it can modify a noun or pronoun.

• Try these online exercises to test your understanding on adjectives

• http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/adjective_order.htm

• https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives/exercises

• http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/adjective/quiz219.html

• When you use more than one adjective to describe something, you are using adjective phrase.

To Describe Taste

Bitter Lemon-flavored SpicyBland Minty SweetDelicious Pickled TangyFruity Salty TastyGingery Sour Yummy

To Describe Touch

Auricular Fluffy Sharp

Boiling Freezing Silky

Breezy Fuzzy Slick

Bumpy Greasy Slimy

Chilly Hard Slippery

Cold Hot Smooth

Cool Icy Soft

Cuddly Loose Solid

Damaged Melted Steady

Damp Painful Sticky

Dirty Plastic Tender

Dry Prickly Tight

Dusty Rough Uneven

Filthy Shaggy Warm

Flaky Shaky Wet

To Describe Sound

Blaring Melodic ScreechingDeafening Moaning ShrillFaint Muffled SilentHoarse Mute SoftHigh-pitched Noisy SquealingHissing Purring SqueakingHushed Quiet ThunderingHusky Raspy VoicelessLoud Resonant Whispering

To Describe Color Azure Gray PinkishBlack Green PurpleBlue Indigo RedBright Lavender RosyBrown Light ScarletCrimson Magenta SilverDark Multicolored TurquoiseDrab Mustard VioletDull Orange WhiteGold Pink Yellow

To Describe SizeBlobby Distorted RotundBroad Flat RoundChubby Fluffy SkinnyCircular Globular SquareCrooked Hollow SteepCurved Low StraightCylindrical Narrow TriangularDeep Oval Wide

To Describe a Person or Personality

Aggressive Famous Restless

Agoraphobic Fearless Rich

Ambidextrous Fertile Righteous

Ambitious Fragile Ritzy

Amoral Frank Romantic

Angelic Functional Rustic

Brainy Gabby Ruthless

Breathless Generous Sassy

Busy Gifted Secretive

Calm Helpful Sedate

Capable Hesitant Shy

Careless Innocent Sleepy

Cautious Inquisitive Somber

Cheerful Insane Stingy

Clever Jaunty Stupid

Common Juicy Super

Complete Macho Swanky

Concerned Manly Tame

Crazy Modern Tawdry

Curious Mushy Terrific

Dead Naughty Testy

Deep Odd Uninterested

Delightful Old Vague

Determined Open Verdant

Different Outstanding Vivacious

Diligent Perky Wacky

Energetic Poor Wandering

Erratic Powerful Wild

Evil Puzzled Womanly

Exuberant Real Wrong

To Describe Appearance

Ablaze Distinct Quirky

Adorable Drab Ruddy

Alluring Dull Shiny

Attractive Elegant Skinny

Average Embarrassed Sloppy

Awkward Fancy Smiling

Balanced Fat Sparkling

Beautiful Filthy Spotless

Blonde Glamorous Strange

Bloody Gleaming Tacky

Blushing Glossy Tall

Bright Graceful Thin

Clean Grotesque Ugly

Clear Handsome Unattractive

Cloudy Homely Unbecoming

Clumsy Interior Uncovered

Colorful Lovely Unsightly

Confident Magnificent Unusual

Cracked Murky Watery

Crooked Old-fashioned Weird

Crushed Plain Wild

Curly Poised Wiry

Cute Pretty Wooden

Debonair Puffy Worried

Dirty Quaint Zaftig

Some practical tips to learning and using adjectives

1. Use the adjectives you like as many times as you can in your daily conversations or when you’re writing a description. The more you use it, the more you remember it!

2. Make sure you add your adjectives from time to time. Set a practical target on the number of adjectives you are going to add in your vocabulary list every month.

3. Check for the correct spelling and meaning of the adjectives you use. Make sure you’re using the right one.

In- Class Activity

1. Sit in groups of four. Each group will be given a jobs worksheet.2. On the jobs worksheet, write words that describe the people and characterize people in certain jobs.3. Once you have finished with the description, inform the instructor.4. Your group will be given a set of cut up pictures. Look at each picture and decide which description should go with which picture.5. When you do your description, make sure you consider the overall appearance and impressions you get from the pictures.6. Arrange your adjectives in the correct order when describing the person.

Assessment 1

Instruction1. Refer to morpheus for detailed instructions for

Assessment 1,2. Make sure you prepare the documents and submit

your documents on the day of the presentation.3. Think outside the box and perform a spectacular

spoken word/ poetry performance.4. Rehearse-rehearse-rehearse!5. Assessment will be conducted in class in Week 5.