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Adjectives Fill in the Blanks Exercises with Answers
Adjectives in English Grammar Exercises with Answers
Adjectives
Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. They give you more information about people, places, and things.
Kinds of Adjectives
Some adjectives tell about the size of people or things.
| a big house | a long bridge | tiny feet |
| a large army | a high mountain | big hands |
| a huge ship | a short man | a short skirt |
| a tall building | a thin boy | long trousers |
Some adjectives tell about the color of things.
| a red carpet | a gray suit | a brown bear |
| a white swan | an orange balloon | green peppers |
| a blue uniform | a yellow ribbon | black shoes |
Some adjectives tell what people or things are like by describing their quality.
| a beautiful woman | a young soldier | a flat surface |
| a handsome boy | an old uncle | a hot drink |
| a poor family | a kind lady | a cold winter |
| a rich couple | a familiar voice | a sunny day |
| a strange place | a deep pool | cool weather |
Some adjectives tell what things are made of. They refer to substances.
| a plastic folder | a stone wall | a clay pot |
| a paper bag | a metal box | a glass door |
| a cotton shirt | a silk dress | a concrete road |
| a jade ring | a wooden spoon | a porcelain vase |
Some adjectives are made from proper nouns of place. These adjectives are called adjectives of origin.
| a Mexican hat | a British police officer |
| the French flag | a Filipino dress |
| an American custom | Washington apples |
| a Japanese lady | a Spanish dance |
| an Indian temple | an Italian car |
The Order of Adjectives
Sometimes several adjectives are used to describe a single noun or pronoun.
When you use two or more adjectives, the usual order is: size, quality, color, origin, substance. For example:
a small green plastic box
size color substance
a stylish red Italian car
quality color origin
Here are more examples.
| a large Indian temple | a tall white stone building |
| a colorful cotton shirt | a long Chinese silk robe |
| delicious Spanish food | an old graceful Japanese lady |
| crunchy Australian apples | a short handsome English man |
Adjectives of quality sometimes come before adjectives of size.
For example:
beautiful long hair
elegant short hair
But adjectives of size always come before adjectives of color. For example:
beautiful long black hair
elegant short red hair
If you use any adjective of substance, it comes after the color adjective.
For example:
a beautiful long black silk dress
Adjective Endings
Adjectives have many different endings.
Some adjectives end in –ful. These adjectives describe noun or pronouns that are full of something or have a lot of something.
| a beautiful face | a painful injury | a careful student |
| a cheerful baby | a joyful smile | a helpful teacher |
| a powerful machine | a wonderful time | playful children |
| a skillful player | a useful book | colorful clothes |
Some adjectives end in –ous.
| a famous writer | a courageous soldier |
| a mountainous area | an adventurous explorer |
| a dangerous job | a poisonous snake |
| a humorous film | a generous gift |
| mischievous children | marvelous results |
Some adjectives end in -y.
| a messy room | a noisy car | dirty hands |
| a sleepy dog | a cloudy sky | thirsty children |
| a muddy path | a sunny day | stormy weather |
| an easy test | a lazy worker | juicy fruit |
Some adjectives end in -less. These adjectives describe a person or thing that does not have something.
| a cloudless sky | a meaningless word |
| a sleeveless dress | a fearless fighter |
| a careless driver | homeless people |
| a joyless song | seedless grapes |
| a useless tool | harmless animals |
Some adjectives end in –al.
| a national flag | personal possessions |
| musical instruments | a traditional costume |
| electrical goods | magical powers |
| a coastal town | medical equipment |
Here are some adjectives that end in –ic, -ish, -ible, -able, -ive and –ly.
| a fantastic singer | a terrible mess | an imaginative story |
| an energetic dog | a sensible answer | expensive jewelery |
| basic grammar | horrible smells | talkative children |
| enthusiastic shouting | visible footprints | a creative artist |
| a selfish act | a likeable child | friendly teachers |
| foolish behavior | comfortable clothes | a lovely dress |
| stylish clothes | valuable advice | a lively cat |
| childish talk | suitable colors | an elderly man |
Many adjectives end in –ing.
| loving parents | an interesting book |
| a caring nurse | a disappointing result |
| a flashing light | an outstanding swimmer |
| a smiling face | an exciting ride |
| a boring story | chattering monkeys |
| a gleaming car | shocking news |
Notes :
Words like smiling, caring and flashing are present participles of verbs. They are formed by adding ing to the verbs. Many present participles can also be used as adjectives.
Many of adjectives end in ed.
| a closed door | satisfied customers |
| boiled eggs | worried passengers |
| wasted time | escaped prisoners |
| a painted wall | excited students |
| reduced prices | invited guests |
Notes :
Words like closed, wasted and escaped are past participles of verbs. Many past participles can also be used as adjectives.
Describing What Something Is Made Of
Some nouns can be used like adjectives. For example, if you have a chair that is made of plastic, you can use the noun plastic as an adjective and say that the chair is a plastic chair. If you have a watch that is made of gold, you can say it is a gold watch.
But the nouns wood and wool can’t be used like this. To make adjectives of these nouns you have to add en.
| noun | adjective | example |
| wood | wooden | a wooden door |
| wool | woolen | a woolen jumper |
Describing What Something Is Like
There’s another way to make adjectives from nouns. Suppose you want to say that something is like a certain material, although not made of it. To make these adjectives, add -en to some nouns and -y to other nouns.
| noun | adjective | example |
| gold | golden | a golden sunrise (= bright yellow like gold) |
| silk | silky or silken | silky skin (= as soft as silk) |
| lead | leaden | a leaden sky (= dark gray like the color of lead) |
The Comparison of Adjectives
The Comparative Form
To compare two people or things, use the comparative form of an adjective. The comparative form is usually made by adding er to the adjective.
| adjective | comparative form |
| dark | darker |
| light | lighter |
| high | higher |
| low | lower |
| old | older |
| young | younger |
| rich | richer |
| poor | poorer |
| tall | taller |
| small | smaller |
| soft | softer |
| hard | harder |
| warm | warmer |
| cold | colder |
| fast | faster |
| slow | slower |
Notes :
The word than is often used to compare two things or people. For example, you say:
Mr. Lee is taller than Philip.
A car is faster than a bike.
The Superlative Form
When you compare three or more people or things, use the superlative form of an adjective. The superlative form is usually made by adding est to the adjective.
| adjective | superlative form |
| dark | darkest |
| light | lightest |
| high | highest |
| low | lowest |
| old | oldest |
| young | youngest |
| rich | richest |
| poor | poorest |
| tall | tallest |
| small | smallest |
| soft | softest |
| hard | hardest |
| warm | warmest |
| cold | coldest |
| fast | fastest |
| slow | slowest |
Notes :
The word the is often used before the superlative form. For example:
A bee is a small insect. A ladybird is smaller, but an ant is the smallest.
If the adjective ends in e, add r to form the comparative and st to form the superlative.
| adjective | comparative | superlative |
| nice | nicer | nicest |
| close | closer | closest |
| large | lager | largest |
| rude | ruder | rudest |
| safe | safer | safest |
| wide | wider | widest |
Suppose the adjective is a short word that ends in a consonant and has a single vowel in the middle. Just double the consonant and add er to make the comparative and est to make the superlative.
| adjective | comparative | superlative |
| sad | sadder | saddest |
| wet | wetter | wettest |
| slim | slimmer | slimmest |
| thin | thinner | thinnest |
| big | bigger | biggest |
Suppose the adjective has two syllables and ends in y. Just change the y to i and add er to make the comparative and add est to make the superlative.
| adjective | comparative | superlative |
| easy | easier | easiest |
| funny | funnier | funniest |
| dirty | dirtier | dirtiest |
| noisy | noisier | noisiest |
| happy | happier | happiest |
| naughty | naughtier | naughties |
| heavy | heavier | heaviest |
| lovely | lovelier | loveliest |
| pretty | prettier | prettiest |
| tidy | tidier | tidiest |
| friendly | friendlier | friendliest |
| tiny | tinier | tiniest |
Use more and most to compare most other two-syllable adjectives. You will also use more and most with all adjectives that have more than two syllables.
| adjective | comparative | superlative |
| famous | more famous | most famous |
| precious | more precious | most precious |
| handsome | more handsome | most handsome |
| exciting | more exciting | most exciting |
| beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
| expensive | more expensive | most expensive |
| comfortable | more comfortable | most comfortable |
| delicious | more delicious | most delicious |
| intresting | more intresting | most interesting |
| difficult | more difficult | most difficult |
Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms
A few adjectives don’t form their comparative and superlative forms in any of the usual ways. The comparative and superlative forms of these adjectives are different words, called irregular forms.
| adjective | comparative | superlative |
| good | better | best |
| bad | worse | worst |
| little | less | least |
| many | more | most |
| far | farther or further | farthest or furthest |
For example:
My painting is good, Melanie’s painting is better, but Andrew’s painting is the best.
Adjective Phrases
Phrases can be used like single adjectives to describe nouns and pronouns.
Phrases that are used in this way are called adjective phrases.
Most adjective phrases come after the word they describe. Look at these examples. The adjective phrases are in bold and the nouns they describe are in color.
Who is the girl with long hair?
My friend lives in the house across the street.
Mrs. Morris is tall and slim.
This is the road to Toledo.
The lady in the bookshop is a friend of mine.
Some adjective phrases come before the word they describe.
The words in these phrases are often joined with hyphens.
| a long-legged bird | an eight-year-old child |
| a well-dressed lady | a ten-cent coin |
| a fun-loving teenager | a twenty-story building |
| user-friendly equipment | a large-sized shirt |