2. Adjectives
• Adjectives are words that describe or modify
another person or thing in the sentence. The
Articles — a, an, and the — are adjectives.
• the tall professor
• the lugubrious lieutenant
• a solid commitment
• a month's pay
• a six-year-old child
• the unhappiest, richest man
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5. Clases de adjetivos:
Existen ocho clases de adjetivos:
1. Calificativos: good, bueno; thin, delgado; dry, seco; bad, malo; short, corto
2. Demostrativos: this, este; that, aquel; these, estos; those, aquellos
3. Distributivos: each, cada; every, todo; either, uno y otro; neither, ni uno ni otro.
4. De cantidad: some, algún; any, cualquier; little, poco; few, pocos; many,
muchos; much, mucho; enough, bastante
5. Interrogativos: which?, cual?; what?, ¿qué?; whose?, ¿de quién?, etc.
6. Posesivos: my, mi; your, tu, su, vuestro, his, su (de él); her, su (de ella); its, su
(de ello), our, nuestro; your, vuestro, their,
suyo (de ellos/as)
7. Propios: French, francés; English, inglés; Spanish, español; etc.
8. Numerales: one, uno; ten, diez; first, primer, second, segundo; etc.
6. Generalidades:
• Los adjetivos en inglés son invariables en género y número.
yellow = amarillo, amarilla, amarillos, amarillas
• Normalmente se ponen delante del sustantivo:
I have a big book / Tengo un libro grande
• Verbo To be + (am/is/are/was, etc.) + adjetivo
These pictures are beautiful / Esas imágenes son bonitas
• To be + adjetivo tiene en ocasiones la equivalencia a «Tener»
I'm hungry / Tengo hambre, I'm thirsty / Tengo sed
I'm cold / Tengo frio, I'm hot / Tengo calor
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74. Let´s practice!
1.Hair can be long or ___
2.People can be short or ___
3.Problems can be big or ___
4.Food can be expensive or ___
5.Legs can be fat or ___
6.A car can be new or ___
7.A train can be fast or ___
8.A face can be beautiful or ___
9.Elevators go up or ___
10.Roads can be narrow or ___
75. Find 9 Adjectives Describing Yourself
Write your name and draw a picture of yourself in the center oval. Write nine
adjectives describing yourself. Then use each adjective in a sentence.
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YOU 3.
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6. 5
76. Find 9 Adjectives Describing a THING
Write A THING and draw a picture of IT in the center oval. Write nine
adjectives describing IT. Then use each adjective in a sentence.
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A 3.
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77. A N
B O
C P
D Q Find an Adjective for Each
E R Letter
F S See if you can think of and
G T write down words that
H V describe a person, place or
I U thing (a noun) for each letter
J V of the alphabet.
K W
L Y
M Z
78. Circle Adjective, Underline Noun it Describes
Circle the adjective and underline the noun it describes
in the sentences in this printable worksheet.
1. The big cat sat down.
2. The librarian read a long book.
3. The new movie starts tomorrow.
4. Roberts buys red buttons.
5. Mary writes a long essay.
6. The big dog eats fast.
7. She had a difficult test today.
8. The boys ate a large pizza.
9. He waits in a long line.
10. She arrives for the late show.
11. I see a purple car.
12. Today is very cold.
13. She held her hat in the strong wind.
80. Instructions: Listen to the word by clicking the
AUDIO link. Then, find the word that is the
opposite of the word you hear.
1. slow | ugly | good
2. clean | interesting | kind
3. unhappy | short | quick
4. soft | bad | small
5. low | smooth | hot
6. sad | funny | cheerful
7. hard | old | rich
8. tall | wide | busy
9. far | poor | thin
10. near | cheap | light
86. FORMA
1.) Los adjetivos en ingles solo tienen una
forma, usada con el singular y el plural:
An old man old men
An old woman old women
An old car old cars
Excepto los adjetivos demostrativos:
This-That (Esto- aquello)
These-Those (Esos-aquellos)
87. FORMA
• 2.) Cuando un sustantivo es usado como un
adjetivo, no tiene una forma plural.
Compare:
Two hours a two-hour film
Three weeks a three-week holiday
89. 1) POSICION:
a. Un adjetivo puede ser ubicado en dos lugares en la oración
i. Antes de un sustantivo:
A Young man.
An empty house.
New shoes.
A nice girl.
ii. Después de los verbos be, look, appear, seem, feel, taste, smell, sound,
(entre otros) cuando se describe el sujeto de una oración:
He is young
The house looks empty
The soup smells good
These shoes are new
She seems confident
90. b. Algunos adjetivos (asleep, alone, alive, awake, afraid, ill,
well) pueden ser ubicados después del verbo pero no antes
de un sustantivo:
He is asleep. (NO An asleep man) or A sleeping person
He is alive or A living person
They are ill or Sick children.
They are well or Healthy people
It is afraid or A frightened animal.
91. c. En expresiones de medida, el adjetivo
normalmente viene después del sustantivo
que denota medida:
He’s eighteen years old.
I’m 1.80 meters tall.
92. 2.) ORDEN:
• Cuando se usan dos o más adjetivos juntos,
los adjetivos de “opinión” (eg. interesting,
beautiful) normalmente van antes de los
adjetivos que denotan “hechos” (eg. new,
blue):
An interesting new film
A beautiful blue dress
93. I) En las frases siguientes verifique si el adjetivo esta
colocado correctamente, sino corríjalo:
• This is a pen red
• She is a girl beautiful
• He is a good friend
• She is a teacher good
• That is a book bad
• They are good friends
• These are my shoes old
• Those flowers yellow are very beautiful
• This is a beautiful house
• Kevin Costner is an actor American
94. 3.) Cuando dos o más adjetivos que denotan “hechos” vienen antes de un sustantivo,
normalmente van en el siguiente orden:
TAMANO + EDAD + FORMA + COLOR + ORIGEN + MATERIAL + PROPOSITO + SUSTANTIVO
A small rubber ball (TAMANO + MATERIAL)
A young Spanish woman. (EDAD + ORIGEN)
White leader running shoes (COLOR + MATERIAL + PROPOSITO)
95. PROPOSITO
TAMANO EDAD FORMA COLOR ORIGEN MATERIAL SUSTANTIVO
QUANTITY OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOR ORIGIN MATERIAL PURPOSE NOUN
five big young black Canadian bears
battered old shapeless gray cotton work pants
many magnificent antique British reference books
A studious teenaged American boy
few shiny round blue Indian gems
many well-made small elongated brown wooden fishing boats
several cheap large purple polyester sleeping bags
96. Write Adjectives by
1 QUANTITY
Category
9. PURPOSE 2. OPINION
Write 5 adjectives for
each category.
3. SIZE,
The categories
8. MATERIAL
WEIGHT
ADJECTIVE include: quantity,
CATEGORIES
opinion, size/weight,
age, shape, color,
7. ORIGIN 4. AGE
origin, material,
purpose.
6. COLOR 5.SHAPE
97. EJERCICIOS:
• Como podemos llamar a estas personas y cosas. Ver 2.)
a. A child who is four years old. A four-year-old child.
b. b. A journey which takes six hours. A six-hour journey.
c. A concert which lasts for two hours.
__________________________________________________________
d. A man who is fifty years old.
__________________________________________________________
e. A delay which lasts for twenty minutes.
____________________________________ ______________________
f. A letter which has ten pages.
___________________________________________________________
g. A meeting which lasts for two hours.
____________________________________________________________
98. • Cuáles de estas palabras son adjetivos:
a. You look tired. Yes, I don’t feel very well.
b. It’s a very long book.
c. Were you late for work today?
d. You seemed sad. Is something wrong?
e. The boss sounded angry when I spoke to him on
the phone.
f. He’s a shy person. He feels embarrassed when
he meets people.
99. • Coloque las palabras en el orden correcto:
a. Is/a/generous/Kate/woman. Kate is a very generous woman.
b. Look/very/Simon/angry/did/? Did Simon look very angry?
c. Children/the/are/asleep.__________________________________________
d. Very/city/is/Sydney/modern.______________________________________
e. Bridge/long/is/55km/the._________________________________________
f. Development/community/interesting/subject/is/an._____________________
100. Coloque los adjetivos debajo del
encabezado correcto
Short, plastic, Italian, beautiful, sports, ugly, square, leather, red, German, small, Young,
White, writing, curly, large, middle-aged
OPINION - TAMANO - EDAD - FORMA - COLOR - ORIGEN - MATERIAL - PROPOSITO
Horrible - - - short - - -old - - - round - - grey - - English - - - -glass - - - - shopping
101. Reordene las siguientes oraciones
a. A (fat/short) man. A short fat man.
b. A (middle-aged, tall) woman._____________________________
c. Two (white/small/paper) cups. ____________________________
d. A (young/handsome) doctor._______________________________
e. A pair of (leather/expensive/black) shoes._____________________
