An adjective is a word that describes a noun, or a pronoun.
The well-dressed lady is sitting in the Chinese restaurant at the third table.
- well-dressed – describes the noun lady
- Chinese – describes the noun restaurant
- third – describes the noun table
He is a smart and nice man.
- smart – describes the pronoun he
- nice – describes the pronoun he
Other ways to Say:
| bad |
sad |
fast |
good |
little |
big |
| awful |
gloomy |
brisk |
terrific |
mini |
enormous |
| rotten |
glum |
dash |
amazing |
petite |
huge |
| horrible |
dismal |
zippy |
excellent |
teeny |
vast |
| evil |
somber |
swift |
wonderful |
tiny |
massive |
| lame |
blue |
quick |
superb |
wee |
oversized |
| lousy |
down |
hasty |
grand |
young |
jumbo |
| worthless |
troubled |
rapid |
fabulous |
stubby |
gigantic |
| despicable |
sorrowful |
hurried |
delightful |
skimpy |
colossal |
| tired |
nice |
very |
pretty |
happy |
| exhausted |
charming |
absolutely |
attractive |
cheerful |
| weary |
kind |
awfully |
beautiful |
blessed |
| fatigued |
nifty |
certainly |
delightful |
chipper |
| sleepy |
pleasant |
clearly |
fine |
delighted |
| dog-tired |
peachy |
deeply |
handsome |
ecstatic |
| pooped |
swell |
greatly |
darling |
elated |
| enervated |
lovely |
extremely |
appealing |
gleeful |
| drowsy |
ducky |
truly |
charming |
joyful |
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Practice
Use the box below the sentences to place the adjective(s) and the noun(s) it is describing for each sentence.
- Do you prefer red wine or white wine?
- The test was not as hard as I thought it would be.
- It will take two hours to drive to Bridgewater.
- Jenny completed her algebra test.
- The pretty girl is waiting.
- She is waiting at the Chinese restaurant.
- She is sitting at table five in the restaurant.
- She is waiting for her swimming instructor.
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