Grammar Worksheet:

Adjectives
Grade 2

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Adjectives
Adjectives are describing words. They give meaning to nouns
and pronouns. They tell:
• how many – three cakes
• How someone is feeling – a sad girl
• What someone or something looks, sounds, smells, feels or
tastes like – This noodles smells bad but tastes delicious.
• What qualities someone or something has – a good boy

1. Complete each sentence with an adjective from the box.

six wooden black hot surprised

a. My dad makes __________________ toys.

b. There are __________________ eggs in the carton.

c. I love to swim on _______________ days.

d. My friends has _________________ pet rabbits.

e. I was _______________ when I saw the final score.

2. Colour the adjectives that could describe the image.

round amazing
blue

spicy

delicious

seven
lazy
square

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3. Write three adjectives that describe the weather.

a. ______________________________

b. ______________________________

c. ______________________________

4. Write the adjectives below under the correct heading

Brown seven purple green sweet salty

seven tasty twenty-seven sour

How many? What colour? What taste?

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5. Adjectives can appear before or after what they describe.

Complete the descriptions.

The frog has cool, green skin. Its skin is cool and green.

a. I have a tidy bedroom. My bedroom is _______________ .

b. Dad lost his favourite hat. The was his _______________ .

c. The ___________ , _____________ clouds gathered. The clouds

were thin and grey.

d. The damp room was mouldy. The room was ______________ and

______________ .
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Adjectives in context
Use you knowledge of adjectives to answer the following
questions

Read the extract. People in Spring

People spend more time outside in spring.
What kind of time
spring? Circle the Spring is an exciting time outdoors. There are
answer. many new plants and animals. The air smells
fresh. The cold winter is over.
What are the days
The early sunrise makes waking up easier. The
like in spring? Put a
box around the longer days and warm sunshine give many
answer people more energy.
Dandelion make seeds in spring. Children like to
What days are good
blow the seed away.
for flying kites?
Windy days are good for flying kites. Early
Highlight the answer.
morning are good for fishing.
What are the People enjoy eating fresh, spring fruits and
strawberries like in
vegetables after the cold winter. Strawberries
spring? Colour the
answers
are sweet and juicy in spring.

In each sentence, find the adjective.

1. Spring is my favourite season.

a. Spring b. favourite c. my d. season

2. There are lots of new plants and animals to see in spring.

a. There b. lots c. new d. see

3. Dandelions make fluffy seeds in spring.

a. Fluffy b. Dandelions c. spring d. seeds

4. On spring mornings, people get early to fishing.

a. Spring b. mornings c up d. fishing
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5. Circle the adjectives that can describe the tree.

deep beautiful

icy leafy

green seven

pink tall
big shady

6. Colour the adjective that correctly completes each sentence.

a. There are two four seasons in a year.

b. In spring it gets warmer cooler .

c. Summer is the hottest coldest season.

d. In winter the days seem longer shorter .

e. People carry umbrellas if the weather is clear cloudy .

7. Write the adjectives under the correct heading.

longer | twelve | brown | bitter | sweet | grey | seven | spice

delicious | red | twenty-one |

How many? What colour? What taste?

__________________ __________________ __________________
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__________________ __________________ __________________
__________________ __________________ __________________

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Describing People
Adjectives can describe the appearance and personality of
people. For example:

He is tall, dark and handsome.

1. Use adjectives from the box to help you write a description of

Michael.

blue brown dark fair green long

round short tall thin

Michael ____________ and ________________________ .

He has __________________ hair and ___________________ eyes.
He has a _________________ face with freckles on his nose.

2. Draw a picture of Michael to match your description.

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3. Use adjectives from the box to help you write a description

of Sofia.

caring clever creative friendly

honest hardworking helpful kind
polite respectful

Everybody loves Sofia because she is ____________________ and

____________________ . People trust her because she is
____________________ . Sofia’s teacher says she is ______________
and _______________________ .

4. Sort the adjectives.

lazy generous responsible mean brave rude

bossy gentle cruel understanding

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5. Think of adjectives to complete these descriptions.

a. My uncle is good at art. She is very ________________________ .

b. My father knows everything. She is so ____________________ .
c. Faruk always gets top marks for math in our class. He is
our ________________ mathematician.

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Describing places
Adjectives can describe what places look, sound and feel like.
For example:

The new cinema hall is huge and beautiful but noisy.

1. Circle the adjectives that best describe each place.

a.
busy crowded

calm grey

quiet noisy

yellow natural

b.
small crowded

hot steamy

sandy rocky

dry smelly

c.
cool green

chilly stony

dusty calm

damp lush

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Describing places
2. Use adjectives from the boxes to write poems.

emerald rough quiet cool squabbling soft pale

calm golden loud serene choppy

a. Down On The Beach

_____________________________ , ___________________________ sand

_____________________________ , ___________________________ water

_____________________________ , ___________________________ seagulls

busy naughty curious fantastic large hilarious

amazing enormous cheeky sleepy chatty brilliant

b. My Zoo Trip
_____________________________ , ___________________________ monkeys

_____________________________ , ___________________________ elephants

_____________________________ , ___________________________ koalas

colourful toasty broken sleepy dark falling

crunchy cool crisp scorching slow warm

c. Autumn in My Street
_____________________________ , ___________________________ mornings

_____________________________ , ___________________________ jackets

_____________________________ , ___________________________ leaves

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Describing Feelings
Adjectives can describe how people and animals feel. For
example:

My grandfather was happy to see me.

1. Draw arrows to match the adjectives to the faces.

sad happy angry frightened

2. Complete each pair with a synonym from the box.

a. angry ________________________ worried

b. happy ________________________ exhausted
c. tired _________________________ caring
d. nervous _____________________ disappointed
e. afraid _______________________ frightened
f. naughty _____________________ joyful
g. kind __________________________ furious
h. upset ________________________ peaceful
i. calm _________________________ mischievous

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