Adjective

A.
We use adjective to describe nouns and pronouns.

e.g. Look at my beautiful cap! Do I look smart?

e.g. Officer, we saw a big green monster in the river. It was wearing a red
cap and it talked to us!

e.g. A monster? Are you kidding? You‘re very naughty!

e.g. Oh, that’s my boy, Bobby! He must be wearing my expensive caps!

1. We often put an adjective before a noun it is describing.

 This is my beautiful dress.
 I like that blue umbrella.
 Do you like Japanese food?
 That’s a good idea!

2. We can also put an adjective after a certain verb (be, seem, become,
etc.) to describe the subject of the sentence.
 She is pretty.
 This pie looks delicious.
 He has become fat.

3. Sometimes we need to use a preposition after an adjective.

 The children were afraid of the monster in the river.
 Bobby is good at English.

B. Making comparisons with adjectives

1. We use the comparative form of adjective to compare two (groups of)
items.
e.g. Mum, I’m younger than you, right?
Right.
But you’re older than me!

2. We use the superlative form of an adjective to compare three or

more (groups of) items.

e.g. I’m the tallest.

e.g. My ears are the biggest.
e.g. But I’m the most frightening!

3. We can put than after the comparative adjective. The article the must
superlative adjective.
 A giraffe is taller than a lion.
 Ocean Park is bigger than Kowloon Park and Hong Kong Park.
 Hopewell Centre was once the tallest building in Hong Kong.

4. We need to change the spelling of adjective in the comparative or

superlative form:

1. Short adjectives:

Comparatives E.g. Superlatives E.g.

one-syllable + er talltaller + est tallthe tallest
one-syllable +r nicenicer + st nicethe nicest
ending in -e widewider widethe widest
one-syllable double the hothotter + est hot the hotter
ending in a last bigbigger big the biggest
vowel and a consonant
consonant + er
two-syllable -y easyeasier + iest easythe easiest
ending in Y

2. Long adjectives:

Comparatives E.g. Superlatives E.g.

two or more + more careful + most excitingthe
syllables or more careful most exciting
ending in –ful, excited useless
-less, -ed, -ing more excited the most
useless

3. Irregular adjectives:

E.g. of comparatives E.g. of superlatives

Change the whole word goodbetter goodthe best
badworse bad the worst
far farther/further far
the farthest/furthest

4. For long adjectives, we add more / the most to make positive

comparisons. If we want to make negative comparisons, we can use
less / the least.

More / the most Less than / the least

Positive Jane is more hard-working than
Sam.
This is the most interesting story
I’ve ever read.
Negative Sam is less hard- working than
Jane.
This is the least exciting game
I’ve ever played.

Part A:
Describe the following nouns with the adjectives given in the brackets.
Remember to put them in the correct order. Follow the example.

1. My neighbor ( middle-aged /new)

2. A clock (alarm / stylish / sliver)

3. Three lanterns (paper / red / festive)

________________________________________________________

4. A pizza (Italian / delicious / cheese and bacon)

________________________________________________________

5. Two teachers (Maths / experienced / old)

Part B
Maze

Read the clues and find out the correct answers in the boxes. The
answers are always in a touching box. Draw a line to link up all the
answers and you will see a picture.

1. A sofa is not…
2. This is describes a busy street.
3. The opposite of easy.
4. Snow White’s stepmother is…
5. The shape of a doughnut is …
6. People without any sickness are
7. Very bad weather.
8. The colour of Santa Claus’s clothes.
9. Lying on a beach is very…
10.Sushi and sashimi are… food.
11.After taking a bath, we are…
12.People laugh when they feel…
13.A comedy is …
14.Bananas are this colour.

triangular slim stormy red green Purple

square healthy unhealthy sunny relaxing Stupid
round cruel gentle Chinese clean Japanese
friendly difficult fat sad happy Dirty
different noisy quiet pink funny Blue
start hard soft horrible yellow Finish

What can you see? ______________________

 Part C

Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the adjectives from the
table below. Add a suitable preposition after each adjective.
busy disappointed hungry
keen nervous harmful

1. John is _________________________ the coming exam. He

couldn’t sleep for the whole night.

2. Anna is an orphan. She is _______________________ the parental

love that all children can enjoy.

3. Mr Chan was so _____________________ his work that he didn’t

even have time for his dinner.

4. Mrs Wong was very _____________________ her daughter’s exam

results. Her eyes were in tears when she was reading her academic
report.

5. Tom is very _____________________ doing sports. He plays all

kinds of ball games and he goes swimming every weekend.

6. Smoking is _____________________ our health. It can cause

cancer and lead to death.

Part D
Complete the table with the correct forms if the adjectives.

Adjective Comparative Superlative

the richest
more dangerous
lovely
wonderful
Simpler
bad
less comfortable
 the best
Part E
Unscrambling

Kitty’s friends are travelling abroad and they are writing postcards to Kitty.
Help them complete their postcards by forming the correct adjectives. You
may need to change some adjectives into the comparative or superlative
form.

Dear Kitty,
Hello! We’re now in Bangkok. The weather is 1.________________ (nife)
and it’s 2.________________ (etaiuflbu) here. Things are 3.___________
(hepca) than in Hong Kong. We bought a lot of souvenirs. My mum bought
some 4.________________ (bacrmfeootl) 5.________________ (luroucofl)
sarongs. My dad doesn’t like shopping but he bought some
6._____________ (inec) trousers too. My sister said that the
7._____________(damhndae) jewellery in Thailand was the 8._________
(hstlisy) in the world. Since it’s sunny, I bought several pairs of
9._______________ (sefanbhioal) sunglasses. I think this Christmas holiday
is much 10.______________ (godo) than last year’s!
I’m coming back next Sunday. See you then!
Cheers,
Crystal

Hi, Kitty,
How’re you? I’m having my holiday in Tokyo. It’s very 11._____________
(dolc) here but luckily I’ve brought the 12.______________ (backl)
13.______________ ( ntocot) jacket that you gave me on my birthday.
People here are 14.______________ (ergta) but they walk even faster than
people in Hong Kong. Things here are 15.______________ (pensiveex)
than in Hong Kong but I still got something. I bought some
16._____________ (dytren) clothes and my dad found some
17._______________ (eodonw / ngineteirst) decorations for our living
room. I also bought you a 18.______________ (tlteil / pecsial) gift. I hope
you’ll like it. See you when I come back on 30th December.
Cheers,
Jane

Part F
E-mail
Your pen friend, Paul is going to visit Hong Kong with his wife, Fanny. You
have found some information about the tourist attractions they can visit in
Hong Kong. Write an e-mail to Paul. You may need to change the adjectives
to the comparative or superlative form.

Tourists attractions Remarks

University of Hong Kong (old) university here
Hong Kong Disneyland (small) Tokyo Disneyland
Giant Buddha (tall, outdoor, seated) Buddha in the world
Causeway Bay (good) for shopping, (crowded) Sai Kung
Ocean Park (large) Hong Kong Disneyland
Victoria Harbour (narrow) before, but its night scene is one of
(famous) in the world

Hi Paul,
I’m happy to hear that you’re coming to Hong Kong. Let me tell you
something about the famous tourist attractions here.
First, you could visit the University of Hong Kong. It’s
1._________________________________________________________.
Hong Kong Disneyland is also an interesting place to visit but it’s
2._________________________________________________________.
I know that Fanny likes shopping a lot, so I think you would like to go to
3._________________________________________________________.
It 4.________________________________________________________
but it’s good for shopping .
If you want to see the pandas, you can go to 5._____________________. It
6._______________________________________________________.
You may also visit the Giant Buddha.
7._________________________________________________________.
Lastly, the Victoria Harbour is really beautiful. Although it
8._________________________________________________________,
__________________________________________________________.
Don’t you feel excited now? Phone me when you arrive in Hong Kong.
Best,
Ken

Part G
Johnny and his classmate Karen are arranging a class party. They are
reading a restaurant review and comparing three restaurants. Read the
notes and fill in the blanks with suitable form of adjectives from the table.
Some of them can be used more than once.

Sunny Restaurant Joyful Fast shop Fun Fun Café

Price of person $150 $85 $100
No. of tables 30 11 15
Comfort Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Transport 10 minute walk 20 minute walk Bus stop outside
from MTR from MTR the restaurant
station / bus stop station
Quality of food Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

delicious good convenient expensive

cheap small comfortable big

Johnny: Hey, Karen. Have you ever been to any of these three restaurants?
Karen: Yes, I’ve been to all of them. I think Sunny Restaurant is
1.________________ because the food is 2.________________
among the three.
Johnny: Well, but it’s also 3.________________! It costs $159 per person.
I think we need to choose a 4._______________ restaurant so
everyone can pay less.
Karen: You’re right. The food at Joyful Fast Food Shop is 5.___________
but look at the quality of food! It seems like the food it serves isn’t
good at all!
Johnny: It’s also 6._______________ restaurant among the three-three are
only 11 tables in the restaurant. I’m afraid that’s not enough for
100 of us!
Karen: Let’s look at Fun Fun Café then. It’s 7.________________ Joyful
Fast Food Shop because it can accommodate 15 tables. Also, it’s
8._________________________among the three as a bus stop is
 just outside the café.
Johnny: Look! It’s also 9._________________________ café among the
three! I’m sure there must be sofas and cushions all around at the
café. Let’s choose Fun Fun Café then!