Adjectives Worksheet With Answers: 7 Exercises From Easy to Hard

This adjectives worksheet has seven exercises that build from easy to hard: finding adjectives, using them after verbs, comparatives and superlatives, adjective order, adjective or adverb, commas between adjectives, and choosing a stronger word. Every exercise has an answer key with a one-line reason, so students can check their own work and teachers can use it for homework or a quick review. To print it, use your browser’s print option; the answers are at the end of each exercise.

If a learner needs the basics first, start with what is an adjective. Exercises 1–2 suit younger or beginner learners; 3–5 suit intermediate learners; 6–7 are for confident writers.

Exercise 1 — Find the adjectives (easy)

Underline every adjective. Some sentences have more than one.

1. The small dog barked at the red bus.
2. My sister has a new bike.
3. It was a cold, windy morning.
4. The soup tastes salty.
5. We found three shiny coins in the sand.
6. That old house looks empty.
7. Her answer was clever and short.
8. They live in a quiet village near the sea.

Answers: 1 — small, red. 2 — new (my is a possessive adjective too, if your class counts determiners). 3 — cold, windy. 4 — salty. 5 — three, shiny. 6 — old, empty (that is a demonstrative). 7 — clever, short. 8 — quiet.

Exercise 2 — Before the noun or after the verb (easy)

Rewrite each sentence so the adjective comes after the verb. Example: “It is a heavy box.” → “The box is heavy.”

1. It is a long film.
2. She has a loud voice.
3. They are happy children.
4. This is a difficult question.
5. We had a delicious lunch.

Answers: 1 — The film is long. 2 — Her voice is loud. 3 — The children are happy. 4 — This question is difficult. 5 — Our lunch was delicious. Adjectives after verbs like be, seem, look and taste are called predicative adjectives.

Exercise 3 — Comparatives and superlatives (medium)

Write the correct form of the adjective in brackets.

1. My bag is ______ than yours. (heavy)
2. This is the ______ day of the year. (hot)
3. Is French ______ than Spanish? (difficult)
4. She is the ______ player on the team. (good)
5. Today’s weather is ______ than yesterday’s. (bad)
6. That was the ______ test I have ever taken. (easy)
7. The second road is ______ than the first. (far)
8. He is ______ than his brother. (tall)

Answers: 1 — heavier (y → i + er). 2 — hottest (double the t). 3 — more difficult (long adjective). 4 — best (irregular). 5 — worse (irregular). 6 — easiest. 7 — farther or further (both are correct for distance). 8 — taller. The full rules are in comparative and superlative adjectives.

Exercise 4 — Put the adjectives in order (medium)

English usually orders adjectives as opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose. Choose the natural order.

1. a (wooden / beautiful) table
2. a (red / big) balloon
3. an (Italian / old) car
4. a (cotton / blue) shirt
5. a (lovely / little / round) cake
6. (leather / black / new) boots

Answers: 1 — a beautiful wooden table (opinion before material). 2 — a big red balloon (size before colour). 3 — an old Italian car (age before origin). 4 — a blue cotton shirt (colour before material). 5 — a lovely little round cake (opinion, size, shape). 6 — new black leather boots (age, colour, material). See the adjective order rule for why this feels natural.

Exercise 5 — Adjective or adverb? (medium)

Choose the correct word.

1. She sings (beautiful / beautifully).
2. The cake smells (good / well).
3. He drove (careful / carefully) in the snow.
4. I feel (bad / badly) about the mistake.
5. The test was (easy / easily).
6. They finished the job (quick / quickly).
7. You look (tired / tiredly).

Answers: 1 — beautifully (describes how she sings). 2 — good (after smell, a linking verb). 3 — carefully. 4 — bad (after feel, describing you). 5 — easy (after be). 6 — quickly. 7 — tired (after look meaning “seem”). More examples in adjective vs adverb.

Exercise 6 — Commas between adjectives (hard)

Add a comma where one is needed. Test: if you can put and between the adjectives, or swap them, use a comma.

1. It was a long boring meeting.
2. She bought a small black purse.
3. He is a kind patient teacher.
4. She has a warm friendly smile.
5. They walked along the dark narrow street.

Answers: 1 — a long, boring meeting (long and boring works). 2 — no comma: a small black purse (size + colour; “small and black purse” sounds wrong). 3 — a kind, patient teacher. 4 — a warm, friendly smile. 5 — the dark, narrow street. The tests are explained in commas between adjectives.

Exercise 7 — Choose a stronger adjective (hard)

Replace the vague adjective in bold with a more precise one. There is more than one good answer.

1. The view from the top was nice.
2. It was a bad storm.
3. The museum was interesting.
4. She was very happy with her results.
5. The room was very small.
6. He gave a good speech.

Possible answers: 1 — breathtaking, stunning, spectacular. 2 — violent, fierce, destructive. 3 — fascinating, absorbing. 4 — delighted, thrilled. 5 — tiny, cramped (cramped also says it felt too small). 6 — moving, persuasive, inspiring (each says something different about the speech). For more word choices, see descriptive adjectives.

Tips for teachers and self-study

• Check, then explain. Ask learners to give the reason for each answer (for example, “linking verb” in Exercise 5). The reasons are what transfer to their own writing.
• Turn Exercise 7 into writing. Have learners write three sentences about a place they know, then swap every vague adjective for a precise one.
• Common errors to watch: “more better”, “the most tallest”, “beautifuly”, and “I feel badly” used to mean “I feel bad”. The last one is common in American speech, but “I feel bad” is the standard answer in tests.
• Next steps: possessive adjectives and indefinite adjectives each have their own practice sets.

Quick answers

What is an adjective? A word that describes a noun or pronoun: tall, blue, three, Italian.

Where do adjectives go? Usually before a noun (“a tall tree”) or after a linking verb (“the tree is tall”).

Which exercises are for beginners? Exercises 1 and 2. Exercises 3–5 practise the rules learners most often get wrong; 6 and 7 are about writing well.

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