What is an Adjective?  

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.  Words that describe sounds, shapes, sizes, times, numbers/quantity, textures/touch,weather are all examples of adjectives.

Common Adjectives

First Grade

Colors:

blue, green, purple, orange, black, white, pink, red etc…

Size:

big, small, short, tall, fat, thin

Sounds:

loud, quiet

Shapes:

round, square, oval, triangular

Numbers:

one, two, many, few

Touch/Texture

rough, smooth, soft, hard

Weather

sunny, rainy,windy, dark, light, cloudy

2nd-3rd grade

letters A-C

angry
busy
brave
bumpy
cheerful
chilly
crispy
cruel

Letters D-H
dangerous
fat
fluffy
freezing
funny
furry
fuzzy
huge

Letters I-N
juicy
kind
lazy
long
lumpy
mean
messy
naughty
new
nice

Letters O-R
plump
pretty
proud
quick

Letters S-Z
short
simple
slimy
sloppy
slow
spiky
spoiled
sticky
stiff
still
stinky
strong
swollen
thin
tiny
tricky
weak
wise

Grades 4th-6th

Letters A-C

adventurous
absurd
alert
amusing
ancient
annoyed
anxious
apologetic
bashful
beautiful
bitter
brilliant
bulky
capable
cautious
challenging
charming
clever
compassionate
cozy
cranky
creative
creepy
cruel
curly

Letters D-H
damp
daring
delicate
delicious
disrespectful
dreadful
dull
ecstatic
endless
enormous
entertaining
exhausted
fantastic
foolish
frightened
furious
fussy
gentle
gigantic
gorgeous
graceful

Letters I-N
lousy
loyal
marvelous
naive
nervous
nimble

Letters  O-S
optimistic
petite
pleasant
polite
precise
prickly
salty
shocking
slick
slippery
sour
sparkling
straight
stubborn
stunning

Letters T-Z

temporary
terrified
timid
tricky
truthful
whimsical

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