Jolly Grammar and Creative Writing by Raashi Aunty

Grade 3

ADJECTIVES
 An Adjective is a describing word. It is used to give extra information about a
noun or a pronoun. We use them to describe people, place or things.

 Adjectives usually come before the noun they describe, but sometimes they
can come after the noun in a sentence.
Example- This is a red rose. The word “red” tells the colour of the rose.
He is a clever boy. . The word “clever” describe the boy.
It can also be written as: The rose is red and the boy is clever. (In these
sentences, the adjective red and clever has come after the noun.

KINDS OF ADJECTIVES
1- Adjective of Quality- It describes the quality of a person or thing. They
answer the question- 'of what kind?'
Example: That is a broken table.
Harry is a handsome boy.
My mother is a kind woman.
Paris is a beautiful city.
The words broken, handsome, kind and beautiful are adjectives of quality.
Each one of them tell us what kind of a person, place or a thing is.

2- Adjective of Quantity- It describes how much a thing is. They answer the
question 'how much?' They refer to an uncountable noun.
Example: There is no milk in the cup.
The lady ate the whole cake.
I have little food left for the journey.
The words no, whole and little are adjectives of quantity. Each of them tells
us how much of a thing is.

Quantifiers: They are the determiners that indicate how much or how little
of the noun is being discussed. They include words such as all, few, several,
some, any, much, a lot, several, enough, numerous, plenty of, a number of
and many.
Example: He took all the books.
Many kittens are taught to hunt by their mothers.
Few children like soup.
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3- Adjective of number- An adjective of number denotes the numerical

strength of people or things. It answers the question — 'How many' or 'In
what order?'. It always refers to a countable noun.
Example: There are four pencils in the pouch.
Three children are sleeping in the dormitory.
The second girl in the line won the trophy.
The words four, three and second are adjectives of number. They tell us
the numerical strength of people or things. They also describe in what
order one of them stands.

THE ORDER OF ADJECTIVE

A noun can have several adjectives describing it. Example: "She bought a
new red Italian table. There are certain rules on the correct order of these
adjectives.
Determiners— opinion- size- age- shape- colour- origin- material- a
word describing purpose / function.
Examples- My huge new dining hall. (Determiner- size- age-
purpose/function word)
The oval, new, red clock (Determiner- shape, age- colour)

Proper Adjectives- A proper adjective is an adjective that comes from a

proper noun. Just as some nouns are proper nouns i.e specific name of a
person. place animal or a thing, Proper adjectives come from proper
nouns and they always start with a capital letter. Most proper adjectives
describe something in terms of nationality, religion and culture.

Example – Kangaroos are Australian animals.

In some cases, we can convert proper nouns into proper adjectives simply
by adding suffixes —- ish, -ese, -ian or -an for proper Nouns.
-ish- British, English, Irish, Polish, Scottish, Spanish, Swedish.
-ese- Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Nepalese.
-ian- Indian, Australian, Canadian, Egyptian, Italian, Nigerian, Peruvian.
-an- American, German, Kenyan, Korean, Mexica.
Some proper adjectives do not follow a pattern. For example, French,
Greek, Thai etc. There are proper adjectives for the continents too.

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Making Nouns into adjectives

Many nouns can be changed into adjectives by adding these ending

suffixes: -y, -al, -ful, -less, -able, -ish and -ous.

Example: beauty- beautiful juice- juicy fear- fearful

fool- foolish nature-natural nation-nationality

Nouns acting as adjectives

Noun can sometimes act as adjectives in sentence.

Example: Granny made an apple pie.

In this sentence, granny is a noun, made is a verb. Now look at the last
two words. Although the word 'apple' is a noun too, here it is describing
what kind of pie it is, so it is doing the job of an adjective.

Hence 'apple' is an adjective and pie is a noun.

Examples of some more nouns that can act as adjectives are-

Vegetable curry vegetable – adjective curry- noun

tennis ball tennis- adjective ball- noun
jewellery box jewellery - adjective box - noun
boat race boat- adjective race noun
orange juice orange adjective juice - noun

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Let’s practise:

A- Underline the adjectives in these sentences:

1- Mummy watched a historical film on the television.

2- There are a few slices of bread in the packet.

3- Please pour some milk in my cup.

4- Juhi saw a spotted bettle in the pot.

5- Is there enough juice in the jar?

6- Grandpa bought seven books for me.

7- Rohit has many stamps in his album.

8- Can u name a root vegetable?

B- Rewrite the sentences by adding an adjective before each underlined

noun.
1- Sahil and Neeta were playing on the beach.
Sahil and Neeta were playing on the sandy beach.

2- I loved the gift that gave me!

beautiful gift
___________________________________________________________

3- Mrs. Gupta boiled potatoes and carrots.

raw potatoes and red carrots

___________________________________________________________

4- The jackal heard the roar of the lion.

loud roar of the mighty lion

___________________________________________________________

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5- Maryam’s father bought a bicycle for her.

new
___________________________________________________________

6- Manira tied her hair with ribbons.

long hair with red ribbons

___________________________________________________________

7- Jacob has world map in his room.

big world map

___________________________________________________________

8- My shirt is in the wash.

white
___________________________________________________________

C- Fill in the blanks with suitable adjective and complete the story below:

a pretty
Once, ___________ small
flower and ___________ butterly became friends.
bright
Each morning when ___________ the pretty
sun rose, ___________ flower would
Small
open its petals. ___________ butterly would come and sit on
the prety
___________ flower.

One day ___________ butterfly asked bird to go with her to ___________

flower. When they reached ___________ flower, ___________ ant was
already sitting there. “What ___________ surprise!” said ___________
butterfly. “This is my flower. Can you please go to another flower?”

“Oh no!” said ___________ ant! “Don’t send me away!”

“I have ___________ idea!” said bird. “We can all be friends!”

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After saying goodbye to ___________ flower, ___________ butterfly,

bird and ___________ ant played in ___________ garden.

D- Form an adjective of comparison from the adjective given in the brackets,

and write it in the blank.

taller
1- I am ___________ than my sister. (taller)

more playful
2- Bina is ________________ than her brother. (playful)

more charming than ken? (charming)

3- Who is ___________

smaller
4- This round stone is ___________ than the flat one. (small)

smaller
5- My dog is ___________ than your cat. (small)

longer
6- Which of these two pieces of string is ___________ ? (long)

stronger
7- Rohan is ___________ than Rakesh. (strong)

more comfortable
8- This chair is ___________ than that one. (comfortable)

E- Read the story

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What do you think Mr Lee plans to make with the mangoes?

___________________________________________________________
Which word describe the mango tree?

___________________________________________________________
Which does describe the mango skin?

___________________________________________________________
What kind of bowl does Mr. Lee use?

___________________________________________________________
 Read the story again. Circle the adjective in the brackets to replace
underlined word.

1- Mangoes become ripe in the cold season. (old/hot)

2- Mr. Lee picks the mangoes from the tree with slow movements. (sharp /
quick)

3- He puts the sliced mangoes in a bowl. (chopped / smooth)

 Fill in each blank with words from the box below:

pretty smooth young ancient quick old

slow hot rough steel icy wooden shiny plastic

1- Describes what something is made of:_____________________________

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2- Describes how something/someone looks: _________________________

3- Describes how old or young something/someone is __________________

4- Describes how fast or slow somethin/someone is: ___________________

5- Describes how hot or cold something/someone is : ___________________

6- Describes what something/ someone is or feels like: __________________

F- For each of the adjective given below, choose three synonyms (same
meaning) and write it on from the box the given line. (Find the meaning
of the unknown words in the dictionary.)
truthful affectionate attractive frank clever gloomy
generous delighted benign tough unhappy brilliant
good looking pretty strong inhuman cheerful harsh
genuine sharp unkind disappointed merry rigid

1- kind- ____________ ____________ ____________

2- happy- ____________ ____________ ____________

3- beautiful- ____________ ____________ ____________

4- cruel- ____________ ____________ ____________

5- sad- ____________ ____________ ____________

6- honest- ____________ ____________ ____________

7- intelligent- ____________ ____________ ____________

8- hard- ____________ ____________ ____________

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G- Fill in the blank with suitable quantifiers (some, any, few, many and little)

1- please give me _________ more tea.

2- The city has a _________ churches and temples.

3- She has only a _________ money left with her.

4- Ted does not have not have _________ friends.

5- I don't want _________ dessert after dinner.

6- I can see _________ fish in the lake.

7- My grandmother has _________ grey hair on her head.

8- She wants a _________ help with her homework.

9- There are very _________ seats left in the bus.

10- How _________ legs does an octopus have?

H- Fill in the blanks after changing the noun into an adjective.

1- The actress is a wealthy woman. (wealth)

shady
2- The villagers sat under the ______________ tree. (shade)

thirsty
3- Children love the story of the ______________ crow. (thirst)

wonderful
4- We all had a ____________ time at the picnic. (wonder)

friendly
5- Our new neighbour is warm and ______________. (friend)

fearful
6- The ____________ soldiers marched forward. (fear)

colourful
7- The rainbow formed a ____________ curve in the sky. (colour)
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national
8- We must respect our _____________ flag. (nation)

foolish
9- George's behaviour was quite ____________ (fool)

comfortable
10- This is a _____________couch. (comfort)

careful
11- Beena is very ________ while driving. (care)

juicy
12- The mangoes were very ________. (juice)

natural
13- It was nice to see the animals in their ________ environment. (nature)

guilty
14- If you didn't do it, why do you look so ________? (guilt)

dangerous
15- Don't try _____________ stunts at home. (danger)

graceful
16- The princess made a ________ appearance. (grace)

mathematical
17- Sam is quick in solving _____________ puzzles. (mathematic)

peaceful
18- My grandmother likes the __________ life of the country side. (peace)

dusty
19- The book looked unused, faded and __________ (dust)

resonable
20- You can get a good meal for a __________ price. (reason)

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