ADJECTIVES

Yılmaz AZMAN

Adjectives describe nouns.

Adjective + noun It’s a nice day today.

Ann has got blue eyes. There is a very old mosque in this

town. Do you like Italian food? İstanbul is a very large city. I don’t love yellow roses. Rahmi Koç is a very rich man.

be (am/is/are/was/were) + adjective

• This student is intelligent.• The weather is nice today.• Those flowers are beautiful.• I am hungry.• The film was boring.• Our house is large.

Look / feel / smell / taste / sound + adjective

feels He is tired. looks

look They are angry. sound

smells It is good. tastes

Complete the sentences with the adjectives in the box.

• Mike Tyson is ____ .• A knife is _______ . • Mustafa Sandal ________ .• An ox is ___________ .• The sun is ___________ .

bright dangerous strong high friendly noisy big popular sharp famous

sharp

famous

dangerous

bright

strong

• Football is __________ .

• Dogs are ___________ .

• A whale is ________ .

• Cities are __________ .

• Mount Everest is ___________ .

popular

friendly

big

noisy

high

Choose the opposite of the words from the box.

heavyquiet

beautifulsoft

easynarrow

cheap

beautiful

easydry

much

dangerous

oldcold

bad

nearboring

shallow

short