What kind of word is an adjective? What do you use an adjective for?

Let's try something: 

1.How many words can you think of to describe something that is big/small/nice/bad/cold/hot?

2. Which of the following words could you use to describe a person?

cool      wooden     chocolatey    ancient    evil 

      round        golden     waxy     rough    

hilarious       dramatic        green     beautiful

      intelligent        rusty       chewy      kind


3. Which of the following words could you use to describe a tree?

kind           easy         evil         sharp
       rough          brown         green      leafy
enormous       tall       shiny       soaring    
      silly       gigantic         caring





4. Which of these words could you use to describe a building?  

 kind            thankful           wonderful         huge
         amazing             rough           soft    
rectangular            green            blue        golden
         shiny          straight        cold      delicious





Now with your partner, see if you can come up with a sentence using the following words: the first one is done for you.

a)    gigantic,     silly,       old  
A gigantic giant went to visit his silly old grandfather.  
b)    quick,        young,       amazing
c)     daft,        tiny,          green.    

Well done!