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Adjectives: Describing Our World

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Adjectives: Describing Our World

🔍 Part 1: Identifying and Upgrading Adjectives

1. Circle the adjectives in each sentence:

a) The small kiwi bird hid under the green fern.

b) Our old school has a beautiful garden with native plants.

c) The excited children watched the amazing rugby match.

2. Replace these weak adjectives with stronger ones. Choose from the word bank:

Word Bank: enormous, freezing, ancient, brilliant, exhausted

a) The big kauri tree was over 1000 years old.

big → _____________ old → _____________

b) The cold wind made the tired trampers shiver.

cold → _____________ tired → _____________

c) The smart student solved the maths problem quickly.

smart → _____________

3. Which adjective is stronger? Circle your choice:

a)

hot or
scorching

b)

gigantic or
big

c)

good or
exceptional

d)

terrifying or
scary

✏️ Part 2: Sentence Improvement

4. Rewrite these sentences using stronger adjectives to make them more interesting:

a) The nice beach had soft sand.

b) We saw a big whale near the small boat.

c) The bad weather made the good picnic impossible.

5. Complete these sentences with strong adjectives that paint a clear picture:

a) The _____________ storm brought _____________ rain to Auckland.

b) Mount Cook looked _____________ against the _____________ blue sky.

c) The _____________ penguin waddled across the _____________ rocks.

🎨 Part 3: Creative Writing

6. Write a short paragraph (4-5 sentences) describing your favourite place in New Zealand. Use at least 5 strong adjectives to help your reader picture this place clearly. Underline each strong adjective you use.
7. Challenge: Can you think of three different strong adjectives to describe each of these New Zealand animals?

Tuatara: _____________, _____________, _____________

Tui: _____________, _____________, _____________

Weta: _____________, _____________, _____________

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