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Descriptive Adjectives List

List of Adjectives Describing Appearance	List of Adjectives Describing Personality	List of Adjectives Describing Feelings
Adorable	Aggressive	Afraid
Attractive	Ambitious	Angry
Alluring	Amused	Anxious
Beautiful	Brave	Bad
Bewildered	Bright	Bored
Boorish	Barbarous	Berserk
Confident	Cruel	Calm
Cheerful	Combative	Confused
Cultured	Co-operative	Comfortable
Clumsy	Cowardly	Creepy
Drab	Dangerous	Depressed
Dull	Diligent	Disturbed
Dynamic	Determined	Dominating
Disillusioned	Disagreeable	Deceitful
Elegant	Evil	Envious
Energetic	Erratic	Elated
Fair	Frank	Faithful
Filthy	Fearless	Fine
Gentle	Generous	Good
Glamorous	Gifted	Grieving
Handsome	Helpful	Horrible
Homely	Harmonious	Happy
Hurt	Hesitant	Hungry
Ill-mannered	Instinctive	Ill
Jolly	Jealous	Jovial
Kind-hearted	Knowledgeable	Kind
Lovely	Loner	Lively
Magnificent	Mysterious	Mature
Nervous	Naughty	Nice
Pleasant	Pleasing	Proud
Perfect	Placid	Peaceful
Plucky	Punctual	Protective
Smiling	Successful	Sorrowful
Splendid	Sedate	Silly
Self-assured	Sincere	Somber
Snobbish	Selfish	Sore
Thoughtful	Talented	Tired
Tense	Thrifty	Troubled
Timid	Truculent	Testy
Upset	Unbiased	Unwell
Vivacious	Voracious	Vengeful
Wonderful	Witty	Wicked
Worried	Wise	Weary
Wild	Warm	Wrong
Zaftig	Zany	Zestful
e.g. What an adorable baby!	e.g. He was a brave knight.	e.g. She was in a jovial mood.

Following is a list of adjectives that describe shape, sound, size, time and quantity.

List of Adjectives Describing Shape	List of Adjectives Describing Size	List of Adjectives Describing Time	List of Adjectives Describing Quantity
Broad	Big	Ancient	Abundant
Crooked	Colossal	Annual	Bountiful
Circular	Great	Brief	Cumbersome
Distorted	Gigantic	Early	Empty
Flat	Huge	Fast	Extra
Hollow	Large	Late	Few
Narrow	Miniature	Modern	Heavy
Round	Mammoth	Old	Myriad
Square	Petite	Rapid	Many
Skinny	Tall	Swift	Multiple
Steep	Thin	Slow	Numerous
Wide	Tiny	Young	Substantial
e.g. A skinny boy	e.g. A miniature train	e.g. An ancient manuscript	e.g. Myriad stars

The following are lists of descriptive adjectives that describe sound, taste, touch and color.

List of Adjectives Describing Sound	List of Adjectives Describing Taste	List of Adjectives Describing Touch	List of Adjectives Describing Color
Blaring	Bitter	Hard	Azure
Cooing	Delicious	Loose	Aqua
Deafening	Fresh	Rough	Blue
Loud	Hot	Smooth	Black
Melancholic	Icy	Slippery	Crimson
Noisy	Juicy	Sticky	Cyan
Soft	Spicy	Sharp	Gold
Shrill	Sweet	Scattered	Green
Squeaking	Sour	Soft	Magenta
Silent	Salty	Tender	Orange
Thundering	Tasty	Uneven	Pink
Whispering	Tasteless	Wet	Turquoise
e.g. Blaring loudspeaker	e.g. Delicious pastry	e.g. Rough surface	e.g. Green diamond

links to grammar worksheets

http://www.grammar.cl/Notes.htm

verbs - spelling rules

The spelling for the verb in the third person differs depending on the ending of that verb:

1. For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person.

• go – goes
• catch – catches
• wash – washes
• kiss – kisses
• fix – fixes
• buzz – buzzes

2. For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add -IES.

• marry – marries
• study – studies
• carry – carries
• worry – worries

NOTE: For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just add -S.

• play – plays
• enjoy – enjoys
• say – says

simple present tense - grammar rules

The simple present tense in English is used to describe an action that is regular, true or normal.

We use the present tense:

1. For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.

• I take the train to the office.
• The train to Berlin leaves every hour.
• John sleeps eight hours every night during the week.

2. For facts.

• The President of The USA lives in The White House.
• A dog has four legs.
• We come from Switzerland.

3. For habits.

• I get up early every day.
• Carol brushes her teeth twice a day.
• They travel to their country house every weekend.

4. For things that are always / generally true.

• It rains a lot in winter.
• The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace.
• They speak English at work.

present progressive or continuous tense - grammar rules

We use the present progressive tense:

1. When somebody is doing something at this moment.

• Sarah is changing her clothes right now.
• Her boyfriend is waiting for her.
• We are learning the progressive tense in English.

2. When something is happening at this moment. When the action has started but hasn't finished.

• It is snowing at the moment.
• The economy is growing at an exponential rate.
• The children are sleeping, so please be quiet.

3. To talk about something that is happening around the time of speaking but not necessarily at that exact moment.

• Alfredo is studying a lot for his exam.
• I'm reading a great book. (not necessary right at this moment)
• We are planning a trip to Jamaica.

present vs present continuous worksheet

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the simple present or
present continuous tense. You can use some of the verbs from the box more than
once.  



buy stand              carry take                    cost travel                 do use
go visit                 like watch                      miss work                  play



1 My brother __________________________ this CD very much.
2 He __________________________ in China this summer.
3 We __________________________ to lunch now. Would you like to
join us?
4 We always __________________________ Grandma on Sundays.
5 In this photo, we __________________________ volleyball on the beach.
6 I __________________________ tennis every day.
7 My father can’t come to the phone now. He __________________________ a shower.
8 My father __________________________ as an accountant in a big company.
9 I think this pen __________________________ HK$8.
10 I can’t play online games now. My brother __________________________ the computer to do
his homework.
11 A: ______________ you ___________________ your homework now?
B: Yes, I __________________________.
12 This photo was taken when I was three. My father __________________________ me on his
shoulders.
13 People ______________ always ___________________ new mobile phones.
14 Can you see Anna? She __________________________ at the bus stop.
15 ______________ you still ___________________ TV?
16 A: ______________ they _________________ to Ocean Park on Sunday?
B: No, they __________________________.
17 She often __________________________ class because of illness.
18 A: ______________ you _________________ Kelly Chan’s songs?
B: Yes, I ______________, but my brother _________________.