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Finish the Alphabet - Adjective Recognition

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This worksheet is perfect for children (K-5) ESL classes as well as beginner classes. The object of these worksheets is to help students begin recognizing the differences between nouns, adjectives and verbs.

The first sheet focuses on nouns, the second on adjectives and the third on verbs.

Adjectives are words that are used to describe people, places and things.

Look at these words. Circle each word that is an adjective (a word which describes a person, place or thing).

You can see the answers on the following answer page.

Find the Adjectives

bird sing woman need fruit
quail zealous come angry long
tree zip do insect knee
old ridiculous weak easy happy
inspect know Ohio violate zebra
wear grow jolly nice understand
quaint York Anna ugly dolphin
great Mary tough pretty qualify
railroad appear crazy fun Jack
read yummy Vermont city difficult
email George merry pretend London
beautiful interesting lose hear be
offer knitted feel hospital meet
yearn nut sky violent pet
Ursula super think evaluate jump

Write the noun beginning with each of the following letters from the list.

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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
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W
Y
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