Descriptive: Adjectives for Class 1

 This Class 1 worksheet introduces learners to describing words (adjectives) focusing on size and colour. With tasks like sorting, circling, matching, multiple choice, and rewriting, children strengthen vocabulary while learning how adjectives make sentences clearer and more expressive. 
 

Why Describing Words Matter in Grammar? 

This worksheet helps children: 
1. Identify size adjectives like big, small, tall, short and colour adjectives like red, green, blue, black, white, yellow. 
2. Recognize how adjectives bring pictures and sentences to life. 
3. Correct mistakes by rewriting sentences with the right describing words. 
4. Build a foundation for confident grammar and writing. 
 

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

 This worksheet includes five activity formats: 

Exercise 1 – Sort the Words 
Students sort words into adjectives (big, round, red, tall) and not adjectives (cat, table, book, dog). 

Exercise 2 – Circle the Pictures 
Children circle the right picture for phrases like *A big ball, A small cat, A red apple, A blue car, A tall tree*. 

Exercise 3 – Match the Following 
Students match pictures with descriptions like *A red apple, A blue car, A tall tree, A small cat*. 

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Learners choose the correct adjective to complete sentences such as *The apple is red, The tree is tall, The cat is small*. 

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting 
Children rewrite incorrect sentences like *The banana is blue* → *The banana is yellow*. 

 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Sorting 
Adjectives: round, long, big, small, red, tall, black, pink, green, blue, orange 
Not Adjectives: cat, table, book, dog 

Exercise 2 – Circle the Pictures 
1. big ball – football 
2. small cat – kitten 
3. red apple – red apple 
4. blue car – blue car 
5. tall tree – tall tree 

Exercise 3 – Matching 
Apple → A red apple 
Football → A big ball 
Cat → A small cat 
Car → A blue car 
Tree → A tall tree 

Exercise 4 – MCQs 
1. The apple is red. 
2. The car is blue. 
3. The ball is round. 
4. The boy is short. 
5. The tree is tall. 
6. The leaf is green. 
7. The sun is yellow. 
8. The dog is black. 
9. The shirt is white. 
10. The cat is small. 

Exercise 5 – Corrected Sentences 
1. The banana is yellow. 
2. The ant is small. 
3. The earth is big. 
4. The sun is yellow. 
5. The sky is blue. 
6. The leaf is green. 
7. The mango is yellow. 
8. The tomato is red. 
9. The elephant is big. 
10. The snow is white. 

Build colourful and expressive grammar skills with describing words — a fun way for kids to make sentences lively! 

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