Adjectives Matching

1st Grade ELAGrammar and Language5 pages

About this worksheet

Two matching tasks and a sentence make up this 5-page 1st grade adjectives sheet. First, students draw lines from fluffy, tall, cold, round and bright to pictures of a kitten, a giraffe, an ice cream cone, a ball and the sun. Then they write letters to pair sticky, loud, sharp, heavy and sweet with pancake syrup, a beating drum, a pointy pencil, a gray rock and a candy bar. The last task is one sentence that uses a pair. It fits Common Core L.1.1f and L.1.5b, and the answer key lists every match.

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Curriculum objectives covered

L.1.1f

โ€œUse frequently occurring adjectives.โ€

Ten common adjectives, from fluffy to sweet, matched to pictures and nouns, then used in a sentence.

L.1.5b

โ€œDefine words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).โ€

The letter match defines each noun by a key attribute, such as syrup that is sticky and a rock that is heavy.

What's inside this worksheet

Describing Words Matching Adjectives

Each adjective sits beside a picture that does not match it, one pair per row, over three pages. Students join each word to the right picture.

Adjective and noun letter match

Students write a letter, A to E, next to each adjective. Sticky and D (pancake syrup) is done as the example.

Write a sentence

Students pick one adjective and noun pair from the second task and write a full sentence.

Answer key

Both sets of matches, and an example sentence about a loud drum.

How teachers use it

Numbers, not lines

Lines are hard to draw because the five pictures run across three pages. Have students write the adjective number next to each picture instead.

Explain the example

Show why sticky goes with syrup. Students who get the reason usually finish the letter match alone.

Early finishers

Ask fast finishers for a second adjective for each noun, like hard for the rock or cold for the syrup.

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