Compound Adjectives Worksheets
Compound adjectives can make writing more descriptive, colorful, and engaging. They can serve as a mighty team when describing characters, objects, or places in stories. For example, “wide-eyed,” “rainbow-colored,” and “ill-fated” are all compound adjectives. Compound adjectives are often seen when they appear as an adjective paired with a noun, as is “short-term,” “long-term,” and “long-distance.” Read on to learn more and find some helpful compound adjectives worksheets!
To create a compound adjective, speakers or writers must combine two or more words to describe a noun. There are many, many combinations that allow writers to create compound adjectives. One popular combination includes an adjective and past participle (the form of a verb that ends in -ed), as in “old-fashioned” and “short-lived.” A second combination includes an adjective and a present participle. For instance, in “yummy-smelling cookies” or “super-exciting roller coaster.” There are many combinations of word types that can be used to create compound adjectives that provide stories with more interesting and engaging descriptors.
Compound Adjectives Worksheets
Read through each sentence and underline or highlight the compound adjectives.
Students will be asked to read each sentence and rewrite them to include a compound adjective.
Practice identifying compound adjectives with this fun iSpy activity! Students will be asked to read each sentence, then cut and paste the magnifying glasses over each compound adjective.
Add a hyphen to each set of adjectives to make a compound adjective. For example, change "well and known" to "well-known".
In this printable activity, students will write a descriptive sentence using a compound adjective. Then, they will be asked to draw a picture for each sentence.
Here, students will rewrite the given sentences to include a compound adjective. Then, they will draw a picture for each sentence!
Practice identifying compound adjectives with this printable matching game! Students will draw a line from a word in the first column to a word in the second column to create a compound adjective.