Adjectives & Adverbs
A flexible series of standalone lessons that help learners build confidence in using descriptive language across a wide range of real-life contexts.
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Table of contents
What are Adjectives & Adverbs lessons?
Adjectives & Adverbs is a flexible series of standalone lessons that help learners build confidence
in using descriptive language across a wide range of real-life contexts. These lessons support
students in accurately describing people, places, emotions, and experiences, while also introducing
important grammar distinctions such as adjective order, comparative and superlative forms, and
the difference between adjectives and adverbs.
Lessons range from simple opposites and common –ed/–ing endings to more complex adverb
types and placement. The series provides scaffolded practice for describing objects, expressing
emotions, giving advice, comparing preferences, and more. Each lesson includes:
- High-interest themes like classroom objects, food, feelings, and everyday life
- Clear grammar explanations and examples for each target form
- Tasks that blend grammar development with communicative skills
Whether used individually or in sequence, these lessons offer meaningful grammar practice with
strong real-world relevance.
Target students
As general English lessons targeting a core language area, Adjectives & Adverbs is suitable for a
wide range of learners, especially those between upper beginner (CEFR A2, WIDA Emerging) and
pre-intermediate (CEFR B1, WIDA Developing) who need structured practice with descriptive
language. These lessons are ideal for introducing new language, filling in learning gaps, or
reinforcing prior knowledge. With a variety of everyday topics and productive writing and
speaking tasks, teachers can easily adapt these lessons to fit the needs of diverse students across
educational settings.
Key features
All Adjectives & Adverbs lessons feature:
- Easy-to-follow explanations: Language points are introduced in a logical and
easy-to-understand way with numerous relevant examples, meaning students can quickly
understand the target language rules. - Extensive practice: Throughout the lessons, students have regular opportunities to
practice the target language, developing both accuracy and fluency. - Productive activities: Lessons include relevant writing and speaking tasks, allowing
students to apply the target language in meaningful contexts.
Lesson Details & Links
The lesson name (with link), and objectives are listed below for a quick overview of each lesson. Click a lesson name to launch it directly from this article. To see a spreadsheet of all Off2Class lessons, click here.
| Lesson & Link | Objectives |
| A1.1 - Adjectives-Opposites - 1 | Introduce basic adjectives by using opposites, focus on simple adjectives (big/small, light/dark, young/old, fast/slow, clean/dirty, easy/difficult, new/old, short/tall, wet/dirty, good/bad, light/dark). ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Expressive Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships |
| A1.2 - Adjectives-Opposites - 2 | Introduce adjectives by using opposites, focus on some basic, and some less common adjectives (soft/hard, wide/narrow, clever/smart, strong/weak, safe/dangerous) ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA.9-12.Inform .Expressive Establish an objective or neutral stance |
| A1.3 - Adjectives-Opposites - 3 | Introduce adjectives by using opposites, focus on intermediate to advanced adjectives (ordinary/unusual, sharp/blunt, bright/dull) ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A1.4 - Adjectives-Ed-Ing - 4 | Use –ed and –ing adjectives to differentiate between similar looking adjectives in English. ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Interpretive Analyzing descriptions and inferences in textual evidence for key attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships ELD-LA.9-12.Narrate.Expressive Develop and describe characters and their relationships over a progression of experiences or events |
| A1.5 - Adjective-ed-ing-Quiz | Quiz review of A1.4 (adjectives ending in -ed and -ing) ELD-SI.4-12.Inform Summarize most important aspects of information ELD-LA.9-12.Narrate.Expressive Develop and describe characters and their relationships over a progression of experiences or events |
| A2.1 - Adjectives-Order-Before-Nouns - 1 | Introduce the structure of adjective before noun. Show that adjectives have no singular or plural form. ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Expressive Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships |
| A2.2 - Adjectives-Order-After-Verbs - 2 | Use adjectives after verbs (to be + with sensory verbs such as look, sound, smell). Use to feel + adjectives describing emotions (such as happy, sad, exhausted). ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Expressive Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships |
| A2.3 - Adjectives-Order-Opinion-vs-Fact - 3 | Use multiple adjectives before a noun. Define opinion adjectives and fact adjectives. introduce order of multiple fact adjectives (such as size before shape, age, etc.). ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A2.4 - Adjectives-Order-After-Get-And-Become - 4 | Review order of multiple fact adjectives (such as size preceding shape, age, etc..). Use to get and to become + adjective. Use, two adjectives coming after a verb (the man looks sad and lonely). ELD-SI.4-12.Inform Summarize most important aspects of information ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A3.1 - Adjectives-Comparatives-Basics - 1 | To use the comparative forms of an adjective, including spelling changes and the irregular forms: better, worse, further. To compare base adjectives and comparative adjectives. ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A3.2 - Adjectives-Comparatives-With-Than - 2 | Use the structure of comparative adjective + than. Use the structure of comparative adjective + than + object pronoun and comparative adjective + than + subject pronoun + verb. ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Expressive Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships |
| A3.3 - Adjectives-Comparatives-As-Adjective-As - 3 | To use the structure as + base adjective + as and compare to the structure comparatives adjective + than. ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Expressive Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships |
| A3.4 - Adjectives-Comparatives-With-Modifiers - 4 | Use the modifiers just/nearly/almost + as + adjective + as + noun (nearly as old as the city). Use, not as + adjective + as and less + adjective + than, with mono- and multi-syllable adjectives. ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A3.5 - Adjectives-Comparatives-With-Modifiers - 5 | To use modifiers: a lot, a bit, far, etc., in construct, modifier + comparative + than. To use repeating comparatives: the comparative, the comparative (he is getting taller and taller). ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Expressive Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships |
| A4.1 - Adjectives-Superlatives - 1 | Use the form of the superlative, including the irregular superlatives: best, worst, furthest Use the + superlative. Use the prepositions in and of with groups and periods of time. Use one of the + superlative + plural noun + preposition. ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A4.2 - Adjectives-Superlatives - 2 | Use, noun + to be + one of the + superlative + plural noun (he is one of the best painters). Practice all forms of comparatives and superlatives (review). ELD-SI.4-12.Inform Summarize most important aspects of information ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A5.1 - Adverbs - 1 | To introduce the form of adverbs. Introduce adverbs as used after verbs. ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Expressive Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships |
| A5.2 - Adverbs - 2 | Distinguish between adjectives and adverbs used after to be + sensory verbs (feel, like, etc.). Distinguish between well vs. good (adverb vs. adjective). To use, well + verb 3 to make adjectives (well-dressed). To use late/hard/fast as both adjectives + adverbs (and lately/hardly as different adverbs altogether). ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A5.3 - So-and-such - 1 | To introduce so and such with adjectives, adverbs, nouns and noun phrase. To demonstrate usage of not so and not such to avoid negative expressions in spoken English. To introduce so and such with many, much, little, few, etc. ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Expressive Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships |
| A5.4 - So-and-such-So-that-Such-as - 2 | To review so and such with adjectives, adverbs, nouns and noun phrases. To introduce so… that and such… that for cause and effect. To introduce so and such meaning like this. To use such as to introduce examples, but not comparisons. ELD-SI.4-12.Inform Summarize most important aspects of information ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A5.5 - Enough-and-Not-enough - 1 | To introduce enough and not enough with nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs. To introduce the structures enough + noun + infinitive of verb + something and enough + noun + for + something. To demonstrate enough as a pronoun. To introduce enough of and not enough of ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A5.6 - Enough-More-than-enough-Too-Too-many-Too-much - 2 | To review enough and not enough. To introduce more than enough. To introduce too and compare its use to more than enough. To demonstrate too much and too many before nouns and too much as an adverb. To practice positive and negative feelings using too, enough, etc. ELD-SI.4-12.Inform Summarize most important aspects of information ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A6.1 - Adverbs-of-Time- just-already-yet-still - 1 | To introduce adverbs of time that describe points in time and relationships in time. To introduce just, already, yet and still and to provide practice with these adverbs, especially with perfect tenses. ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Interpretive Analyzing descriptions and inferences in textual evidence for key attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A6.2 - Adverbs-of-Time-before-after-for-since - 2 | To introduce adverbs of time and adverbial expressions. To introduce before, beforehand, after, afterward, for and since in adverbial expressions, and provide practice with these adverbs and adverbial expressions ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
| A7.1 - Adverbs-of-Place-somewhere-home-near-nearby - 1 | To introduce adverbs of place such as abroad, anywhere, somewhere, nowhere, here, there, home, near, nearby, etc. To show how some of these words can be used as a preposition, adjective or adverb. To provide guidance on the position of adverbs in a phrase. ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Expressive Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships |
| A7.2 - Adverbs-of-Place-here-there-upward-downward - 2 | To introduce adverbs of place, especially those describing movement, such as forward, backward, upward, downward, northward, southward, etc. To introduce here and there, and various ways in which these adverbs are used To provide practice with adverbs of place which show movement ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-LA .9-12 .Inform .Expressive Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships |
| A8.1 - Adverbs-of-Manner-carefully-happily-late-fast - 1 | To introduce adverbs of manner, especially commonly used adverbs ending in –ly, such as carefully, loudly, quickly, happily, etc. To explain the position of these adverbs within a phrase, in particular with a verb taking a direct object, and where a preposition precedes the object of the verb. To introduce the adverbs late, fast, hard, well and badly, and explain their position within a phrase ELD-SI.4-12.Explain Generate and convey initial thinking ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning |
From 16 June 2025, the updated lessons appear together with the original Adjectives & Adverbs lessons in the drop-down menu in the Lesson Library. Both the updated lessons and the original lessons are available for a 4-week transition period. However, from 14 July 2025, the original lessons are no longer accessible.