Dynamite

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wise
joyful
 Table of Contents
Dynamite Descriptions
Sensory Words
Adding Adjectives: Taste
Adding Adjectives: Touch
Adding Adjectives: Sight
Adding Adjectives: Sound
Adding Adjectives: Smell
Fun Adjectives
Adjectives Maze
Home Run Adjectives
Friendly Adjectives
Complimentary Adjective Jumble
Adjectives Word Search
Adjectives All About Me
Adjective Acrostics
Sentence Dress-Up
Adding Details With Adjectives
Adjective Crossword Puzzle
Adjective Word Scramble
Silly Story
Hyperbole 101
Captain Hyperbole
Your Exciting Time

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 Sensory Words
Good writers use sensory words, which describe something according to one or more
of the five senses—how something tastes, smells, feels, sounds, or looks.
DIRECTIONS:
Sort each sensory word according to the sense to which it relates and write it on the correct list.

bitter bright cloudy fishy flowery hard loud

glowing pretty quiet rotten salty

silent slimy smooth soft sour stinky sweet

Taste Touch

_______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________

Sight Sound Smell

_____________________ _____________________ _____________________

_____________________ _____________________ _____________________

_____________________ _____________________ _____________________

_____________________ _____________________ _____________________

_____________________ _____________________ _____________________

 Adding Adjectives: Taste
DIRECTIONS:
Choose adjectives from the box to complete the sentences. Then describe the items at the bottom
of the page using adjectives.
EXAMPLE:
My aunt made a yummy cake.

bitter cold creamy crispy greasy hot juicy

rotten salty sour spicy sweet tasty warm

1. The lion ate some __________________________ meat.

2. The butter was __________________________.

3. The __________________________ milk made Sam choke.

4. I had a __________________________ sandwich for lunch.

5. The insects liked to eat the __________________________ vegetables.

6. The cook made a __________________________ dish for the king.

7. We never have __________________________ fruit for dinner.

8. I finished my _____________ popcorn and then drank a ______________ drink.

9. Our tacos were ________________________ and __________________________.

10. Leah didn’t like the ________________ pie because it was _________________.

Write an adjective to describe each noun.

11. ___________ apple 12. ___________ chocolate 13. ___________ eggs

14. ___________ pizza 15. ___________ cheese 16. ___________ soda

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 Adding Adjectives: Touch
DIRECTIONS:
Choose an adjective from the box to complete each sentence.

EXAMPLE:
We went into the cool room.

bumpy cold dry fuzzy hard hot silky slimy

smooth soft squishy sticky warm wet

1. Todd fell into the __________________________ mud.

2. The sidewalk is __________________________ in the summer.

3. Katie will wear her __________________________ dress to the party.

4. My dog’s nose is __________________________.

5. The __________________________ kittens played with the toy.

6. Her hands were __________________________.

7. The __________________________ bear climbed a tree.

8. After it rains, I like to play in the _________________ and _____________________ garden.

9. My favorite blanket is _______________________ and ______________________.

10. We walked on the _____________________ and _______________________ ice.

Write an adjective to describe each noun.

11. ___________ sand 12. ___________ frog 13. ___________ wind

14. ___________ cloth 15. ___________ chair 16. ___________ floor

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 Adding Adjectives: Sight
DIRECTIONS:
Choose an adjective from the box to complete each sentence.

EXAMPLE:
The volcano was covered in black smoke.

bright brown clean cracked curly dark dirty dusty

pink pretty large long short small smiling ugly

1. The __________________________ dog needed a bath.

2. John gave me a __________________________ glass.

3. My __________________________ sister drove the car.

4. Sarah saw a __________________________ elephant at the zoo.

5. The boy looked through the __________________________ window.

6. I bought a __________________________ flower at the store.

7. A __________________________ light shone far away.

8. Jane has __________________________ and _________________________ hair.

9. The ________________________ pig lived in a _______________________ pen.

10. The _______________________ cowboy rode a ______________________ horse.

Write an adjective to describe each noun.

11. ___________ cup 12. ___________ cat 13. ___________ truck

14. ___________ house 15. ___________ ball 16. ___________ tree

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 Adding Adjectives: Sound
DIRECTIONS:
Complete complete each sentence by writing in an adjective. Use the word bank to help you.

EXAMPLE:
She petted the purring kitten.

banging booming buzzing crashing howling hushed quiet

creaky loud popping ringing screaming silent squeaky

1. A __________________________ wind blew through the field.

2. We visited the __________________________ town.

3. The __________________________ ghost went down the hall.

4. Nell answered the __________________________ telephone.

5. The __________________________ insect flew out of the house.

6. Carl closed the __________________________ door.

7. The __________________________ children wanted more cake.

8. We heard the _____________________ waves and ____________________ thunder during the storm.

9. The __________________________ and __________________________ night scared them.

10. The carnival had _____________________ and ___________________ fireworks on the holiday.

Write an adjective to describe each noun.

11. ___________ bells 12. ___________ baby 13. ___________ window

14. ___________ wolf 15. ___________ clock 16. ___________ pan

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 Adding Adjectives: Smell
DIRECTIONS:
Complete each sentence by writing adjectives. Use the word bank to help you. Think about which
adjectives work best for each sentence. There may be more than one.
EXAMPLE:
The perfumed poodle won the prize.

burnt earthy fishy flowery fresh fruity lemony

musty rotten smoky sour stinky sweet sweaty

1. Joe took out the __________________________ trash.

2. The __________________________ soccer player walked home.

3. We climbed into the __________________________ attic.

4. The air at the beach was __________________________ .

5. The farmer picked the __________________________ carrots.

6. Her __________________________ perfume filled the room.

7. The wind blew a __________________________ smell into the yard.

8. The ______________________ and _______________________ trees were a nice place for a picnic.

9. The closet was full of _____________________ and __________________ clothes.

10. Zack’s __________________________ and __________________________ feet were on my chair.

Write an adjective to describe each noun.

11. ___________ bread 12. ___________ roses 13. ___________ potatoes

14. ___________ pig 15. ___________ house 16. ___________ garden

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 An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

EXAMPLE:
ey was excited to go to the party.
Jeffrey

The word excited is an adjective. It describes the noun, Jeffrey.

DIRECTIONS:
In each sentence, circle the adjective that describes the underlined noun.
1. The sly cheetah was able to sneak around the hyena.

2. The cute teddy bear was given to the winner of the game.

3. Ruth wanted to get out of the boring movie.

4. Jim was unexpected, but there was plenty of room at the table for him.

5. Cold weather
eather is the best time to drink cocoa.

6. We fill the vases with blooming flowers from our garden.

7. Mary walked quickly to the nearby park

park.

DIRECTIONS:
Circle the adjective in each sentence. Underline the noun that it describes.
8. Simon made yummy cookies last night.

9. During sunset at the beach, the sky is colorful.

10. William is the quickest of all the runners.

11. The puppy on the left is smaller than the one on the right.

12. Paul and Timmy stayed away from the dangerous side of the mountain.

13. The salsa we had yesterday was spicy.

14. Our garden has green insects that eat plants.

 Adjectives Maze
Find a matching adjective for each noun in the maze. Use different colors to make each path.

ghost fire

candy

sweet

smooth

glass

hot spooky

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 Home Run Adjectives
DIRECTIONS:
Circle the adjective in each sentence. Underline the noun that it describes.

EXAMPLE:
The white ball flew over the fence.
In this example, the word “white” is an adjective. It describes the noun, “ball.”
Note: There may be more than one adjective in a sentence.

1. We went to an exciting baseball game on Saturday.

2. The stadium was filled with happy fans.

3. The stadium was so large we had a hard time finding our seats.

4. Once we found our seats, we ordered delicious hot dogs.

5. The hot dogs were so hot they burned our mouths.

6. To cool our mouths down we ordered some ice-cold lemonade.

7. By the time we finished our tasty lemonade the game had started.

8. To the left and right of us, fans were eager for the first pitch of the game.

9. As the game went on the noisy fans never calmed down.

10. The players were just as happy about the game as the fans were.

11. I have never experienced such a lively game in my life.

12. My favorite part of the game was the foul ball that I caught with my old glove.

13. My dad bought me fluffy cotton candy to celebrate my great catch.

14. That game was one of the best baseball games I ever saw.
 Friendly Adjectives
DIRECTIONS:
Circle the adjective in each sentence. Underline the noun that it describes.

EXAMPLE:
The joyful children had fun at the park.
In this example, the word “joyful” is an adjective. It describes the noun, “children.”
Note: There may be more than one correct answer.

1. Rusty and Lola went to the big park to play.

2. Lola decided she was going to push Rusty on the swing even though it was heavy.

3. Rusty was delighted with how high he was swinging.

4. He became bored with the swinging and wanted to do something else.

5. Lola was quick to stop the fast swing so they could go play some more.

6. They decided to climb the giant play area to the very top.

7. At the top of the play area they could see active children all around them.

8. Lola and Rusty where anxious to get down to play with the friends they saw.

9. The two found their funny friend, Billy, playing soccer.

10. Rusty, Lola and Billy passed the round ball between each other.

11. Rusty gave the ball a hard kick and it went flying through the air.

12. The ball landed on the other side of a tall fence where they could not reach it.

13. Luckily, a helpful adult was there to throw the ball back
so they could continue to play.

14. When it was time to go home the three kids were exhausted from their active day.
 Complimentary Adjective Jumble
Complimentary adjectives are used to describe something positive
about a person, place or thing.
DIRECTIONS:
Find complimentary adjectives from the word bank for the following sentences.

helpful artistic successful

brave joyful powerful wise
heroic brilliant gentle stylish

1. The ___________________ 4. The ___________

owl helped the small bird. soldier jumped
from the plane.

5. The ______________
2. The ______________ puppy man painted the
was always smiling. Mona Lisa.

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1

3. The ________________
6. The _________________ kitten
baker sold a lot of bread.
liked to have his head scratched.

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 Adjectives Word Search
Find each adjective from the list in the puzzle grid.

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

BEAUTIFUL HOT QUIET SOUR SWEET

COLD LOUD ROUGH SQUEEKY UGLY

FLAT PURPLE SOFT STINKY YELLOW

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 Adjectives All About ME
Underline the adjectives that best describe you.
sunny serious
quiet sad funny loud tall
friendly short

DIRECTIONS:

Unscramble the adjectives. Then circle the adjectives that best describe your
style of clothes.

tirbgh _______________________
trendy baggy
ggbay _______________________ great dressy

clusaa _______________________ bright casual

nyetrd _______________________

tagre ________________________

ydsers _______________________

Fill in the blanks using an adjective that describes you.

My closet is full of ___________________________ clothes.

Today, I am wearing a ___________________________ shirt.

My family thinks I’m ___________________________ .

I have ___________________________ hair.

I have ___________________________ eyes.

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 Adjective Acrostics
Acrostics are poems where the letters of one main word serve as the beginning letters for
other words that describe the main word. For this exercise, vertically write the names of two
people you know, then use the letters of their names to find adjectives that describe them
perfectly. Then write one about yourself!

EXAMPLE:
For someone named Erin: For someone you know:

Entertaining
ntertaining
Regal
egal
Inventive
Nonchalant

For someone else you know: For yourself:

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 Sentence Dress-up
DIRECTIONS:
Read the sentences below. Then, use the list at the bottom to swap out a more
exciting adjective for the one underlined in the sentence.

The bride looked fancy in her wedding dress. _____________

The tree was bent. _____________

My dad has an old car. _____________

A big bear chased me all the way home. _____________

When the tree fell, it made a loud sound. _____________

Our new teacher is very nice. _____________

The clow n’s tricks were very funny. _____________

clown’

WORDS TO SWAP OUT

elegant agreeable

thundering
amusing

antiqu
gigantic e

crooked

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 Adding Details With Adjectives
You can make sentences more interesting by adding adjectives.
Think of an interesting adjective for each of the underlined nouns
in the sentences below. Write the adjective in the blank.

EXAMPLE:
The scared boy ran down the dark street .

1. I gave my ______________________
sister
sister ______________________ candy
candy.

2. The ______________________
monkey
monkey
ey climbed the ______________________ tree.

3. The ______________________
pirate found the ______________________ treasure.

4. Eva bought a ______________________

doll from the ____________________ store.

5. The ______________________
fireman rushed into the ___________________ house.

6. The ______________________
boys saw the ______________________ dogs
dogs.

7. He took the ___________________

road
oad that ran along the _________________ river.
er

8 The ______________________
apple was on the ______________________ plate
plate.
 Adjective Crossword Puzzle

1 2 3 4

6 7

9 10

11

12

13

14

ACROSS DOWN
1. Known by lots of people, like a celebrity 1. New and sweet, like a tasty fruit
3. Hard but brittle, like a tortilla chip 2. Thin
6. Water is liquid; ice is ________. 4. Beautiful
7. Completely quiet 5. Having a strong, unappealing smell
8. Wide 7. The opposite of weak
10. Old, bad-smelling, and moldy 9. Not sweet or sour
11. Covered in something wet, like a toad’s skin 12. The opposite of tight
12. The opposite of short
13. Full of good flavor
14. Wanting to know lots of answers

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 Adjective Word Scramble
adjective are marked with special symbols. Group those letters together. When you unscramble
those groups they will make adjectives to put in the sentence below.

TPYRET __ __ __ __ __ __
◆ ★
ENGRE __ __ __ __ __
★
IQEUT __ __ __ __ __
◆
LYEMLS __ __ __ __ __ __
★ ◆●
RADK __ __ __ __
★
ASEGRY __ __ __ __ __ __
★ ◆
OURS __ __ __ __
◆ ●
ODUL __ __ __ __
●
GNACRHIS __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
● ★ ◆

★ ◆ ●

The ____________________ dog drank the ____________ water

in the ___________________ yard.

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 Silly Story
Let’s write a silly story!
Write 10 adjectives below. They can be any adjectives you like.

1. _______________________________ 6. ______________________________

2. _______________________________ 7. ______________________________

3. _______________________________ 8. _______________________________

4. _______________________________ 9. ______________________________

5. _______________________________ 10. ______________________________

Now it’s time to finish the silly story. Write the adjectives above in the blank with the
same number. Then read your story all together. Is it silly?

My First Day at School

On my first day of school, I felt __________________. I walked into my ________________

1. 2.

classroom and saw my ____________________teacher. I sat in my __________________ desk

3. 4.

and took out the ______________________ book. There were __________________________

5. 6.

students in my class. They were writing with _______________________ pencils. We learned

7.

about _________________________ lions and _______________________ frogs.

8. 9.

I thought it was a _____________________ day!

10.

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 Hyperbole 101
A hyperbole is a figure of speech, an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
It’s usually used for emphasis or effect; to show a feeling, reaction or effort.

EXAMPLES:

I’m so tired I could sleep for a year.

My backpack weighs a ton.

She could play that song in her sleep.

COMPARISON:
I’m so tired I could sleep for a year.
In reality you would not actually sleep for a year. (That’s 8,760 hours!) But when you are
really tired? You can express that to someone by being descriptive.

My backpack weighs a ton.

One ton = 2,000 lbs. or about 907 kg.

Things that weigh one ton: a car

a really big bull
a Clydesdale horse
a tree

In this exagerration the person making the statement feels like their backpack is very heavy.

She could play that song in her sleep.

This one sounds more like it could be true; some people do walk and talk in their sleep
afterall. But, this statement is just expressing that the person playing the song has learned it
so well she has it memorized, or it is now easy for her to remember and play.

Now that you know more about hyperboles, try out some of your own!

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 t a in Hyperbole

H
Ca p !
The world is overflowing with plain sentences! Help Captain Hyperbole
bring excitement to your writing with the power of exaggeration.

DIRECTIONS:
Use the words in the box below to finish each of these
hyperbolic statements.

EXAMPLE:
My TV is older than the dinosaurs.

two seconds million stick forever eternity

mountain horse mile peanut thousand ton

The man was so hungry he could eat a ________________.

I have a ________________ things to do today.

Her brain is the size of a ________________ .

He is as skinny as a ________________ .

It took him ________________ to drive here.

“I told you this story a ________________ times!”

They’ve got a ________________ of money.

He had a ________________ of homework due the next day.

Her smile was so big, you could see it from a ________________ away!

I’ve been waiting in line for ________________ .

She lectured me for an ________________.

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 H
p t a in Hyperbole
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Make Writing Interesting!
The world is overflowing with plain sentences! Help Captain Hyperbole
bring excitement to your writing with the power of exaggeration.

DIRECTIONS:
Use the words in the box below to finish each of these
hyperbolic statements.

EXAMPLE:
The batter missed the ball by a mile.

billion world fly river wind

hundred buckets year ton moment

I am so happy I may ________________!

These books weigh a ________________

Carrie has been waiting for dinner for a ________________.

She had a ________________ questions for the teacher.

My mother told me a ________________ times to close the door.

The child cried a ________________ of tears.

He’ll be back in a ________________.

It’s raining ________________ outside.

The horse ran faster than the ________________.

David is the nicest person in the ________________.

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 Your Exciting Time
Think about an exciting time that you shared with a family member, such as going camping with Grandpa,
going to a concert with Mom, or visiting an amusement park with your cousin. Write your special moment on
the line.
My exciting moment is:____________________________________________________________________
Now draw a picture about your exciting moment. When you’ve finished your picture, go to the next page
to write about it.

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 Your Exciting Time: Write About It
It’s time to write about your exciting time. Remember the picture that you drew. Write some details about
your exciting moment in the box.
Tip: Try to create pictures in your mind of what you saw, smelled, touched, heard, tasted, or how you felt.
Then, use words to help the reader know how exciting it was!
Write a paragraph (or several sentences) about your exciting moment using the supporting details that
you wrote in the box.

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