Kenji: Describe the team! Sofía is a smart designer and a fast worker.
Sofía: Kenji is a friendly student with big questions.
Ben: And I am a funny photographer! ...Why is everybody quiet?
Abuela Carmen: You are a good boy, Ben. And I am an old woman with strong opinions.
Common mistake: “They are students talls.” — Correct: “They are tall students.”
Adjectives describe people and things — in English they go BEFORE the noun and never take a plural: tall students, not 'students talls'.
Adjective rules
Rule
Correct
Wrong
Before the noun
a beautiful city
a city beautiful ✗
No plural
tall students
talls students ✗
After the verb 'to be'
She is smart
—
Article + adjective + noun
a funny photographer
funny a photographer ✗
Two adjectives
a small old house
—
🦒 tall — alto
📏 short — bajo / corto
🤝 friendly — amigable
😄 funny — gracioso
🧠 smart — inteligente
🌸 beautiful — hermoso
👴 old — viejo
👶 young — joven
🐘 big — grande
🐜 small — pequeño
⚡ fast — rápido
💪 strong — fuerte
Sofía is a smart designer.
They are tall students.
Medellín is a beautiful city.
Abuela Carmen is old, but she is very strong.
Ben isn't a fast runner.
The test isn't difficult; it's easy.
They aren't old houses; they are new.
Is your city big or small?
Is Kenji a friendly person?
Are your friends funny?
Is she smart? Yes, she is.
Are they tall? No, they aren't.
Is the dog friendly? Yes, it is.
Practice
Medellín is a ___ city. (beautiful, beautifully, beauty)
They are ___ students. (talls, tall, the tall)
The opposite of 'big' is ___. (strong, short, small)
In English, adjectives go before the noun: 'a smart designer'.
Adjectives take -s in plural: 'funnies friends'.
Abuela Carmen is old, but she is very ___ (fuerte).
Kenji is a ___ (amigable) person.
My grandfather is ___ (viejo), and my baby sister is young.
Unscramble: Sofía, is, a, smart, designer
Unscramble: is, your, city, big, or, small
Find the mistake: They are students talls.
Find the mistake: She has a car fast.
Find the mistake: My friends are funnies.
Ben is a fast runner. — Write the negative form.
Kenji is a friendly person. — Write the yes/no question.
Is she smart? — Answer with a short answer (Yes).
The house is big. — Write the opposite (use 'small').
They aren't tall. — Write the affirmative form.
Are your friends funny? (short answer)
Is an ant big? (short answer, No)
Listening
Sofía: Kenji, describe your family!
Kenji: My father is tall and quiet. My mother is small and very smart.
Ben: And your grandmother?
Kenji: She is old and funny — like Abuela Carmen, but with a small dog.
Abuela Carmen: A small dog? I have a big kitchen. That is better.
Sofía: Different countries, same grandmothers: strong and funny.
Reading
Welcome to the team! Sofía is a young designer from Medellín. She is smart, fast, and very organized. Ben is a tall photographer from London. He is friendly and funny, but he is a little clumsy — it's part of his charm. Kenji is a curious student from Japan. He is quiet at first, but he asks big questions. And Abuela Carmen? She is an old woman with a young heart, a big kitchen, and the best arepas in the neighborhood.