Strong Adjectives Synonyms Activity ESL
ESL adjective matching cards pair 40 everyday words with stronger synonyms, such as angry with furious and cold with freezing, and a final page asks students to write their own sentences.

- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ESL, Language Development, English
- Topic
- Adjectives, Grammar
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
From the author
About this resource
Are your ESL students struggling with learning new words and synonyms? Have them practise learning with these adjectives worksheets.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Choose a stronger synonym to replace an everyday adjective
Teaching tips
Cards are cut apart and mixed before matching, so students sort a shuffled set rather than read pairs off a list.
Skills covered
Synonym matching — pairing each base adjective card with its stronger counterpart
Sentence writing — using the adjectives in original sentences
No reviews yet
Downloaded this resource? Tell other teachers how it went.
Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Adjectives
Synonyms
Word choice
Topics
Explore more
Categories this resource belongs to
Explore related searches
More to explore













