A Birthday Surprise

Elementary (A1-A2) 30 minutes
ESL adjectives of opinion worksheet preview for elementary A1-A2, unscrambling, categorising, gap-fill, binary choice, listing

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Gap-fill, Categorising, Ordering, Unscrambling, Binary Choice, Listing

In this productive adjectives of opinion worksheet, students build confidence using 14 common opinion adjectives to describe people, places and things...

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Gap-fill, Categorising, Ordering, Unscrambling, Binary Choice, Listing In this productive adjectives of opinion worksheet, students build confidence using 14 common opinion adjectives to describe people, places and things. First, students read a story and complete it with adjectives of opinion from a box. Students then categorise the opinion adjectives into adjectives that have a positive or negative meaning. Next, students put the story in order. After that, students read sentences and put letters in the correct order to spell opinion adjectives. Finally, students underline the correct adjective of opinion in each item and write two examples for each one.
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Can you guess?

Elementary (A1-A2) 35 minutes
ESL adjectives of opinion game worksheet for elementary A1-A2, gap-fill, guessing, asking and answering questions, group work

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Game - Vocabulary: Gap-fill, Guessing, Asking and Answering Questions - Group Work

In this free adjectives of opinion game, students practice adjectives of opinion by guessing their classmates' opinions from two clues. To begin, students write two things that are true for them for each...

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Game - Vocabulary: Gap-fill, Guessing, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Freer Practice - Group Work In this free adjectives of opinion game, students practice adjectives of opinion by guessing their classmates' opinions from two clues. To begin, students write two things that are true for them for each sentence, e.g. 'I think pizza and chocolate are great. In their groups, students then take turns choosing any sentence and reading out their two answers for the others to guess by saying, 'I think [answer 1] and [answer 2] are what?' e.g. 'I think pizza and chocolate are what? The other two students then race to guess the adjective. The first student to say the correct adjective scores one point. Students continue until everyone has used their ten completed sentences. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.
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My Guesses About You

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL adjectives of opinion game preview for elementary A1-A2, sentence completion, guessing, pair work

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Game - Vocabulary: Sentence Completion, Guessing - Pair Work

In this fun adjectives of opinion game, students try to predict their partner's opinions and find out how well they really know each other. Working alone, students begin by making guesses about...

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Game - Vocabulary: Sentence Completion, Guessing - Pair Work In this fun adjectives of opinion game, students try to predict their partner's opinions and find out how well they really know each other. Working alone, students begin by making guesses about their partner's opinions by completing sentences with the adjectives of opinion shown. Students then complete sentences about their own opinions using the opinion adjectives. Next, students take turns reading each sentence from Exercise A to their partner, who reads the corresponding sentence from Exercise B. If the adjective of opinion is the same, the student who made the guess puts a tick in the Correct column. The student with the most correct guesses at the end of the game wins.
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Bertha's Bad Bistro

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL adjectives of opinion worksheet for pre-intermediate A2, unscrambling, gap-fill, table completion, speaking activity

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Worksheet - Vocabulary and Reading Exercises: Unscrambling, Gap-fill - Speaking Activity

In this insightful adjectives of opinion worksheet, students practice common opinion adjectives and their opposites. First, students read a story and unscramble letters to create adjectives of opinion. Next...

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Worksheet - Vocabulary and Reading Exercises: Unscrambling, Gap-fill, Table Completion - Speaking Activity In this insightful adjectives of opinion worksheet, students practice common opinion adjectives and their opposites. First, students read a story and unscramble letters to create adjectives of opinion. Next, students write down the opposites of the opinion adjectives. Students then complete an email with adjectives of opinion from the previous exercises. Lastly, students rearrange words to create questions and then take it in turns to ask the questions to a partner, replying with adjectives of opinion.
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Opinion Adjectives Race

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL adjectives of opinion board game for pre-intermediate A2, forming sentences from prompts, freer practice, group work

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Board Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Forming Sentences, Freer Practice - Group Work

In this creative opinion adjectives board game, students practice making sentences with adjectives of opinion. Students take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the board. When a student...

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Board Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Forming Sentences from Prompts, Freer Practice - Group Work In this creative opinion adjectives board game, students practice making sentences with adjectives of opinion. Students take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the board. When a student lands on an adjective of opinion square, they make a sentence with the adjective. The other group members listen and judge the sentence. If it is grammatically correct and appropriate, the student writes the noun modified by the adjective of opinion in the square. For example, if a student landed on the adjective 'powerful', they might say, 'My car is very powerful.' Since 'powerful' modifies 'car', they write 'car' in the square using a coloured pen. The word 'car' then cannot be used with any adjective of opinion for the rest of the game, so each noun can only be used once. If the sentence is not correct, the student goes back two squares. When a student reaches the finish, the game ends. The student with the most nouns on the board wins the game.
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Up, Up and Away!

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL opinion adjectives worksheet for intermediate B1, binary choice, categorizing, gap-fill, pair work

ESL Opinion Adjectives Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Categorizing, Gap-fill - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work

Here is a useful adjectives of opinion worksheet for intermediate students. Students begin by reading a story and crossing out the non-opinion adjectives so...

ESL Opinion Adjectives Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Binary Choice, Categorizing, Gap-fill - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work Here is a useful adjectives of opinion worksheet for intermediate students. Students begin by reading a story and crossing out the non-opinion adjectives so that only opinion adjectives remain. Next, students categorise the adjectives of opinion from the story, according to whether they have a positive or negative meaning. Students then complete sentences with the opinion adjectives. After that, students complete conversation questions by underlining the correct opinion adjectives. Lastly, students take turns asking and answering the conversation questions with a partner.
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What's the adjective?

Intermediate (B1) 20 minutes
ESL opinion adjectives game worksheet for intermediate B1, matching, gap-fill, dominoes, pair work

ESL Opinion Adjectives Game - Vocabulary: Matching, Gap-fill - Pair Work

In this free adjectives of opinion game, students play dominoes by completing sentences with suitable opinion adjectives. The first player puts one of their dominoes down on either side of the domino on the table, matching a sentence...

ESL Opinion Adjectives Game - Vocabulary: Matching, Gap-fill - Pair Work In this free adjectives of opinion game, students play dominoes by completing sentences with suitable opinion adjectives. The first player puts one of their dominoes down on either side of the domino on the table, matching a sentence with a suitable opinion adjective or vice versa. The player then reads the completed sentence to the group. If the other players agree that the opinion adjective and sentence match, the domino remains in place. If not, the player takes back their domino. It is then the next student's turn to play. The first player to get rid of all their dominoes is the winner.
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Adjectives of Opinion Crossword

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL opinion adjectives crossword worksheet for upper-intermediate B2, writing clues, describing, guessing, pair work

ESL Opinion Adjectives Crossword - Vocabulary and Speaking Activity: Writing Clues, Describing, Guessing - Pair Work

In this rewarding adjectives of opinion speaking activity, students complete a crossword by describing and guessing opinion adjectives. In two groups, students invent and write down clues...

ESL Opinion Adjectives Crossword - Vocabulary and Speaking Activity: Writing Crossword Clues, Describing, Guessing - Pair Work In this rewarding adjectives of opinion speaking activity, students complete a crossword by describing and guessing opinion adjectives. In two groups, students invent and write down clues for the adjectives of opinion shown on their crossword. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group. Students then take it in turns to ask their partner for a clue to one of the missing adjectives of opinion on their crossword. Their partner reads out the clue for that adjective and the other student tries to guess what it is. If the student correctly guesses the opinion adjective, they write it on their crossword. If not, their partner continues to give more clues until they successfully guess the word. Finally, students check their answers and spelling by comparing crosswords.
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Opinion Adjectives Practice

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL adjectives of opinion worksheet for upper-intermediate B2, identifying, categorising, gap-fill, matching, sentence completion, pair work

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Worksheet - Vocabulary and Reading Exercises: Categorising, Gap-fill, Matching, Sentence Completion - Speaking Activity - Pair work

This comprehensive opinion adjectives worksheet helps students to identify and practice adjectives of opinion. To begin, students read a story and...

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Worksheet - Vocabulary and Reading Exercises: Identifying, Categorising, Gap-fill, Matching, Sentence Completion - Speaking Activity - Pair work This comprehensive opinion adjectives worksheet helps students to identify and practice adjectives of opinion. To begin, students read a story and underline all the opinion adjectives they can find. Next, students categorise the adjectives, according to whether they are positive, neutral, or negative. Students then complete sentence parts with the adjectives of opinion from Exercise A and match the sentence halves together. After that, students complete sentences that contain opinion adjectives with true information. Finally, students discuss their sentences with a partner and compare answers.
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Opinion Exchange

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL adjectives of opinion activity worksheet for upper-intermediate B2, completing, asking and answering, group and pair work

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Completing, Asking and Answering Questions - Group and Pair Work

In this engaging adjectives of opinion speaking activity, students complete, ask and answer conversation questions that contain commonly used adjectives of...

ESL Adjectives of Opinion Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Completing, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice - Group and Pair Work In this engaging adjectives of opinion speaking activity, students complete, ask and answer conversation questions that contain commonly used adjectives of opinion. First, in two groups, students complete conversation questions with suitable adjectives of opinion from a box. Students then pair up with someone from the other group and take turns asking the conversation questions to their partner, who responds accordingly. For the first question in each set, students include the corresponding adjective of opinion in their response. Afterwards, students share what they learned about their partner with the class.
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Understanding Adjectives of Opinion

Adjectives of opinion are words that express a personal judgment or evaluation about a noun, such as 'beautiful,' 'awful,' or 'impressive.' Students who cannot produce a range of these adjectives end up repeating the same few words like 'good' or 'bad,' which makes their writing and speaking feel limited and prevents them from communicating precise personal reactions.

This page covers adjectives of opinion from A1 to B2 level, with 10 activities spanning worksheets, pair games, group board games, and speaking activities, including two available as free downloads.

The table below shows common adjectives of opinion grouped by category, with examples of how they work in both attributive and predicative position.

CategoryOpinion AdjectiveAttributive UsePredicative Use
Positive beautiful 'a beautiful painting' 'The painting is beautiful.'
Positive brilliant 'a brilliant idea' 'The idea is brilliant.'
Positive delicious 'a delicious meal' 'The meal was delicious.'
Positive powerful 'a powerful speech' 'The speech was powerful.'
Neutral / Subjective fun 'a fun activity' 'The activity was fun.'
Neutral / Subjective impressive 'an impressive result' 'The result was impressive.'
Negative awful 'an awful experience' 'The experience was awful.'
Negative dull 'a dull film' 'The film was dull.'
Negative terrible 'a terrible service' 'The service was terrible.'

When to Use Adjectives of Opinion

Sharing personal taste in reviews or recommendations: Writers and speakers use opinion adjectives when they want a reader or listener to understand not just what something is but how they personally rate it, giving a review its distinctive point of view, as in 'The food was delicious but the service was terrible.'

Softening a negative judgment in polite conversation: Speakers reach for milder opinion adjectives when they want to express dissatisfaction without causing offence, choosing words that signal a personal view rather than a universal verdict, as in 'I found the film a bit dull, but I can see why some people enjoy it.'

Making a recommendation more persuasive: A well-chosen opinion adjective adds conviction to a recommendation by telling the listener exactly what quality stands out, making the suggestion feel personal and grounded rather than generic, as in 'It's a brilliant place to visit if you enjoy modern art.'

3-Step Framework for Teaching Adjectives of Opinion

1. Activate Through Personal Opinion: Start elementary students with a guessing game that puts personal opinions at the centre of every exchange. Each student writes three true examples for an adjective of opinion, then challenges the group with the prompt structure 'I think swimming, golf and tennis are what?' and classmates race to name the matching adjective. Because every answer is genuine, students quickly see that opinion adjectives describe real individual reactions, not neutral facts.

2. Build Accuracy Under Competitive Pressure: Move students to a board game where every sentence they produce gets judged by the group for accuracy and appropriateness. The scoring mechanic rewards precision: when a student lands on the adjective 'powerful' and says 'My car is very powerful,' they write the noun 'car' in the square using a colored pen, and that noun is then locked out for the rest of the game so each noun can only be used once. This forces students to think carefully about which nouns pair naturally with each opinion adjective.

3. Consolidate Through Sentence-Level Matching: Finish with a dominoes game where students must match sentence fragments to opinion adjectives that fit both grammatically and in meaning. After placing a domino, the player reads the completed sentence aloud, and the group decides whether the adjective and sentence genuinely match before the domino stays in play. The peer-judgment element means students articulate their reasons for accepting or rejecting a word choice, sharpening their awareness of how opinion adjectives signal different degrees of evaluation.

Common Mistakes with Adjectives of Opinion

Wrong adjective order: Students often place an opinion adjective after other descriptive adjectives such as size or colour, when opinion adjectives should come first in a noun phrase. Wrong: 'It was a red, beautiful car.' Correct: 'It was a beautiful red car.'

Using an adjective instead of an adverb after action verbs: Students often use an opinion adjective after an action verb when they need an adverb, because they have learned the adjective form but have not yet made the adjective/adverb distinction. Wrong: 'She danced beautiful at the show.' Correct: 'She danced beautifully at the show.'

Common Questions About Teaching Adjectives of Opinion

What is a fun game for practicing adjectives of opinion?

The game My Guesses About You turns guessing into a scoring challenge. Students complete sentences guessing a partner's opinions, then write their own. They read their guesses aloud while their partner reads the real answers. If the adjective matches, the guesser scores a tick, and the student with the most ticks wins.

What is a useful worksheet for teaching adjectives of opinion?

The worksheet Up, Up and Away! builds vocabulary recognition before moving students into conversation. Students read a story and cross out all non-opinion adjectives so only opinion adjectives remain, then categorize them by positive or negative meaning before completing conversation questions and discussing their answers with a partner.

What is a good speaking activity for adjectives of opinion?

Completing a question before asking it locks in controlled practice. The activity Opinion Exchange has two groups fill in conversation questions with opinion adjectives from a box, then pair up to ask and answer them. For the first question in each set, students must include the corresponding adjective in their response, then share what they learned with the class.

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