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ADJECTIVES

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What is an Adjective?

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An Adjective is a wordthat describes a noun

orpronoun.

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NAMETHENOUN

Strawberry

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TELLMEMOREABOUT

THENOUN

.

I ate a delicious strawberry.

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I have a playfulpuppy.

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She is a beautiful mermaid

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I saw a funny clown.

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Barney is a happy dinosaur.

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ADJECTIVES GIVEMANY

DIFFERENT KINDSOF

INFORMATION:Size: small, large, huge, tiny

Age: young, old, twenty-one

Shape: round, square, ovalColor: red, yellow, black

5 Senses ( see, feel, taste, hear, smell ): delicious,

wonderful, sour, loud, shiny, smoky, roaring

Temperature: hot, cold, humid,Appearance: beautiful, handsome

Personality: friendly, gentle, grumpy, sad

Nationality: American, German,. Mexican

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Coyote

sstartled the camper

s.

Noisy coyotesstartled the

sleepy campers.

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ADJECTIVES ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

WHAT KIND?

GREEN BACKPACK

STURDY TENT

SPICY FOOD

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WHICH ONE or ONES?

LAST HAMBURGER

EVERY TREE

THIRD HIKER

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How many or how much?

MANY INSECTS

LITTLE MOONLIGHT

TWO FLASHLIGHTS

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1. MINDY IS A GRAY CAT.

2. SHE DRINKS WATER FROM A

SMALLBOWL.

3. MINDY IS A

FRIENDLY PET.

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Listen to the song being

played a draw anABSTRACT piece of art

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck

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ABSTRACTART CONCRETEART

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ABSTRACTART CONCRETEART

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ABSTRACTART CONCRETEART

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Common Adjectives

Acommon adjective is an adjective that is not written with acapital letter. Most adjectives are common.

weird

scary

funny

ugly

Interesting

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ProperAdjectives

aproper adjective is an adjective that begins with a

capital letter.

TheCanadian prime minister

Italian food

Japanese robe

Mexican ruins

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Comparative andSuperlativeAdjectives andAdverbs

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Examples

Adjectives

large larger largest

The first apple is large.

The second apple is larger than the first.

The third apple is the largest of the three.

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Thejalopy is a fast car.

The racecar is the fastercar.

Thedragster is the fastest car.

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To makecomparative andsuperlative forms of

adjectives some rulesmust be followed.

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Rule 1

tall taller tallest

neat neater neatest

deep deeper deepest

To form the comparative or superlativeof one syllable words withmore than one vowel ORending

with more than one consonant at theadd -er OR -est.

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Rule 2

wide wider widest

fine finer finest

cute cuter cutest

To form the comparative orsuperlative of a one syllableword endingin e add -r OR -st.

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Rule 3

sad sadder saddest

big bigger biggest

fat fatter fattest

To form the comparative or superlative of a onesyllable word with one vowel and one consonantat the end double the consonant, and add -er OR -

est.

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Rule 4

happy happier happiest

jolly jollier jolliest

lazy lazier laziest

To form the comparative or superlative of a twosyllable word ending in y, change the y to i, then

add -erOR

-est.

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Rule 5

yellow yellower yellowest

gentle gentler gentlest

simple simpler simplest

To form the comparative or superlative of a twosyllable word ending a vowel-sound that is notstressed then add -er OR -est.

Adjectives ending in le, -ow, er frequently take erand est.