ADJECTIVES

words used to describe

persons, places, things, animals and events

aDJECTIVEScan describe color, size, shape, taste, texture, number, order

COLOR ADJECTIVES•white, black, red, blue, yellow, green...

•dark, light, dim

COLOR ADJECTIVESThe mango is color yellow.

The clouds are grey.

COLOR ADJECTIVESMy rubber shoes are blue.

It is dark outside.

COLOR ADJECTIVESCan you give two more examples of color adjectives?

SIZE ADJECTIVESsmall, big, tall, short, long, tiny, huge, vast, gigantic

SIZE ADJECTIVESWe have a tall malunggay tree in our yard.

I have a big bed.

SIZE ADJECTIVESI have a fat cat.

The elephant is huge.

SHAPE ADJECTIVES•circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, diamond...

•round, conical, triangular, rectangular

SHAPE ADJECTIVESThe pillow is round.

The cellphone is rectangular in shape.

TASTE ADJECTIVES• sweet, salty, sour, spicy

• delicious, yummy

TASTE ADJECTIVESThe banana is delicious.

The cake is sweet.

TASTE ADJECTIVESVinegar is sour.

Korean noodles are spicy.

TEXTURE ADJECTIVESrough, smooth, hard, soft, gritty, coarse, fine

TEXTURE ADJECTIVESPillows are soft.

Her face is smooth.

Sand is rough.

Number ADJECTIVESone, two, three, four, five, six... one hundred, one hundred one... one thousand

Number ADJECTIVESI have ten fingers.

The rainbow has seven colors.

Number ADJECTIVESThe army has ten thousand soldiers.

The Philippines has three major island groups.

ORDER ADJECTIVES• first, second, third, fourth, fifth...

•beginning, end, last, next

ORDER ADJECTIVESAnna finished first in the marathon.

Cindy is the last to go home.

ORDER ADJECTIVESKyle is the second son.

Margaret is third in class ranking.

KIND ADJECTIVES• good, bad, happy, angry, sad, surprised

• only, strong, weak

KIND ADJECTIVESAlexis is a good boy.

Kim is strong.

Muning is a happy cat.

ADJECTIVES

LIMITING ADJECTIVES

vs

DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES

LIMITING ADJECTIVES

- number, scale, weight, volume

LIMITING ADJECTIVES

• one, two three, four

• kilo, dozen, meters, millimeters, kilometers, liters, gallons, ounces

LIMITING ADJECTIVES

three kings

one dozen

a kilo

two kilos

LIMITING ADJECTIVES

five gallons

three kilometers

one liter

four ounces

DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES

- kind, shape, texture, taste, color, odor

DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES

tall trees

good boy

long dress

beautiful garden

DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES

smooth skin

delicious food

red balloon

dark clouds

COMPARINGADJECTIVES

positive

comparative

superlative

POSITIVE ADJECTIVE

describes one noun or one group of nouns

POSITIVE ADJECTIVEgood dog

tall tree

smart student

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE

compares TWO nouns

formed by adding -er to the adjective

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVEtall + er = taller

sweet + er = sweeter

big + (g)er = bigger

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE

healthy + (i)er = healthier

busy + (i)er = busier

funny + (i)er = funnier

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVEChoo-choo is a better dog than Brownie.

The mango tree is taller than the banana tree.

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE

when you cannot use the -er form, you can use the word "more"

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVEmore fun

more beautiful

more intelligent

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVEcompares THREE OR MORE nouns

formed by adding -est to the adjective

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVEtall + est = tallest

sweet + est = sweetest

big + (g)est = biggest

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE

healthy + (i)est = healthiest

busy + (i)est = busiest

funny + (i)est = funniest

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVEMarley is the best dog ever.

The Narra tree is the tallest among the group of trees.

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE

when you cannot use the -est form, you can use the word "most"

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVEmost fun

most beautiful

most intelligent

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