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What is an adjective?What is an adjective?

An adjective describes or modifies a noun by telling1) what kind,

2) how many, or3) which one.

The old boat sat on the purple whale.

One man fished from the boat.

That whale looks very tame.

Which one?

How many?

What kind?

Why are adjectives Why are adjectives awesome?awesome?

Adjectives are awesome because they give detail, provide specifics, and give readers the ability to mentally picture

an image.

THINK IMAGERY!!!!

There are special types of adjectives called

Articles

Demonstrative Adjectives

Comparative Adjectives

Superlative Adjectives

Articles

•A

•An

•The• They are called articles yet fit into the category

of adjectives, one of the eight parts of speech!

A• Use before words beginning with

a consonant sound.

• Use with singular nouns.

a cat

a key

a book

An• Use before words beginning with

a VOWEL sound.

an antelope an orange

an article

Demonstrative AdjectivesThese adjectives point out specific things.

• this• that• these• those

This, That

This boy is my friend.

I want this boy on my team.

That soccer ball belongs to me.

I bought that ball yesterday.

use with singular nounsanswers the question which one?

These, Those• use with plural nouns• answers the question which ones?

These people are working.

They are working on these problems.

Those books are on the table.

The boys used those books to help them.

Comparative Adjectives

• used to compare two nouns or pronouns.

• Add –er to the end of one syllable words.

• Add more to the beginning of multi-syllable words.

• NEVER use –er and more together.

Let’s try some comparatives!

• Joe is ______ than Bill.

• Bill works _______ than Joe.• This car is __________to drive than that one.

(tall)

(hard)

(difficult)

taller

harder

more difficult

Superlative Adjectives• Used to compare three or more nouns or

pronouns

• Add –est to the end of one syllable words.

• Add most to the beginning of multi-syllable words.

• NEVER use -est and most together.

Let’s try some superlatives!

• Mary has the ______ shirt.

• Mark is the _____ boy.

• They are the ________ children.

• Christy is the ________ girl I know.

(bright)

(tall)

(honest)

(helpful)

brightest

tallest

most honest

most helpful

Predicate Adjectives

• follow a linking verb

• refer back to the subject of the sentence

• more than one PA can modify the same noun

The woman’s hair color looked beautiful. S LV PA

The brown hues are elegant and soft.

ADJ’s

ADJ’s

DON’T FORGET: Predicate Adjectives….

• PA’s follow a linking verb and refer back to the noun or subject.

• They are called predicate adjectives yet fit the adjective category.

ADJECTIVES

brown

soulful

beach happy

Can you generate other adjectives for the pictures?

Find the adjectives.

The bald teacher handed out the white papers..

11

The laptop computer has a blue laptop computer has a blue screen and a black screen.screen and a black screen.

22

The big yellow yellow bus went down the wrong road..

33

The crazy plane will crash crazy plane will crash quicklyquickly..

44

55

That big bad dog frequently That big bad dog frequently chased the scared little boys chased the scared little boys up trees.up trees.

The young boy is very, very young boy is very, very plumpplump..

66

Mom and dad always help me with my English homework..

77

The friendly teacher likes to read The friendly teacher likes to read story books and talk a lotstory books and talk a lot..

88

The two doctors visited the sick patient at the community hospital..

99

The thin girl did The thin girl did not really not really like the green boy.like the green boy.

1010

The football team won the The football team won the big gamebig game easily easily!!

1111

TheThe little brown cat little brown cat sometimes has bad hair.sometimes has bad hair.

1212

The happy little green and The happy little green and yellow bug is smiling.yellow bug is smiling.

1313

Select the CORRECT adjectives.• Try this website • http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-

shl/quiz.pl/adjectives_quiz.htm

• Or what about this one • http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/

adjective/quiz219.html

ASSIGNMENT TIME!

• Grammar Book pg 236’s Independent Practice #’s 21-45 – ALL!

• HINT: here is how I would format my paper

21. This archeologist was exploring the left bank of the Nile River near

the ancient city of Thebes.