Adjectives Language Arts Class
What is an Adjective Describes a noun or pronoun The fat black cat crossed the paved street. The fast red car zoomed by ruining my brown curly hair. Predicate Adjective-follows linking verb describes the subject. My sister was hysterical. Your story was exaggerated.
Articles and Proper Adjectives Indefinite Article-refers to general group of people, places, things, or ideas An hour has flown by fast. A bicycle lays in the yard. Definite Article-identifies specific people, places, things, or ideas. The painting jumps out at you. Proper Adjective-formed from Proper Noun. The French statue is remarkable. The January snowstorm knocked out everyone’s power.
Important Concepts to Remember A is used before words beginning with a consonant sound An is used before words beginning with a vowel sound Proper adjectives can have endings such as “an”, “ese”, “ian”, “ish” however some might be formed differently.
Demonstratives Demonstrative Adjectives point out something and describe nouns by answer the question which one? or which ones? This desk is wobbly. That locker has been left opened. Those books are a mess. These shoes are bright pink and grey.
Demonstratives THIS and THAT=singular THESE and THOSE=plural THIS and THESE=point out things near THAT and THOSE=point out things far
Comparative Form Comparative form of an adjective compares two people or things; uses “er” at the end or words or “more” before the adjective. Savannah is younger than Caleb. The butterfly is more beautiful than the ladybug.
Superlative Form Superlative form a of an adjective compares more than two people or things; uses “est” at the end of words or “most” before the adjective. Savannah is the youngest child. The butterfly is the most beautiful insect.
Irregular Forms AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative good, wellbetterbest badworseworst many, muchmoremost littlelessleast HINT: Adjectives with two or more syllables use more or most before the adjective