KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO – 1, UMA SHARMA KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO – 1, JALAHALLI – WEST, BANGALORE-560 015

SUBJECT : ENGLISH TOPIC : ADJECTIVES UNIT : CLASS : IV

Describe Me……..

Good Morning Children

It’s a bright Sunny day and all of you are quite cheerful It’s a bright Sunny day and all of you are quite cheerful.Let’s learn something interesting--- Well Children, Names of persons,places and things are called NOUNS School is a name of a place Car is a name of a thing Lion is a name of an animal

Definition Of Adjective We often use words to describe a person, place, or thing in order to make our meaning clear. Such describing words are called adjectives

Adjectives tell the kind of noun This is a tall man This is a big ball This is a small ball This is a short man

Read the following words Sweet, Cold, Sour, Hot Now observe how these words describe the things in the sentence : Lemons are very Sour Cold Ice cream is Hot A cup of cocoa is Sweet Pudding is

Lets join the party…... Red, tall, long, short, colourful Today is Rajiv’s Birthday He is wearing a _______shirt. His sister Rita is ______. She is standing on a ______ stool. She is fixing ________ balloons. The balloons have ______ tails. Everybody is waiting for Rajiv to cut the cake Red short tall colourful long Fill in the blanks choosing the words from the box. Red, tall, long, short, colourful

The words sweet, sour, cold, and hot are describing the things honey, lemon, ice-cream, and cocoa respectively. Hence they are called describing words or adjectives.

Here are some more examples of words that describe a person, place, or thing. Big animal Small animal Tall man Short man

Complete the sentences with appropriate adjectives The rose is Red The man is Angry The ball is Round The cake is Sweet

Comparison of Adjectives Adjectives are used to compare persons, things, animals and places. This cake is big That cake is small This girl is happy That girl is sad Lemons are sour But bananas are sweet

. Fill in the blanks with the opposites of the underlined adjectives. This is a young boy But that is an old lady This is a wild animal That is a domestic animal

Rewrite the following sentences after adding the adjectives given.. This is a jacket (yellow) This is a yellow jacket…. This is a bird (night) This is a night bird. This is a kite (colourful) This is a colourful kite. These are toys (soft) These are soft toys. These adjectives are used before the noun.

We can also use adjectives after the noun Read these sentences: Eg. 1)These are sour grapes 2)These grapes are sour => In the first sentence adjective sour is used before the noun grapes. In the second sentence adjective sour is used after the noun. Few more examples for you to read: These are fresh vegetables These vegetables are fresh This is a ferocious animal This animal is ferocious

TEST YOURSELF……. Rewrite the sentence by adding the adjective after the noun. This is a delicious pudding This pudding is delicious This is a soft bread This bread is soft This is a tropical fruit This fruit is tropical

Degrees of comparison Adjectives have three degrees of comparison: The adjective big is said to be in the positive degree. It is used when no comparison is made. For Eg. This is a big pumpkin The adjective bigger is in the comparative degree. It is used when two persons or things are compared. Eg This is a bigger pumpkin The adjectives biggest is said to be in a superlative degree. It is used when more than two persons or things are compared. Eg. This is the biggest pumpkin.

Lets learn some more degrees of comparison…. POSITIVE Long Small Big COMPARITIVE Longer Smaller Bigger SUPERLATIVE Longest Smallest Biggest

TEST YOURSELF……. Write other degrees of comparison: POSITIVE Short young Old Fast Kind COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE Shorter Younger Older Faster Kinder Shortest Youngest Oldest Fastest Kindest

Adjectives: order Sometimes we use several adjectives before a noun. They usually have to be put in a particular order as far as possible. For instance we say a thin old lady .We do not say an old thin lady. A small shiny red plastic car is the correct order. Where as plastic shiny small toy car is not the correct order

Try to practice the following order to use several adjectives to describe a noun Age Shape Size Colour Purpose Origin Made of Noun Knee lenght colourful Japanese Silk Birthday Dress Big Shiny Indian steel cooking Vessel

Adjective order Select the correct order of the adjectives 1. She sells cookies. Delicious chocolate Delicious chocolate Chocolate delicious 2.Why cant you wear your dress tonight. Pink silk Silk pink Pink silk Big red 3.The room was decorated with balloon Big red Red big

WE WILL LEARN SOME MORE ABOUT ADJECTIVES NEXT TIME

BYE !