Ms. Williams Unit 4: Adjectives

Objective I CAN identify adjectives and use them correctly in sentences.

Adjectives Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns. They tell what kind or how many. Adjectives can appear at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a sentence. Adjectives can come before or after the nouns they describe. Adjectives often come after a linking verb. Example: Computers can bring abundant information into our homes.

Guided Practice Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the adjective in each sentence. Scientists are looking for causes of common diseases. They have been studying several diseases.

Independent Practice Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the adjective, circle the word it modifies or describes. They work in laboratories with modern equipment. Special microscopes allow them to look at cells. Research has answered many questions.

Objective I CAN learn about article adjectives and how to use them correctly in sentences.

Adjectives A, an, and the are special adjectives called articles. Use a or an to refer to any one item in a group. Use a before a single noun that begins with a consonant sound. Use an before a noun that begins with a vowel sound. Use the to refer to a specific item or items. Example: I have a trunk in the attic that I bought at an auction.

Guided Practice Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the correct article in each sentence. Have you ever attended (a, an) auction? It is a great place to discover (a, an) unusual item.

Independent Practice Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the correct article in each sentence. Once I found (a, an) lamp for my desk. (The, An) lamp was made over seventy years ago. I had to replace (an, the) glass shade on the lamp.

Objective I CAN learn about demonstrative adjectives and how to use them correctly in sentences.

Demonstrative Adjectives Demonstrative adjectives tell which one or which ones. The words this, that, these, and those are demonstrative adjectives. Example: This summer my family explored a city in South Carolina.

Guided Practice Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the demonstrative adjective in each sentence. I guess we didn’t need all of these maps. This trip is our second trip to Charleston. Although that fact won’t prevent us from getting lost.

Independent Practice Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the demonstrative adjective in each sentence. On this trip, we explored the Farmer’s Market. Many interesting items could be found in those places. I also bought these necklaces at the market.

Objective I CAN learn about proper adjectives and how to use them correctly in sentences.

Proper Adjectives A proper adjective is an adjective formed from a proper noun. A proper adjective begins with a capital letter. Examples: China  Chinese Rome  Roman Germany  German

Guided Practice Directions: Read each sentence. Rewrite the proper adjective correctly. We have a japanese friend. He is learning about american customs. We invited Mr. Tanaka to our home for italian food.

Independent Practice Directions: Change each proper noun into a proper adjective. South Africa Puerto Rico France

Objective I CAN learn about comparative and superlative adjectives and how to use them correctly in sentences.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Comparative adjectives are adjectives that compare two nouns or pronouns. Add –er to most adjectives to compare two nouns or pronouns. Superlative adjectives are adjectives that compare more than two nouns or pronouns. Add –est to most adjectives to compare more than two nouns or pronouns.

Guided Practice Directions: Write the correct form of the adjective in parentheses. Light travels (fast) than sound. The sun is our (great) source of light of all the stars.

Independent Practice Directions: Write the correct form of the adjective in parentheses. The stars are (far) from earth than the sun is. That is why their light is (faint) than the sun’s. Of all natural light the aurora borealis is the (pretty).

Objective I CAN use more and most to form the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives with two or more syllables.

Comparing with More and Most To form the comparative and superlative adjectives of most words with two or more syllables, use more and most instead of adding –er and –est. The star is brighter than that planet (Bright is a one-syllable word.) Mars is more colorful through a telescope than the moon. (Colorful has more than one syllable.) Use more to form comparative adjectives. Use most to form superlative adjectives.

Guided Practice Directions: Write the correct form of the comparative or superlative adjective to use in each sentence. Flying in an airplane is the (fastest, most fastest) way to travel. Piloting a plane must be (difficulter, more difficult) than being a passenger. Traveling can seem (exhaustinger, more exhausting) than playing soccer. Sightseeing is (safer, more safer) when you have a partner. THe (successfulest, most successful) sightseers take great photographs.

Independent Practice Directions: Write each sentence using the correct form of each adjective in parentheses. Tour guides are the (nicest, most nice) people I know. Explorers must be (more curious, curiouser) than others. Photographers need the (powerfulest, most powerful) lenses. The best photographers are the (creativist, most creative) ones.

Objective I CAN learn about the comparative and superlative forms of good and bad and how to use them correctly in sentences.

Comparing with Good and Bad Some adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms. The comparative forms of good and bad are better and worse. Is a tornado worse than a hurricane. I like warm weather better than cold weather. The superlative forms of good and bad are best and worst. The best time of year is winter. That was the worst snowstorm in ten years.

Guided Practice Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the correct form of the adjective in parentheses. I saw the (best, better) news program on TV last night. It said that Hurricane Floyd was the (worse, worst) storm to hit North Carolina. It was one of the (worse, worst) hurricanes in years. The water damage was far (bad, worse) than the wind damage. I’ve never seen (better, best) news coverage.

Independent Practice Directions: Write each sentence using the correct form of the adjective in parentheses. Well, the movie I saw about tornadoes was (good) than that. I don’t think anything could be (bad) than being in a tornado. Last year was the (bad) year for snowstorms in ten years. When our power went out, we have the (good) time cooking at our fireplace. Nothing tastes (good) than food cooked over a wood fire.