Adjectives

What is an adjective? An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun It was a cold and snowy day in Milwaukee. Adjectives help you see, feel, taste, hear, and smell all the experiences that you read about.

Adjectives help you see, feel, taste, hear, and smell the experiences you read about Watch how the sentence below changes when you add adjectives The students copied the notes. The noisy students copied the long notes.

Adjectives answer the questions: What kind? Blue jeans Which one? Last cupcake How many/how much? Two pumpkins

Describe this picture using as many adjectives as you can think of!!

Pick one picture to describe with more adjectives.

Articles are adjectives? The most commonly used adjectives are articles a, an, the A and an are used with singular nouns: A is used with a noun that begins with a consonant A tent a candle a chocolate cake An is used with a noun that begins with a vowel An axe an elephant an orange

The The points to a particular person, place, thing, or idea The can be used with BOTH singular or plural nouns The dog chased the squirrel up a tree.

Using articles Use the when you want to be more specific A and an when you want to be less specific Did the team leader bring a first-aid kit? One specific leader Any first-aid kit

Let’s Practice Write down each adjective. How do you know it’s an adjective? Max came last. He was hugging a new backpack that contained a chocolate bar, and two bottles of water. He also had a bag of Tootsie Rolls.

Common Adjectives Many adjectives are formed from common nouns Nouns Rain Rainy Scene scenic Beauty beautiful

Proper Adjectives A proper adjective is formed using a proper noun China Chinese Ireland Irish Italy Italian

Common or Proper? I am really hungry for some Chinese food. Italian leather is the best in the world. Many people go on vacations each year. The hippo was a new addition to the zoo.