GRAMMAR: MONDAY The Wonderful World of Adjectives

Learning Targets  I can define and identify adjectives.  I can identify the five subclasses of determiners.  I can identify the different degrees of adjectives.  Positive, Comparative, Superlative  I can recite this weeks vocabulary words and their definitions.

Adjective  An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun.  Examples:  the tall professor  the mournful lieutenant  a solid commitment

The Articles  Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.  The Articles — a, an, and the — are adjectives.  Examples:  a month's pay  a six-year-old child  the unhappiest, richest man

Practice  Copy down the adjectives…  The brown dog slept until Tuesday.  The wet and cold snow was all over Suzy’s jacket.  The big, red truck is stuck in the muddy road.  Four people went to the small meeting.

Answers  The brown dog slept until Tuesday.  The wet and cold snow was all over Suzy’s jacket.  The big, red truck is stuck in the muddy road.  Four people went to the small meeting.

Vocabulary  Syntax: arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements  Tiered: steps or levels  Suburbia: the suburbs of a city  Inconspicuous: not noticeable or unremarkable  Demerit: offense or a quality that deserves blame or lacks merit.

GRAMMAR: TUESDAY Learning Targets  I can define and identify adjectives.  I can identify the five subclasses of determiners.  I can identify the different degrees of adjectives. Positive, Comparative, Superlative  I can recite this weeks vocabulary words and their definitions.

Review  What is an adjective?  What are the articles?

The Pair Test  A simple way to identify modifying adjectives is to pair up each adjective, one at a time, with the noun it modifies.  Example: I ordered the special deep-dish, Chicago-style pizza. the pizzadeep-dish pizza special pizzaChicago-style pizza We can pair up each adjective with the noun pizza; and this test shows that there are four separate adjectives modifying pizza.

Practice  Use the Pair Test to find the adjectives in these sentences…  Sue wore the baggy blue, Rocker Revival jeans.  An old sun-burned man was leaning against the rickety weathered fence.

Answers  Sue wore the baggy blue, Rocker Revival jeans. Baggy jeansRocker Revival jeans Blue jeans  An old sun-burned man was leaning against the rickety weathered fence. old manrickety fence sun-burned manweathered fence

REMINDER VOCABULARY TEST IS ON FRIDAY!!!

GRAMMAR: WEDNESDAY Learning Targets  I can define and identify adjectives.  I can identify the five subclasses of determiners.  I can identify the different degrees of adjectives. Positive, Comparative, Superlative  I can recite this weeks vocabulary words and their definitions.

Determiners  Determiners are a group or modifiers that (with the excepting of number words and quantifiers) are mutually exclusive; that is, only a single determiner modifies any one noun.  Example: the and a are both determiners, but they are mutually exclusive. We can say the book or a book, but we can never say the a book or a the book.

Determiners  Articles: the; a; and an  Demonstratives: this, that, these, those  Number words:  Cardinal numbers: one, two, three,…  Ordinal numbers: first, second, third,…plus other words indicating order: first, last, (Note: Ordinal number words can be combine with the)  Possessives:  Nouns: John’s, Mary’s,…  Pronouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their  Quantifiers: some, much, many, several,…

Practice  Article (Art)  Demonstrative (Dem)  Number word (#)  Possessive (Poss)  Quantifier (Q).  Underline each determiner (adjective) in the following sentences, indicating which subclasses the determiner belongs to.

Practice  0. I took the first bus that came by. Art #  1. There were several messages on our answering machine.  2. This test will cover the last chapter.  3. I left my wallet at home.  4. All roads lead to Rome.

Answers  1. There were several messages on our answering machine. Q Poss  2. This test will cover the last chapter. Dem Art #  3. I left my wallet at home. Poss  4. All roads lead to Rome. Q

REMINDER VOCABULARY TEST IS ON FRIDAY!!!

GRAMMAR: THURSDAY Learning Targets  I can define and identify adjectives.  I can identify the five subclasses of determiners.  I can identify the different degrees of adjectives. Positive, Comparative, Superlative  I can recite this weeks vocabulary words and their definitions.

Degrees of Adjectives  Positive (base form), Comparative, and Superlative (actually, only the comparative and superlative show degrees.)  We use the comparative for comparing two things and the superlative for comparing three or more things.

Degrees of Adjectives  Notice that the word than frequently accompanies the comparative and the word the precedes the superlative.  The suffixes -er and -est are used to form most comparatives and superlatives.  Although we need -ier and -iest when a two-syllable adjective ends in y (happier and happiest); otherwise we use more and most when an adjective has more than one syllable.

Degrees Certain adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative and superlative degrees… PositiveComparativeSuperlative richricherrichest lovelovelylovelier beautifulmore beautifulmost beautiful

Irregular Forms Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms goodbetterbest badworseworst littlelessleast much many some moremost farfurtherfurthest

Practice

REMINDER GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY TEST TOMORROW!

Grammar and Vocabulary Test HALF SHEET OF PAPER  NAME  NUMBER 1-3 (WITH SPACE) ON FRONT  NUMBER 1-5 ON BACK

Grammar Test 1. Define and give an example of an adjective. 2. Underline the adjectives… a)There were ninety-nine containers on the barge. b)I ordered some coffee and the last piece of pie. 3. Give the comparative and superlative form… evil, sharp, sleepy, and sweet

Vocabulary Test 1. Tiered 2. Suburbia 3. Inconspicuous 4. Demerit 5. ?????? A. offense or a quality that deserves blame or lacks merit. B. arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements C. steps or levels D. not noticeable or unremarkable E. the suburbs of a city

Grammar Test Answers 1. Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence/ or modifies a noun or a pronoun. 2. Underlining adjectives… a)There were ninety-nine containers on the barge. b)I ordered some coffee and the last piece of pie. 3. evilmore evil most evil sharp sharper sharpest sleepy sleepier sleepiest sweet sweeter sweetest

Vocabulary Answers 1. C 2. E 3. D 4. A 5. B, Syntax