The Spice of Life Adjectives (ADJ)

Key Concept: Def.: An Adjective is a word to describe a noun or a pronoun to give a noun or pronoun a more specific meaning. Adjectives answer these questions: What Kind? Large hawk, purple feather, lost boy Which One? That bird, any number, last opportunity, other door How Many?Both swans, five dollars, some falcons, frequent buyer How Much?Enough birdseed, more fun, less effort, adequate space Suffixes such as –ive, -ible, and –able are often used to transform nouns into adjectives. For example, response becomes responsive or responsible and reason becomes reasonable.

Key Concept: An Adjective may come before OR after the noun it modifies/describes. BEFORE: The large condor is at the zoo. AFTER: The condor at the zoo is large.

Key Concept: Two or more adjectives can modify one word. Example: Several, small, fuzzy chicks were running around the farm. IMPORTANT: When you have two or more adjectives in a row describing a noun, you must use COMMAS to separate them. Write a sentence using 2 more adjectives in a row, demonstrating correct comma usage.

A note about ….a, an, the Three adjectives—a, an, and the—are special adjectives called… ARTICLES

Let’s work together By yourself or with ONE partner sitting next to you complete the worksheet “Here’s…the Adjective!” You have 5 minutes.

Order of Adjectives: In English, it is common to use more than one adjective to describe a noun. These adjectives must be used in the proper order. 1. Number 2. Opinion 3. Size 4. Age 5. Shape 6.Color 7. Origin 8. Material 9. Purpose Let’s look at the worksheet “Order of Adjectives.”

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