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English Class 5:00-6:30 PM Spelling Test/Grammar/Reading
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Spelling Time
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Adjective Order Pretend you have a list of adjectives like this: Red Big Korean Light Sleek The How do you order them in a sentence?
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Adjective Order There is another acronym you need to memorize in order to know and understand the order of adjectives. DOSSAC OMQ D- Determiners O- Observations and Characteristics S- Size S- Shape A- Age C- Color O- Origin M- Material Q- Qualifier
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Adjective Order Determiners There are 6 different determiners. Possessive Adjectives A/An/ The Demonstrative Adjectives Indefinite Adjectives Interrogative Adjectives Numbers
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Possessive Adjective TheirHis/Her/Its3 rd Person Your 2 nd Person OurMy1 st Person PluralSingular
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Determiners Possessive adjectives always start the list of any adjectives. My big black dog ate the cat. Our red car was stolen last night. My mom said, “Your backpack is over there.”
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Determiners A/An/The A/An Singular/ one of many, indefinite The Definite/ Specific There are a few exceptions when it comes to using A/An/The:
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Don't use A/An/The for class subjects “The biology is hard” or “A biology is hard” are both incorrect. Don't use A/An/The for countries You don't use “The Japan” or “A Japan” Words with United/Republic/Union, use “the” Words that start with silent H, use “an” An hour, an honor, an herb, a horse, a hippo If the word has a “U” sound, then use “a” If not the use “an” An umbrella, a unicycle, The universe
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Determiners Demonstrative Adjectives This/That These/ Those This big book is mine. These circular cookies are his. Indefinite Adjectives Some, any, few, several Interrogative Adjectives Which/What Numbers
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Observation and Characteristic This could be an personal characteristic Smelly Boring Tasty Quiet Ugly Pretty
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Observation and Characteristic Break down the following sentences. Identify the different types of adjectives and different noun positions Example: The slimy slug crawled across the field. The- Adjective (determiner) Slimy- Adjective (observation) Slug- Subject Crawled- Verb Across- Preposition The- Adjective (determiner) Field- Object of the Preposition
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Size/Shape Size is the next adjective, after determiners and observations Example Big, small puny, medium, normal, average, usual, Gigantic After size, it's shape adjectives Example Fat, skinny, slim, tall, short, stocky, muscular, obese, circular, etc
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Age/Color After size, it's age and color Age Example New, young, old, early, late, middle-aged, ancient, youthful, modern, contemporary, antique, classic Color Red, blue, green..
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Origin Countries Korea, Korean (adjective) Mexico, Mexican (adjective) America, American (adjective) China, Chinese (adjective) Spain, Spanish (adjective) Cuba, Cuban (adjective)
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Materials Stone Asphalt, concrete, cement, marble, granite, brick, tile Precious Ruby, emerald, pearl, diamond, Rubber Plastic Metals Gold, silver, platinum, titanium, aluminum Clothes Cotton, wool, silk, cashmere
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Qualifier Room Bedroom Bathroom Spare room Knife Pocket knife Army knife Razor blade knife
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Homework Go to the blog and leave a comment www.teachermongol.wordpress.com Look over all the slides Finish reading chapters 11 and 12 in Charlotte Doyle Write 5 sentences Each sentence must contain 4 or more adjectives. The adjectives must be in order.
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