1. Adjectives

2. Adjective A word used to describe a NOUN or PRONOUN Adjectives answer: What kind?Which one? new carthis swan striped tie every page How many?How much? one hamburger no food many geese little rain

3. Usually adjectives come directly BEFORE the nouns. Sometimes they come AFTER. Before: She saw a bright, smiling face. After: The room, narrow and dark, frightened us.

4. Predicate Adjectives Adjectives that follow a linking verb and describe the SUBJECT of the sentence. (These should sound familiar!) The director is imaginative and bold. Present and past participles may be used as adjectives and predicate adjectives. The angered families have a meeting. Romeo and Juliet is exciting and touching.

5. Articles Articles always come BEFORE the noun. Definite article ~ refers to a specific person, place, or thing *** only definite article is = the Indefinite articles ~ point out a type of person, place, or thing – but DO NOT refer to a specific one. *** only indefinite articles are = a, an

6. Indefinite articles Use: a before consonant sounds Use: an before vowel sounds A with consonant soundsAn with vowel sounds A yellow hatAn endangered bird A happy timeAn honest person A one time nesting areaAn old map A unicornAn uncle

7. Book 337, 417, 339 worksheet

8. Nouns as Adjectives Answers ~ What Kind? Which One? NounsUsed as Adjectives shoeA shoe salesperson lionThe lion refuge

9. Proper Adjectives Two types of proper adjectives: 1. A proper noun used as an adjective 2. An adjective formed from a proper noun 1. Does not change its form Proper NounsUsed as Adjectives TrumanThe Truman library FloridaFlorida wetlands DecemberDecember weather

10. 2. does change its form Proper NounsProper Adjectives formed from Proper Nouns AmericaAmerican history VictoriaVictorian ideas

11. Compound Adjectives Most compound adjectives are hyphenated words, while some are combined HyphenatedCombined A well-known actressA featherweight boxer A full-time jobA freshwater lake

12. Book 340, 341, 342 Adjective story

13. AdjNoun Apple Boy C AdjNoun bitterApple tallBoy C

14. Demonstrative Adjectives Points out something and describes nouns by answering the questions … Which one? Which ones? This that these those ie. This class went to the zoo. which class? This class. Demonstrative Pronoun: points out persons, places, or things. Pronouns stands alone! Takes the place of the noun in the sentence. ie. These are biology students.

15. Interrogative Adjectives Which What Whose In order for “it” to be an interrogative adjective – there must be a noun after it. * If it stands alone, then it is an interrogative pronoun. Adjective: Which parrot do you think he will choose? Whose macaw can that be? What is it?

16. Book 345, 346

17. Comparative & Superlative Adjective Comparative adjective ~ compares 2 nouns Add ‘er’ *Which state is bigger Idaho or Wyoming? Superlative Adjective ~ compares more than 2 nouns add ‘est’ *Yellowstone is the nation’s largest national park.

18. Comparative & Superlative Adjective AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative TallTallerTallest SmartSmarterSmartest AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative Good, WellBetterBest BadWorseWorst Many, MuchMoreMost Irregular Adjectives:

19. Most 1-syllable adjectives add er (comparative) or est (superlative) For 2-syllable adjectives add er or est or use more (comparative), most (superlative) or less (comp), least (super.) Lovely: lovelier, loveliest Honest: more honest, most honest For 3 or more syllable adjectives use: more and most or less and least Difficult: more difficult, most difficult DO NOT USE MORE OR MOST OR LESS OR LEAST WITH ADJECTIVES ENDING IN ER OR EST!!!!

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21. Review worksheet test