1. Compound Adjectives © 2015 albert-learning.com

2. Compound Adjectives © 2015 albert-learning.com  Adjectives are describing words. such as large, grey, friendly etc. Now let’s take a noun = elephant. Large elephant Grey elephant Friendly elephant. That means adjectives modify or describe nouns

3. Compound Adjectives © 2015 albert-learning.com More examples of adjectives A little girl A fat cat An old man A nice book green bananas A beautiful woman.

4. Compound Adjectives © 2015 albert-learning.com 1) Fat cat = ( so how is the cat, The cat is fat). 2) Nice book = ( how is the book)- the book is nice. 3) Green bananas = (how are the bananas)- they’re green. 4) Little girl = 5) Beautiful woman = 6) Old man = Note: fat, nice, green, little, beautiful and old are adjectives and tells more about nouns. Let us understand these examples. fat + cat nice + book. green+ bananas. little + girl beautiful + woman old + man

5. Compound Adjectives © 2015 albert-learning.com Practice: Pickup the adjectives and fill in the boxes tall, sweet, red, large, naughty large elephant Sweet grapes tall man Red apple naughty girl

6. Compound Adjectives © 2015 albert-learning.com  Use adjective in a sentences of your own. The first one is done for you. Word use to connect a subject with adjective: am, is, are, was,were Remember for animals we use ‘ it.’ A fat cat : __________________________________________. An old man : __________________________________________________ green bananas : ________________________________ A little girl: She is a little girl.

7. Compound Adjectives © 2015 albert-learning.com  A compound is a single adjective joining more than one word.  The words in a compound adjective are usually grouped together using hyphens. For example: A four-foot table A part-time worker A cold-blooded man A well-behaved An open- minded person

8. Compound Adjectives © 2015 albert-learning.com  This is a four-foot table.  Danielle is a part-time worker..  Danny’s dog is well-behaved  He is a cold-blooded man.  You have to be open-minded about things.  A four-foot table  A part-time worker  A cold-blooded  A well-behaved  An open- minded person Examples used in sentences

9. Compound Adjectives © 2015 albert-learning.com. 1. This is an error. 2. I love this room! 3. Beware of the monster. 4. Diana submitted a document. 5. She adopted a cat. Choose the correct compound adjective to fill in the boxes.’ all-too-common, two-year-old, green-eyed, brightly-lit, 6-page

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