1. Adjectives

2. Bellwork
What is an adjective?
Give ten examples.

3. Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns.

4. How adjectives describe nouns
What kind? We like French fries.
How many? Zillon ate four sandwiches.
Which one? That book is awful.

5. An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun.
Adjectives
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun.
An adjective answers:
What kind?
Which one?
How many?
Example:
happy dog
tired boy
seven girls

6. To find an adjective you need to locate the nouns first.
Three happy children played at the park.
The donkey stepped on my large hat.
The child was brave.

7. Examples · the three stooges · a yellow crayon · a six-year-old child
·         the tall professor
·         the three stooges
·         a yellow crayon
·         a six-year-old child

8. More Adjectives
Most adjectives come before nouns, but sometimes they follow verbs and modify the subject.
Example:
These inventions are horrible.

9. The Articles — a, an, and the — are adjectives.
A and an refer to one thing.
The refers to a specific thing.
Use a with words beginning with consonants and an with words beginning in vowels.

10. a coat an apple The teacher is here.
Examples
a coat
an apple
The teacher is here.

11. Demonstrative Adjectives
The words this, that, these, and those are demonstrative adjectives when followed by a noun.
Singular Plural
this these
that those
(Near)
(Far)

12. Examples 1. Take this pencil with you. 2. Those markers are mine.
2. That shirt is ugly.

13. Proper Adjectives
Proper Adjectives are adjectives formed from proper nouns. Follow capitalization rules.
Proper Noun Proper Adjective
food from Italy Italian food
colony in Asia Asian colony
oranges from Florida Florida oranges

14. Let's Practice

15. Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
We saw the gray elephant at the zoo.
Then ask, “What words describe the nouns?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?

16. Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
The rabbit followed the slow turtle.
Then ask, “What words describe the nouns?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?

17. Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
He found two pennies on the ground.
Then ask, “What words describe the nouns?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?

18. Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
The children heard the loud bell.
Then ask, “What words describe the nouns?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?

19. Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
The brown dog growled at the tall man.
Then ask, “What words describe the nouns?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?

20. Practice 1. The pretty butterfly flew down the steep hill.
2. My coat feels warm.
3. My hands are freezing.
4. I want to eat at the Italian restaurant for my birthday.
5. The green grass and gorgeous flowers are beautiful in the spring.