1. Adjectives Language Arts Class

2. What is an Adjective  Describes a noun or pronoun  The fat black cat crossed the paved street.  The fast red car zoomed by ruining my brown curly hair.  Predicate Adjective-follows linking verb describes the subject.  My sister was hysterical.  Your story was exaggerated.

3. Articles and Proper Adjectives  Indefinite Article-refers to general group of people, places, things, or ideas  An hour has flown by fast.  A bicycle lays in the yard.  Definite Article-identifies specific people, places, things, or ideas.  The painting jumps out at you.  Proper Adjective-formed from Proper Noun.  The French statue is remarkable.  The January snowstorm knocked out everyone’s power.

4. Important Concepts to Remember  A is used before words beginning with a consonant sound  An is used before words beginning with a vowel sound  Proper adjectives can have endings such as “an”, “ese”, “ian”, “ish” however some might be formed differently.

5. Demonstratives  Demonstrative Adjectives point out something and describe nouns by answer the question which one? or which ones?  This desk is wobbly.  That locker has been left opened.  Those books are a mess.  These shoes are bright pink and grey.

6. Demonstratives  THIS and THAT=singular  THESE and THOSE=plural  THIS and THESE=point out things near  THAT and THOSE=point out things far

7. Comparative Form  Comparative form of an adjective compares two people or things; uses “er” at the end or words or “more” before the adjective.  Savannah is younger than Caleb.  The butterfly is more beautiful than the ladybug.

8. Superlative Form  Superlative form a of an adjective compares more than two people or things; uses “est” at the end of words or “most” before the adjective.  Savannah is the youngest child.  The butterfly is the most beautiful insect.

9. Irregular Forms AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative good, wellbetterbest badworseworst many, muchmoremost littlelessleast HINT: Adjectives with two or more syllables use more or most before the adjective