1. Adjectives

2. Adjectives Describe Nouns
Adjectives answer questions about nouns.
Adjectives can tell us:
How Many?
What Kind?
Which One?

3. Adjectives can tell us how many
few
fifty
One
many
Some

4. Adjectives can tell us what kind: For example: What Color?
Red
Green
Blue
Yellow
Purple
Pink

5. Adjectives can tell us what kind: For example: What Size?
Tall tree
Short ladder
Small apples

6. More Adjective Examples
Birthday cake
Fresh fruit
Blue van
Hard worker
Furry cat
Bright flame

7. Can you think of an Adjective to complete each sentence?
Remember that Adjectives tell us how many, which one, or what kind.

8. A ___________turtle walks by the pond.

9. A ___________mouse quietly walks in the kitchen.

10. A ___________apple fell from the tree.

11. A ___________book is in my backpack.

12. A ___________sun shines on us.

13. A ___________man.

14. Using A, An, or The
Use A with singular nouns when the next word begins with a consonant.
A flower
Use An with singular nouns if the next word begins with a vowel.
An apple
Use the if the noun names a particular person, place, or thing
The garden

15. Using A, An, or The Use the with plural nouns The flowers The babies
The horses
The dogs
The houses
The cheerleaders
The teachers
The schools

16. Can you decide when to use A, An, or The?
Try these examples:
One day we took _______________ walk.
I ate ________________ apple.
We went to talk to ____________ students.

17. Using Adjectives to compare
You can use adjectives to compare two or more things.
You usually add –er to an adjective to compare two people, places, or things.
Add –est to an adjective to compare three or more things.

18. Baby bear is smaller than Mama Bear.
Mama Bear is taller than Baby Bear.
Papa Bear is the tallest of all.

19. Tom
Bob is short.
Mark is taller than Bob.
Tom is taller than Mark.
Bob is shorter than Tom.
Tom is the tallest of all.
Mark
Bob