1. The "crayons" of the grammar world
Adjectives
The "crayons" of the grammar world

2. Adjectives What Kind? Which One? How Many? How Much?
They draw descriptive "pictures" in our writing by answering the following questions:
What Kind?
Which One?
How Many?
How Much?

3. A word that describes or modifies a noun.
Right beside/before the noun:
The fluffy kitten purred while sleeping.
The round ball rolled away.
Location of Adjectives in sentences
Following a linking verb:
The kitten is fluffy.
The ball was flat.

4. Some Adjectives have special names
Possessive adjectives: Shows ownership and "which one"
My hat His car Her book Our house
Demonstrative adjectives: points out "which one"
That dog This key Those kids These pencils
Interrogative adjectives: asks a question and shows "which one"
Which room Whose bag What bus
All of these MUST be located next to/before the noun being modified

6. Examples Quantity or number - many, few, several, one, two, three
Quality or opinion - good, great, poor, horrible
Size - large, small, medium, tiny, humongous
Age – 3-year old, etc.
Shape – square, round, triangle
Color – red, purple, etc.
Nationality - Dutch, American, and French
Material - cotton, metal, plastic
Qualifier or purpose (often a noun) - grandfather clock, floor lamp, hat box
Possessive adjectives - my, your, his, her, our
Demonstrative adjectives - that, these, those, this
Interrogative adjectives – what, whose, which