1. Ms. Williams
Unit 4: Adjectives

2. Objective
I CAN identify adjectives and use them correctly in sentences.

3. Adjectives
Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns. They tell what kind or how many.
Adjectives can appear at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a sentence.
Adjectives can come before or after the nouns they describe.
Adjectives often come after a linking verb.
Example: Computers can bring abundant information into our homes.

4. Guided Practice
Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the adjective in each sentence.
Scientists are looking for causes of common diseases.
They have been studying several diseases.

5. Independent Practice
Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the adjective, circle the word it modifies or describes.
They work in laboratories with modern equipment.
Special microscopes allow them to look at cells.
Research has answered many questions.

6. Objective
I CAN learn about article adjectives and how to use them correctly in sentences.

7. Adjectives A, an, and the are special adjectives called articles.
Use a or an to refer to any one item in a group.
Use a before a single noun that begins with a consonant sound.
Use an before a noun that begins with a vowel sound.
Use the to refer to a specific item or items.
Example: I have a trunk in the attic that I bought at an auction.

8. Guided Practice
Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the correct article in each sentence.
Have you ever attended (a, an) auction?
It is a great place to discover (a, an) unusual item.

9. Independent Practice
Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the correct article in each sentence.
Once I found (a, an) lamp for my desk.
(The, An) lamp was made over seventy years ago.
I had to replace (an, the) glass shade on the lamp.

10. Objective
I CAN learn about demonstrative adjectives and how to use them correctly in sentences.

11. Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives tell which one or which ones.
The words this, that, these, and those are demonstrative adjectives.
Example: This summer my family explored a city in South Carolina.

12. Guided Practice
Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the demonstrative adjective in each sentence.
I guess we didn’t need all of these maps.
This trip is our second trip to Charleston.
Although that fact won’t prevent us from getting lost.

13. Independent Practice
Directions: Write each sentence. Underline the demonstrative adjective in each sentence.
On this trip, we explored the Farmer’s Market.
Many interesting items could be found in those places.
I also bought these necklaces at the market.

14. Objective
I CAN learn about proper adjectives and how to use them correctly in sentences.

15. Proper Adjectives
A proper adjective is an adjective formed from a proper noun.
A proper adjective begins with a capital letter.
Examples:
China  Chinese
Rome  Roman
Germany  German

16. Guided Practice
Directions: Read each sentence. Rewrite the proper adjective correctly.
We have a japanese friend.
He is learning about american customs.
We invited Mr. Tanaka to our home for italian food.

17. Independent Practice
Directions: Change each proper noun into a proper adjective.
South Africa
Puerto Rico
France

18. Objective
I CAN learn about comparative and superlative adjectives and how to use them correctly in sentences.

19. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Comparative adjectives are adjectives that compare two nouns or pronouns.
Add –er to most adjectives to compare two nouns or pronouns.
Superlative adjectives are adjectives that compare more than two nouns or pronouns.
Add –est to most adjectives to compare more than two nouns or pronouns.

20. Guided Practice
Directions: Write the correct form of the adjective in parentheses.
Light travels (fast) than sound.
The sun is our (great) source of light of all the stars.

21. Independent Practice
Directions: Write the correct form of the adjective in parentheses.
The stars are (far) from earth than the sun is.
That is why their light is (faint) than the sun’s.
Of all natural light the aurora borealis is the (pretty).

22. Objective
I CAN use the comparative and superlative adjectives using more and most correctly in sentences.

23. Comparing with More and MOst
Use more or most to compare with most adjectives that have two or more syllables.
Use more to compare two nouns or pronouns. Use most to compare three or more people, places, things, and ideas.
The San Diego Zoo is more colorful than the London Zoo.
Is the San Diego Zoo the most colorful zoo in the world.
When you use more or most, do not use the –er or –est form of an adjective.

24. Guided Practice
Directions: Choose the correct form of the adjective in parentheses.
It is (more harder, harder) to fly to Taos than to Houston.
Flights are (more numerous, numerouser) on Fridays.
El Paso is the (more unusual, most unusual) city of all.
This city is (closer, more closer) to Mexico than to Dallas.
The (most splendid, more splendid) Mayan art of all is in Mexico.

25. Independent Practice
Directions: Write the sentence using the correct form of the adjective in parentheses.
New York City’s traffic is (more terrible, most terrible) than Boston’s.
The (more horrible, most horrible) traffic may be in Los Angeles.
Traffic signs are (more difficult, most difficult) to read in Wales than in England.
The language of Wales is the (more unusual, most unusual) in Great Britain.

26. Objective
I CAN learn about the comparative and superlative forms of good and bad and how to use them correctly in sentences.

27. Comparing with Good and Bad
Use good or bad to describe one noun. Use better to compare two nouns. Use best to compare more than two nouns.
Kaycie is a good soccer player. She is even better at running track. Maybe she will discover that her best talent is running long distances!
Use bad to describe one noun. Use worse to compare two nouns. Use worst to compare more than two nouns.
The weather is bad today. It was worse yesterday. Tuesday had the worst weather.

28. Good worse worst bad best better
Practice
Directions: Complete the chart with the words from the box. Write the words under the appropriate headings.
Good worse worst bad best better
Adjective
Comparative Form
Superlative Form 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.