1. Adjectives

2. What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun
It was a cold and snowy day in Milwaukee.
Adjectives help you see, feel, taste, hear, and smell all the experiences that you read about.

3. Adjectives help you see, feel, taste, hear, and smell the experiences you read about
Watch how the sentence below changes when you add adjectives
The students copied the notes.
The noisy students copied the long notes.

4. Adjectives answer the questions:
What kind?
Blue jeans
Which one?
Last cupcake
How many/how much?
Two pumpkins

6. Describe this picture using as many adjectives as you can think of!!

7. Pick one picture to describe with more adjectives.

9. Articles are adjectives?
The most commonly used adjectives are articles a, an, the
A and an are used with singular nouns:
A is used with a noun that begins with a consonant
A tent a candle a chocolate cake
An is used with a noun that begins with a vowel
An axe an elephant an orange

10. The The points to a particular person, place, thing, or idea
The can be used with BOTH singular or plural nouns
The dog chased the squirrel up a tree.

11. Using articles Use the when you want to be more specific
A and an when you want to be less specific
Did the team leader bring a first-aid kit?
One specific leader
Any first-aid kit

12. Let’s Practice
Write down each adjective. How do you know it’s an adjective?
Max came last. He was hugging a new backpack that contained a chocolate bar, and two bottles of water. He also had a bag of Tootsie Rolls.

13. Common Adjectives Many adjectives are formed from common nouns Nouns
Rain
Rainy
Scene
scenic
Beauty
beautiful

14. Proper Adjectives A proper adjective is formed using a proper noun
China
Chinese
Ireland
Irish
Italy
Italian

15. Common or Proper? I am really hungry for some Chinese food.
Italian leather is the best in the world.
Many people go on vacations each year.
The hippo was a new addition to the zoo.