1. Adjectives Mrs. Davis’ 5 th Grade Language Arts Classes Council Traditional School

2. What are ADJECTIVES? ADJECTIVE NOUNAn ADJECTIVE is a word that modifies, or describes, a NOUN. WHAT KIND WHICH ONE HOW MANYAdjectives tell WHAT KIND, WHICH ONE, or HOW MANY. BEFOREAdjectives usually come BEFORE the noun.

3. Common & Proper COMMON PROPERAdjectives, like nouns, can be COMMON or PROPER. PROPERPROPER adjectives, like proper nouns, are always capitalized.

4. Common & Proper COMMONSome COMMON adjectives: red, large, twelve red, large, twelve PROPERSome PROPER adjectives: Canadian, French, Canadian, French, Kleenex Kleenex

5. General & Specific GENERALSPECIFICAdjectives can be GENERAL or SPECIFIC. GENERALSome GENERAL adjectives: big, colorful, many SPECIFICSome SPECIFIC adjectives: 100-pound, green, twenty-two

6. Special Adjectives ARTICLESARTICLES are special adjectives. AANTHE ARTICLESA, AN, and THE are all ARTICLES.

7. A vs. AN AUse A before nouns that begin with a CONSONANT CONSONANT sound. AN VOWELUse AN before nouns that begin with a VOWEL sound.

8. A or AN? A…A pencil AN…AN orange A…A book AN…AN envelope A…A shoe AN…AN hour A…A horse AN…AN honor

9. POP QUIZ Write a sentence with… …a common adjective. …a proper adjective. …a general adjective. …a specific adjective. …the article, “a”. …the article, “an”.