1. © 2011 wheresjenny.com  Adjectives are describing words. such as large, grey, friendly etc. Now let’s take a noun = elephant. Large elephant Grey elephant Friendly elephant. That means adjectives modify or describe nouns Adjectives

2. © 2011 wheresjenny.com More examples of adjectives A little girl A fat cat An old man A nice book green bananas A beautiful woman.

3. © 2011 wheresjenny.com 1.Fat cat ( so how is the cat, The cat is fat). 2. Nice book = ( how is the book)- the book is nice. 3. Green bananas = (how are the bananas)- they’re green. 4. Little girl = 5. Beautiful woman = 6. Old man = Note: fat, nice, green, little, beautiful and old are adjectives and tells more about nouns. Explanation Let us understand these examples. fat + cat nice + book. green+ bananas. little + girl beautiful + woman old + man

4. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Practice: Pickup the adjectives and fill in the boxes tall, sweet, red, large, naughty large elephant Sweet grapes tall man Red apple naughty girl

5. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Sentences  Use adjective in a sentences of your own. The first one is done for you. Word use to connect a subject with adjective: am, is, are, was,were Remember for animals we use ‘ it.’ A fat cat : __________________________________________. An old man : __________________________________________________ green bananas : ________________________________ A little girl: She is a little girl.

6. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Compound adjective  A compound is a single adjective joining more than one word.  The words in a compound adjective are usually grouped together using hyphens. For example: A four-foot table A part-time worker A cold-blooded man A Well-behaved An open- minded person

7. © 2011 wheresjenny.com  This is a four-foot table.  Daniella is a part-time worker..  Danny’s dog is well-behaved  He is a cold-blooded man.  You have to be open-minded about things.  A four-foot table  A part-time worker  A cold-blooded  A well-behaved  An open- minded person Examples used in sentences Examples in sentences

8. © 2011 wheresjenny.com. 1. This is an error. 2. I love this room! 3. Beware of the monster. 4. Diana submitted a document. 5. She adopted a cat. Choose the correct compound adjective to fill in the boxes.’ all-too-common, two-year-old, green-eyed, brightly-lit, 6-page Exercise