Understanding Adjectives: Types and Examples
Learn about adjectives, words that modify or describe nouns or pronouns. Explore different subsets of adjectives such as proper adjectives, articles, demonstrative adjectives, and other special adjectives. Identify adjectives in sentences and understand how they tell what kind, how many, or which one. Enhance your language skills by applying basic properties of adjectives in writing.
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ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES 11-9-17
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH Today s Learning target: I can identify and apply the basic properties and different subsets of adjectives, as well as nouns, pronouns, and verbs
DEFINITION: DEFINITION: A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. They help give your reader a clearer picture of what you are talking about.
ADJECTIVES DO THREE THINGS: ADJECTIVES DO THREE THINGS: 1.Tell what kind (yellow ribbon, cold nose, Irish music) 2.Tell how many (seven dwarfs, some people, less juice) 3.Tell which one or ones (this glove, that pirate, these cameras)
IDENTIFY THE ADJECTIVES: IDENTIFY THE ADJECTIVES: 1. The heavy, red dress of Queen Elizabeth weighed over fifty pounds. 2. My sister chose two shirts for my graduation present. 3. That small, Mexican restaurant in the next block serves fresh meals. 4. The little black dog barked at the well- dressed stranger. 5. An old wood fence had caught several discarded candy wrappers.
PROPER ADJECTIVES Formed from a proper noun and is always capitalized. Examples: Hawaiian vacation, Victorian home, Chicago museum
ARTICLES The articles a, an, and the are adjectives! You use a in front of words that begin with consonants, and an in front of words that begin with vowels Examples: A brontosaurus was an animal about 70 feet long. The huge dinosaur lived on land and ate plants.
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES Points out a particular noun. This and these point out something nearby. That and those point out something at a distance. WARNING: when a noun does not follow this, these, that or those, they are pronouns, not adjectives!
OTHER SPECIAL ADJECTIVES Compound- made of two or more words, sometimes hyphenated. Ex.: quick-frozen, fur- covered Indefinite- one that gives us approximate or indefinite information; it does not tell us exactly how many or how much. Ex.: Most parks have some trees.
TWO FORMS OF ADJECTIVES Comparative- (-er) compares two persons, places, things or ideas. Ex.: faster, taller, funnier, more impressive Superlative- (-est) compares three or more persons, places, things, or ideas. Ex. : fastest, tallest, funniest, most impressive.
