AdjectivesEnglish Class

Sixth Grade

Mrs. Rivera

What are adjectives?

An adjective is a word that describes

a noun or a pronoun.

Adjectives describe the sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste of a noun.

sight •Colors:

green, yellow, blue…

• Size:

big, small, huge, tall, tiny…

• Shapes:

circle, round…

sound•Loud

•Soft

•Quiet

•Noisy…

smell• Fresh

•Old

• Stinky…

touch•Hard

• Soft

• Bumpy

•Wet

•Dry

• Sticky

• Slimy

• Smooth…

taste• Sour

• Sweet

• Yummy

•Delicious

• Yucky

• Bitter

•Hot

•Cold

• Salty…

ADJECTIVES

Adjective Noun

Sight green leaf

Sound gruff voice

Smell fragrant garden

Touch soft fur

Taste delicious meal

Adjectives– can tell how many and what kind.

How many? What kind?

Ten friends Pure gold

More pencils Fresh air

Fewer television New books

Several cars Old house

Adjectives are used to make comparison.

❖Comparative adjectives with –er compare a noun to another noun.

Example:

The new knife is sharper than the old one.

sharp + er = sharper

Comparative adjectives use –er to compare two people, places, or things.

Some adjectives with two or more syllables use more or less.

A blue whale is larger than a bottlenose dolphin.

A tiger shark is more dangerous than a beluga whale.

Adjectives are used to make comparison.

❖Superlative adjectives with –est compare a noun with two or more other nouns.

Example:

We could take a train or a bus, but an airplane is the fastest.

fast + est = fastest

Superlative adjectives use –est to compare three or more people, places, or things.

Some adjectives with two or more syllables use most or least.

• I think a snake is the scariest creature.

• A rattlesnake is the most frightening of all.

Adjectives Comparing 2(comparative form)

Comparing 3 or more(superlative form)

One syllablebigstrong

biggerstronger

biggeststrongest

Two or more syllablescarefulimportant

more carefulmore important

most carefulmost important

Now you will work on

the assignment: Adjectives