adjectives the “crayons” of the grammar world the old boat sat on the purple whale. one man...
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The old boat sat on the purple whale.
One man fished from the boat.
That whale looks very tame.
AdjectivesAdjectives are words that describe nouns by telling what kind, how many, or which one.
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The yellow house is for sale.
Find the noun.house
Ask the question: What kind of house?
yellow house
Yellow is the adjective.
Two dogs ran outside.
Find the noun.dogs
Ask the question: How many dogs?
two dogs
Two is the adjective.
Let’s Try Some! The magnificent butterfly flew
under the branch. The butterfly with the colorful
wings rested. One butterfly flew quietly
beneath the tree. The butterfly fluttered its
delicate wings.
ArticlesDemonstrative AdjectivesComparative AdjectivesSuperlative Adjectives
There are special types of adjectives:
An Use before words beginning with
a vowel sound and the silent h. Use with singular nouns.
an island
an onion
an honest man
This, that
This boy is my friend.I want this boy on my team.That soccer ball belongs to me.I bought that ball yesterday.
use with singular nounsanswers the question which one?
These, those use with plural nouns answers the question which ones?
These people are working.They are working on these problems.Those books are on the table.The boys used those books to help them.
Comparative Adjectives used to compare two nouns or
pronouns. Add –er to the end of one syllable
words. Add more to the beginning of
multi-syllable words. NEVER use –er and more together.
Let’s try some! Joe is ______ than Bill. Bill works _______ than Joe. This car is ___________to drive than
that one.
(tall)
(hard)
(difficult)
taller
harder
more difficult
Superlative Adjectives Used to compare three or more
nouns or pronouns Add –est to the end of one syllable
words. Add most to the beginning of
multisyllable words. NEVER use -est and most together.