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Amazing, Awesome, Astounding Adjectives
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In one minute, make a word list to describe this photo
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Adjectives• Adjectives describe nouns (people, places,
and things)
• They tell what kind or how many
• The picture of the tropical sunset is…
colorfulgorgeous
stunningsplendidbreathtaking
magnificentawe-inspiring
dazzling
brilliantspectacular
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Game Time: Find that Adjective
• Yesterday afternoon, I lost my blue shirt and my enormous cookie. You can imagine how sad I was. In fact, I was so upset, I started yelling at my annoying and stinky little brother. This got me in huge trouble. Now I’m grounded for a week, and I have to take out the disgusting trash for more than a month! No fair!!!
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The Special Adjectives
• a
• an
• the
These are special adjectives called ARTICLES
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Using Articles
• Use “a” before a word that begins with a consonant– The student bought a pencil and anotebook.
• Use “an” before a word that begins with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)– The student bought an eraser.– The student bought an igloo.
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The Articles are Missing!
• Sandy walked through park and saw ducks and swans swimming in ……………………………………pond. Then Sandy skipped past amazing fountain and tossed coin into water. coin kirplunked into fountain and sank to bottom. Finally Sandy bought hot dog from old hot dog man and sat down on bench.
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Not to be confused with adverbs
• Adverbs are words that usually describe verbs. They will often end in -ly– The boy ran quickly
– The slug crawled slowly
• Sometimes adverbs also describe adjectives– The night was completely dark.
– Susie May is a very pretty girl.
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Ordering Adjectives
• When using more than one adjective, you have to decide the best order for them.
• What sentence do you think sounds correct and why do you think it’s correct?
A. I lost a red, small bag.B. I lost a small, red bag.
• When ordering adjectives, think about:– What the sentences sound like– What people normally say
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The Rules of Ordering Adjectives
NOSSACCPOMP
1. number 2. opinion 3. size 4. shape 5. age 6. condition 7. color 8. pattern 9. origin 10. material 11. purpose
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The Rules of Ordering Adjectives
1. number -- eight2. opinion -- pretty3. size -- tiny4. shape -- square5. age -- young6. condition -- spoiled7. color -- blue8. pattern -- checkered9. origin -- American10. Material -- leather 11. purpose – waterproof
He lost eight, pretty, tiny, square, old, spoiled, blue, checkered, American, leather, waterproof raincoats yesterday!
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Ordering Adjectives: Extra Practice
A) Someone found my big, brown hat.B) Someone found my brown, big hat.
A) I nearly was grounded for three, whole weeks.B) I nearly was grounded for whole, three weeks.
A) The monster had long, white fangs.B) The monster had white, long fangs.
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Ordering Adjectives: You try it
Write a sentence for each of the adjective pairs
below. Decide on the correct adjective order. And
don’t forget grammar and neatness counts.
• Green, tiny, twelve
• Silly, short, dusty
• Quiet, sad, three,
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Adjective Pick
Think of our lunchroom. List two adjectives that
you would use to describe it. Bullet point four
reasons why you picked your adjectives (two bullet
points for each adjective).
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Review
• What is an adjective?
• What are the “special” adjectives?
• What should you think about when ordering adjectives?