Adjectives

Presented by:

Patrick O. Quiazon

is a word/s that describes nouns or pronouns

ADJECTIVES

PEOPLE

PLACES

THINGS

She is wearing a shiny blue track suit

ADJECTIVES

NOUN

It’s a bright sunny day.

What is the adjective used in the sentence?

ADJECTIVES

Adjective also ask the questions:

WHAT KIND?

WHICH ONE?HOW

MUCH?HOW

MANY?

Today is a warm day with hundreds of birds chirping in

the clear blue sky.

What kind? How many?

What kind?

One should not use too many adjectives in the sentences…

Ex.

The fierce ugly old brown tiger.

x

To make a perfect sentence one should follow the following order:

SIZE

TYPE

TEXTURE

COLOR

The yellow big beach shiny ball. x

The big shiny yellow beach ball.

Points to remember… Possessive pronouns can be also used as adjectives.

Example: That is his book. 

The, a, and an are called articles. Articles are always adjectives. They modify nouns and pronouns. Examples: 

1. The two dark cats were walking on the fence.       The - adjective because it modifies the noun cats and is an article.      Two - adjective because it modifies the noun cats & answers the question  HOW MANY.

      Dark - adjective because it modifies the noun cats & answers the question  WHAT KIND.

2.The chocolate one is his last cookie.       The - adjective because it modifies the pronoun one and is an article.      Chocolate - adjective because it modifies the pronoun one & tells WHAT KIND.        His - adjective because it is a possessive pronoun that modifies the noun cookie and answers the question WHICH ONE.         Last - adjective because it modifies the noun cookie and tells WHICH ONE.

Lets practice! Find the adjectives in the following sentences.  1. He suggested they clean the statue for their community service

project.         __________ __________ _______________ _______________ 2. The bank book was on the kitchen table.               __________ ____________ ________ ________________ 3. Five dollars was required of each student.                              __________ __________  4. The teacher asked the shy boy to give an oral report.      __________ __________ _________ ___________ ______________ 5. I visited the family for several days.                              __________ _______________ 6. Do you have a special someone in your life?                              _____________ ___________ __________ 7. Her story was printed in the town paper.                              __________ __________ ___________ 

Assignment:

Are you a dog lover?

Say something about these dogs.

Compare the two dogs. Use adjectives in describing each.

Which is which?

Describe each dog and compare one from another.

Which of it do you want to be your pet? Why?

Goodluck!