By Joanne Whitley

& Connie Campbell

ADJECTIVESAdjectives tell about nouns.

They usually answer 2 questions.

•HOW MANY?

•WHAT KIND?

One sad little girl was in our class.

•HOW MANY?

•WHAT KIND?

One sad little girl was in our class.One sad little girl was in our class.

•HOW MANY?

•WHAT KIND?

One sad little girl was in our class.One sad little girl was in our class.

Let’s Practice!

Robert had four books on his shelf.

Can you find the adjectives and the nouns they describe?

four describes

The scary ghost was not smiling!

scary describes

Jessimine looked into the clear ball.

clear describes

The colorful butterfly was Evan’s.

colorful describes

Brittany wore a pink dress!

pink describes

Frankie saw a funny clown at the circus.

funny describes

Hilary wore a striped shirt.

striped describes

The little baby crawled.

little

little describes

Chasitie bounced the round basketball.

round describes

Adjectives answer two questions.

•HOW MANY?

•WHAT KIND?

some few many

several lots four

green crunchy smooth

new smart beautiful

What is the adjective?What noun does it tell about?

The blue notebook is closed.

Adjective?

Noun?

Adjectives that compare!

You can use adjectives to compare two or more nouns.

Add –er to an adjective to compare two nouns.

Add –est to compare more than two nouns.

Adjectives that compare

The merry-go-round is slowerslower than the Ferris wheel.

The roller coaster is the fastestfastest ride in the park.

When the adjective ends with in a consonant sound and yy, change the yy to ii and add –er–er or –est–est.

lucky luckier luckiest

When the adjective ends in ee, drop the ee and add –er–er or ––estest.

brave braver bravest

For the adjectives that have a single vowel sound before a final consonant, double the final consonant and add –er–er or –est–est.

big bigger biggest

happy + er

happier

pale + er

paler

furry + est

furriest

noisy + est

noisiest

cute + est

cutest

gentle + er

gentler

The parade is (big) than last year’s parade.

bigger

The circus has the (funny) clowns in the world.

funniest

One clown has the (sad) face of all.

saddest

• The fun house is (dark) than a cave.

• darker

• The water slide is the (cool) ride I know.

• coolest

• Some rides are (wild) than others.

• wilder

How did you do?

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