ADJECTIVE

What can you say about those pictures?

Have you been in these kind of places?

How does it feels?

ADJECTIVE

is a word/s that describes nouns or pronouns

PEOPLE

PLACES

THINGS

She is wearing a shiny green dress

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?

What kind? How many?

Today is a warm day with hundreds of birds chirping in

the clear blue sky.

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.

•                              __________ __________ ___________