Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives

Modifiers Means “to change slightly”

Adjectives usually answer one of these four questions about nouns or pronouns

Modifiers

What Kind?New

Striped

enormous

Green Which One?

This

Each

Every

How Many?Two

Few Many

How Much?

No Enough

Little

Adjectives

Adjectives usually come directly before the nouns.

She saw a bright, smiling face.

The sleek, gray horse galloped across the pasture.

AdjectivesOccasionally, the adjective will come after the noun.

The room, narrow and dark, frightened us.

The column of soldiers, long and narrow, marched through the pass.

Adjectives

Adjectives also describe pronouns. When they do they usually come after a linking verb. Occasionally, the come before.

They are happy and talkative.

Quiet and sullen, he sat in a corner.

Underline the adjectives and circle the words they modify. Do not include a, an or the.

1. This fine novel was written by a friend of mine.

2. Every qualified person can enter the contest.

3. Bob loaded the plate with four large sandwiches.

4. Make one special wish and blow out the candles.

5. The car was a powerful and efficient vehicle.

Underline the adjective and circle the words they modify. Do not include a, an or the.

6. During the winter, we had little snow and no temperatures that fell below zero.

7. I am proud and happy to receive the award.

8. Great flocks of large birds migrate here in the spring.

Adjectives

Modifiers

Articles

Using ArticlesArticles answer the question ……

Which One???

the

Definite Article

a an

Indefinite Article

Choose the correct article.

1. _________________ honorable person (indefinite)

2. _________________ new novel (definite)

3. _________________ elderly man (indefinite)

4. _________________ impossible undertaking (indefinite)

5. _________________ uniform with gold braid (indefinite)

6. _________________ old, stone castle (indefinite)

7. _________________ small, green parakeet (definite)

Underline the noun used as an adjective. Circle the noun modified by this adjective. Do not include the articles.

1. My neighbor is the tax collector in town.

2. During the summer, I like to walk along the golf course.

3. I would not enjoy working as a dog warden.

4. Our police department has four new cars.

5. We are planning to build a town hall next year.

Adjectives

Modifiers

Articles

Using Nouns

Nouns used as Adjectives

A noun used as an adjective usually comes directly before another noun and answers the question…

What Kind? Or Which One?

A shoe salesman What kind?

The waterfowl refuge Which One?

Adjectives

Modifiers

Articles

Using Nouns

Proper Adjectives

Proper Adjectives

1. A proper noun used as an adjective

The Truman library

Florida wetlands

December weather

Two Kinds:

Proper Adjectives

2. An adjective formed from a proper noun.

American history ( formed from noun America)

Victorian ideas (formed from noun Victoria)

Compound Adjectives

A compound adjective is made up of more than one word.

Most compound adjectives are hyphenated. Some are written as combined words.If you are ever unsure – look up the word in the dictionary.

well-known featherweight

Full-time freshwater

Proper and Compound AdjectivesIdentify the proper or compound adjective in each of the sentences. Label compound or

proper.

1. The Maine coast is a beautiful vacation area.

2. He just concluded a whirlwind tour of the United States.

3. We needed a superhuman effort to reach the summit of the mountain.

4. Bob ordered a Greek salad from the menu.

Proper and Compound AdjectivesIdentify the proper or compound adjective in each of the sentences. Label compound

or proper.

5. Here is a short-term solution to the problem.

6. Your English class meets after lunch.

7. Following the basketball game, we went home for dinner.

8. In a topsy-turvy battle, we were finally declared the winners.

Proper and Compound AdjectivesIdentify the proper or compound adjective in each of the sentences. Label compound or

proper.

9. The Christmas celebration began early this year.

10. There are seventy-five students signed up for the course.

Using Nouns and Pronouns as Adjectives

• A noun or a pronoun is used as an adjective if it modifies a noun.

Pronouns as Adjectives• Possessive nouns can be used

as adjectives. These are called possessive adjectives.•My, your, his, her, its, our and their

Pronouns as Adjectives

• The ducks flapped their wings.

• This is used as a pronoun because it has an antecedent.• This is used as an adjective because it

modifies wings.

Identify Possessive Adjectivesp. 344 Exercise 6

• 1. Europeans first spotted hummingbirds during their explorations of the New World.

• 2. In his diary, Christopher Columbus wrote accounts of hummingbirds.

• 3. At first, he thought the hummingbird was an insect because of its size.

• 4. He brought several hummingbirds back to Spain as presents for his patron, Queen Isabella.

• 5. The queen let them fly free in her garden.

• 6. My brother and I found an article about hummingbirds in the library in our school.

• 7. We learned that the hummingbird was hunted because of its colorful skin.

• 8. Every fashionable European woman wanted to impress her neighbors with objects made of hummingbird skin.

• 9. To meet the demand, hundreds of thousands of hummingbirds lost their lives.

• 10. Audubon included several paintings of hummingbirds in his book of art prints.

Demonstrative Adjectives

• This • That• These• Those

Recognize Demonstrative Adjectivesp. 345 Exercise 7

• 1. Those are yellow-legged gulls gathered on the beach searching for food.

• 2. These gulls have dark-yellow legs and a distinctive red spot on their lower jaw.

• 3. That one is a herring gull.

• 4. These two types of sea gulls are very similar and are often mistaken for each other.

• 5. This is how you can tell the difference between the two kinds of gulls.

• 6. Notice the pinkish-colored legs on these herring gulls and the smaller red spots on their jaws.

• 7. There are other differences between the two birds besides those.

• 8. The feathers of this bird are slightly darker than those of the other.

• 9. These darker feathers belong to the herring gull.

• 10. Do you think you can remember all of this?

Interrogative Adjectives

•Which•What•Whose

Interrogative AdjectivesAdjective or Pronoun

• Which do you think he will choose?

• Whose can that be?

• Whose macaw can that be?

Interrogative Adjectivesp. 346 Exercise 8

• 1. Which is the most interesting pet to own?

• 2. What tips should you learn before purchasing a macaw?

• 3. Which pet shop carries the healthiest macaws?

• 4. Whose idea was it to come to this pet store?

• 5. What are we supposed to do to prepare our home for the new parrot?

• 6. Whose voice does the parrot seem to be imitating?

• 7. Which are the most unusual sounds that your bird makes?

• 8. Which brand of food is the most popular?

• 9. Whose is the best Web site for locating information about macaws?

• 10. What items did you put inside the parrot’s cage?

Norman Rockwell

Tell the story that goes along with this picture.

•Use as many of the adjectives that we have been studying:• Adjectives used as

modifiers• Articles• Proper Adjectives• Compound

Adjectives

Directions Continued

• Once finished with the story and on a separate sheet of paper:– Create a three column chart– Label the top of the first column on the left

“Adjective”– Label the top of the second column “ modifier”– Label the top of the third column “ Type”– Complete chart to include all of the adjectives you

used in your story.