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1 English Class 5:00-6:30 PM Spelling Test/Grammar/Reading

2 Spelling Time

3 Adjective Order Pretend you have a list of adjectives like this:  Red  Big  Korean  Light  Sleek  The How do you order them in a sentence?

4 Adjective Order There is another acronym you need to memorize in order to know and understand the order of adjectives.  DOSSAC OMQ D- Determiners O- Observations and Characteristics S- Size S- Shape A- Age C- Color O- Origin M- Material Q- Qualifier

5 Adjective Order Determiners  There are 6 different determiners. Possessive Adjectives A/An/ The Demonstrative Adjectives Indefinite Adjectives Interrogative Adjectives Numbers

6 Possessive Adjective TheirHis/Her/Its3 rd Person Your 2 nd Person OurMy1 st Person PluralSingular

7 Determiners Possessive adjectives always start the list of any adjectives.  My big black dog ate the cat.  Our red car was stolen last night.  My mom said, “Your backpack is over there.”

8 Determiners A/An/The  A/An Singular/ one of many, indefinite  The Definite/ Specific There are a few exceptions when it comes to using A/An/The:

9 Don't use A/An/The for class subjects  “The biology is hard” or “A biology is hard” are both incorrect. Don't use A/An/The for countries  You don't use “The Japan” or “A Japan” Words with United/Republic/Union, use “the” Words that start with silent H, use “an”  An hour, an honor, an herb, a horse, a hippo If the word has a “U” sound, then use “a” If not the use “an”  An umbrella, a unicycle, The universe

10 Determiners Demonstrative Adjectives  This/That  These/ Those This big book is mine. These circular cookies are his. Indefinite Adjectives  Some, any, few, several Interrogative Adjectives  Which/What Numbers

11 Observation and Characteristic This could be an personal characteristic  Smelly  Boring  Tasty  Quiet  Ugly  Pretty

12 Observation and Characteristic Break down the following sentences. Identify the different types of adjectives and different noun positions Example:  The slimy slug crawled across the field. The- Adjective (determiner)‏ Slimy- Adjective (observation)‏ Slug- Subject Crawled- Verb Across- Preposition The- Adjective (determiner)‏ Field- Object of the Preposition

13 Size/Shape Size is the next adjective, after determiners and observations  Example Big, small puny, medium, normal, average, usual, Gigantic After size, it's shape adjectives  Example Fat, skinny, slim, tall, short, stocky, muscular, obese, circular, etc

14 Age/Color After size, it's age and color  Age Example New, young, old, early, late, middle-aged, ancient, youthful, modern, contemporary, antique, classic  Color Red, blue, green..

15 Origin Countries  Korea, Korean (adjective)‏  Mexico, Mexican (adjective)‏  America, American (adjective)‏  China, Chinese (adjective)‏  Spain, Spanish (adjective)‏  Cuba, Cuban (adjective)‏

16 Materials Stone  Asphalt, concrete, cement, marble, granite, brick, tile Precious  Ruby, emerald, pearl, diamond, Rubber Plastic Metals  Gold, silver, platinum, titanium, aluminum Clothes  Cotton, wool, silk, cashmere

17 Qualifier Room  Bedroom  Bathroom  Spare room Knife  Pocket knife  Army knife  Razor blade knife

18 Homework Go to the blog and leave a comment  www.teachermongol.wordpress.com Look over all the slides Finish reading chapters 11 and 12 in Charlotte Doyle Write 5 sentences  Each sentence must contain 4 or more adjectives.  The adjectives must be in order.


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