Adjectives Noun and Pronoun Modifiers

Essential Question What is an adjective and how does it work in a sentence?

An Adjective is a word that provides information about size, shape, color, texture, feeling, sound, smell, number, or condition of a noun or pronoun. Large Small Ball Round Soft Hard Hollow Solid Red, white & green Black & white

So an Adjective limits the meaning of a noun or pronoun by providing more information or giving specific details. clouddarkstorm

How does an adjective work in a sentence? Most adjectives come before the nouns they modify. Many groups of visitors admire the huge new building. many describes groups huge and new describe building Good architects arrange many different materials into beautiful shapes.

AdjectivesNouns Goodmanydifferentbeautifularchitectsmaterialsmaterialsshapes

Sometimes adjectives follow linking verbs and describe the noun or pronoun that is the subject of the sentence. Some architects are skillful and creative. The adjectives skillful and creative follow the linking verb are and describes the subject architects Predicate Adjectives

A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject of the sentence. 1.The architect created a surprising design. 2.The building is decorated. Present participle Past participle Predicate adjective

Break for Practice Page 417 Ex. 1 Identifying adjectives Ex. 2 Predicate Adjectives 1-10

Essential Question What is an adjective and how does it work in a sentence?

Articles The words a, an, and the make up a special group of adjectives called articles. A and an are called indefinite articles because they refer to one of a general group of people, places, things or ideas. A is used before words with a consonant sound. a unita pilotan houran astronaut An is used before words with a vowel sound.

Articles The is called a definite article because it refers to a specific people, places, things or ideas. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.

Proper Adjectives Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns. A proper adjective always begins with a capital letter. On my vacation in Italy, I only ate Italian food. My ancestors are from Ireland, so I am of Irish decent.

Proper Adjectives Common Endings for Proper Nouns EndingsExamples an MexicoAlaskaGuatemala MexicanAlaskanGuatemalan ese ChinaBaliJapan ChineseBalineseJapanese ian CanadaItalyNigeria CanadianItalianNigerian ish SpainIrelandTurkey SpanishIrishTurkish

Verbs as Adjectives Present and Past Participle EndingsExamples ing decorateroarjoin decoratingroaringjoining ed decorateroarbaffle decoratedroaredbaffled

Break for Practice Page 419 Ex. 3 Using A and AN Ex. 4 Identifying proper adjectives 1-20 Ex. 5 Forming proper adjectives 1-20

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Essential Question What are comparative and superlative adjectives?

Comparative Adjectives The comparative form of an adjective compares two things, groups, or people. The stone building is larger than the wooden building.