Adjective Modifiers Make a Wish 10

Look what I found on the street! A Typical Family 1

A Typical Family 2 It looks like a magic lamp. Let’s see if there’s a genie inside.

You each have one wish. SPEAK! A Typical Family 3

Adjectives 1 A blue car! Cool! That’s an old car. I want an expensive car! One wish? OK. I want a car.

Adjectives 2 I’m lonely. I want some friends. Those guys are boring. I want some exciting friends.

Adjectives 3 I want a house. That house is small. I want a big house. Wow! That’s perfect!

Adjectives 4 I want a new boss. He looks angry. I want a friendly boss.

Adjectives 5 Oh, I don’t need a wish. My family is happy and healthy. That’s all I need!

Function Adjectives describe nouns. The car is old. I want a generous boss. noun noun

Adjectives after Be Adjectives can come after the verb be. That house is small. Those girls are exciting. be be

Adjectives before Nouns Adjectives can come before a noun. car. I want a blue bighouse. noun I want a noun

Practice 1 Re-write each sentence. Choose the correct word from the list. Follow the example. 1. The children are sad. Example: The children wish for old things. new The children wish for new things. 2. Her friends are boring. 3. That’s a very small house. 4.The new car is cheap. happy The children are happy. exciting Her friends are exciting. big That’s a very big house. expensive The new car is expensive. 5.These are ugly flowers. beautiful big exciting happy new expensive beautiful These are beautiful flowers.

Articles 1 Do not add –s to an adjective. She has greats plans for her future. great

Articles 2 Use a before an adjective if it begins with a consonant sound. It’s a magic lamp. I want a happy family.

Articles 3 Use an before an adjective if it begins with a vowel sound. She drives an expensive car. She is an honest boss.

Form Adjectives can end in –ing, -ly, and -ed. He is lonely. That was not an exciting movie.

Practice 2 Make sentences about movies. Use the adjectives on the list and be going to. 1. The movie is about Romeo and Juliet. Example: The movie is about DNA and crime investigation. scaryinterestingromanticfunnyexciting It’s going to be an interesting movie. 2. These movies are about monsters. 3. The movie is about students traveling to mars. 4. These movies have many famous comedians. It’s going to be a romantic movie. They are going to be scary movies. It’s going to be an exciting movie. They’re going to be funny movies.