1. Name It!
Adjectives
This presentation was downloaded from the CyberExchange website and has been augmented and modified by D. Fisher.

2. What is an adjective? An adjective modifies a noun. colorful brown
loud
happy

3. The bold teacher handed out the white papers.
Find the adjectives.
The bold teacher handed out the white papers. 1

4. The laptop computer has a blue screen and a black screen.2

5. The big yellow bus went down the wrong road.3

6. The crazy plane will crash quickly.4

7. That big bad dog frequently chased the scared little boys up trees.5

8. The young boy is very, very fat.6

9. Mom and dad always help me with my English homework.7

10. The friendly teacher likes to read story books and talk a lot.8

11. The two doctors visited the sick patient at the community hospital.9

12. The thin girl did not really like the green boy.10

13. The football team won the big game easily!11

14. The little brown cat sometimes has bad hair.12

15. The happy little green and yellow bug is smiling.13

16. Originally produced by
Modified by D. Fisher

19. a = one person or one thing
a car
a small car
a small pink car

20. a = one person or one thing
a woman
a young woman
a friendly young woman

21. an before a e i o u sounds
an apple
an orange
an eggplant

22. a book an
interesting book
animal an
a small animal

23. a or an? 1 Do you have ____ umbrella?
2 I’d like to buy ____ hat, please.
3 I’ll see you in ____ hour.
4 UWS is ____ university.

24. a or an? 1 Do you have an umbrella? 2 I’d like to buy a hat, please.
3 I’ll see you in an hour.
4 UWS is a university.
remember :
an before a e i o u sounds

25. We use the when it is clear which person or thing we mean. For example:
the roof, the backyard, the kitchen (house)
‘Where’s Sam?’ ‘He’s in the kitchen.’
the station, the airport, the bank (city or town)
the door, the ceiling, the light ( a room)

26. a / an or the
I bought __sandwich and __ milkshake. ___sandwich was nice but __ milkshake was horrible.
I bought a sandwich and a milkshake. The sandwich was nice but the milkshake was horrible.
the sandwich and the milkshake = my sandwich and my milkshake