1. What is an Adjective? Who knows what an Adjective is? Fill out the chart on the next page to see if you already mastered your adjectives! Next

2. Matching Quiz! WordAdjectiveNounDon’t Know Happy Sunny Job Round Ugly Shiny Delicious Ten Girl Free Loud Name Person Yellow Click for answers

3. Matching Quiz Answers! WordAdjectiveNounDon’t Know HappyX SunnyX JobX RoundX UglyX ShinyX DeliciousX TenX GirlX FreeX LoudX NameX PersonX YellowX Next

4. How did you do? Let’s continue onto what an adjective is and how to identify one! Maybe we need a little more of a review….. Next

5. An Adjective is… An action word? A number? Descriptive? A person? List of most commonly used Adjectives Complete Definition of an Adjective

6. Adjectives! An Adjective can be defined as a name for a word that modifies (describes) a noun. Nouns are words that name a place, a person, a thing, or an idea. An adjective is a word that gives more information about the noun that goes with it (accompanies). Three rules to remember about adjectives are as follows: 1. Adjectives are words used to describe nouns. 2. Adjectives give more information about a noun. 3. Use adjectives to make your writing more interesting. List of most commonly used Adjectives

7. No! An adjective can not be an action. Adjectives describe a noun or an action. Action words are known as “verbs” Action Verbs are words that have movement of some sort. Back to Definition Page

8. Numbers, yes! Adjectives can be numbers as long as the numbers are describing a noun or an object: The eight- year old girl was a great student My favorite food at the party was the delicious three- layered cake! The giant ten- foot python was scary. Back to Definition Page

9. Descriptions; Of course! Adjectives are there to make your writing more entertaining and exciting. Adjectives describe the noun or object in the sentence. Interesting words are best: The graceful dancer wowed the audience. The party was exciting and crazy! My favorite Disney Princess is the beautiful Cinderella. Back to Definition Page

10. People are nouns! Although nouns can be adjectives, people cannot be adjectives. Don’t forget, adjectives are describing words and can be used to describe people. Does it sound right when we use people as adjectives? The song was so amazing we can easily say it was Kelly Ford. Mr. Field was an Anna teacher. Most of the time words should make sense in a sentence if put in properly. If they do not, they more than likely they do not fit the definition. Back to Definition Page

11. Let’s play some games! Matching adjectives Play a game and if you get 80 points get a prize - print out final score and bring into class Crossword puzzle Next

12. Common Adjectives big large favorite little short fastsmalltall/long hotgood oldpretty fathappy fulldark funnyinteresting cheaphigh deephealthy richsoft easyclean safesame earlystrong topbeautiful handsome hungrythirstytired busy freegreat friendly slow cold badnew/young uglythin/skinnysadempty lightseriousboringexpensive lowshallowsick/illpoor hard difficultdirtydangerous different lateweak bottom Let’s practice and play some games

13. More Fun Facts! Adjectives can be used to compare things: Jenny has a poufy dress on while Karen has a thin dress. Adjectives can also be colors: Jenny has a poufy green dress on while Karen has a thin blue summer dress on. Fill in the blanks: has on a, ; while is wearing a,,. Next

14. Need a little more help? School House rock, can sing adjectives into your memory! School House Rock Grammar Adjective Write your own adjectives song for practice and extra credit and enjoy using adjectives!