1. Adjectives Melissa Atilano & Arlena Padilla P.1

2. What are Adjectives? - Adjectives are modifiers. They modify nouns or pronouns. This means they change the image of a noun or pronoun. - You can usually find adjectives if you ask: Which one? What kind? How many? How much?

3. * Picture a car in your head* * Red, fast, and goofy would be the adjectives because they describe the car. Now make it fast! Now make it red. Now make it look goofy.

4. Kinds of Adjectives Descriptive adjectives- tell quality, condition, appearance, shape, color, etc. Quantitative adjectives- tell the number or amount. Demonstrative adjectives- point out which nouns. Possessive adjectives- tell the ownership or possession of nouns. Interrogative adjectives- introduce direct or indirect questions

5. Proper Adjective -One type of descriptive adjective is called the proper adjective. -Proper adjectives come from proper nouns. This means that they will always be capitalized. -Proper adjectives sometimes form by adding a suffix to a proper noun.

6. Examples of Proper Adjectives: Proper Noun: America Mexico France China Proper Adjectives: American Mexican French Chinese

7. Location of Adjectives Adjectives can be located in three places in a sentence. 1.The most common location is directly in front of the noun it is modifying. Ex: the handsome prince, the furry dog 1.Another location is after a linking verb or verb of condition. Ex: The performance was amazing. 1.The final location of an adjective would be after a noun when it is set off by commas. Ex: The book, well-written and suspenseful, kept my interest.

8. To find an adjective you need to locate the nouns first! *REMINDER* An adjective answers: Which? How many? What kind? Which one? Can you pass me that book? How many? Belle has one book. What kind? Anna dislikes the cold weather.

9. You can use more than one adjective to describe a noun. The monster was big and blue. (big and blue are describing the monster)

10. More examples of Adjectives! Beautiful Ugly/Evil/Fat Sad Old Flawless Scary Cold/Cute/Adorable

11. Quiz time!!! Directions: Underline the adjectives 1.The boy was tall. 2.Ursula was very fat and ugly. 3.I didn't know why my brother was so mean to me. 4.The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back. 5.I wore my blue coat with the white hood and warm gloves.

12. Answers 1.The boy was tall. 2.Ursula was very ugly. 3.I didn't know why my brother was so mean to me. 4.The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back. 5.I wore my blue coat with the white hood.