1. Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns!

2. Adjectives describe: What kind gentle dog Irish town scary movie
purple shoes

3. Adjectives describe: What kind gentle dog Irish town scary movie
purple shoes

4. Adjectives describe: Which One or Ones sixth grade these books
other people
any CD

5. Adjectives describe: Which One or Ones sixth grade these books
other people
any CD

6. Adjectives describe: How many or how much: two tickets full pitcher
most players
no work

7. Examples:
The dog is gentle.
the adjective gentle modifies dog

8. The sea, blue and sparkling, stretched
out before us invitingly.
What is the adjective and what does it modify?

9. The sea, blue and sparkling, stretched
out before us invitingly.
The adjectives blue and sparkling modify the noun sea

10. Mr. Jennings kept talking about food
Mr. Jennings kept talking about food. All the kids from Core II had a voracious
appetite by lunch.
Adjective? Noun?

11. Mr. Jennings kept talking about food
Mr. Jennings kept talking about food. The kids from Core II had a voracious
appetite by lunch.
Adjective: voracious
Noun it modifies: appetite