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Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs . Chapter 16 p. 334. An adjective is used to describe a noun and a pronoun. Think of the word house. Change it slightly: small house large wooden house old white colonial house grey house. To modify means to change slightly.

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Adjectives and Adverbs

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  1. Adjectives and Adverbs Chapter 16 p. 334

  2. An adjective is used to describe a noun and a pronoun.

  3. Think of the word house. Change it slightly: small house large wooden house old white colonial house grey house To modify means to change slightly

  4. She saw a bright, smiling face. • The room, narrow and dark, frightened us. Identifying the adjectives and modifiers

  5. They are happy and talkative. • Quiet and sullen, he sat in the corner. More examples identifying

  6. Ducks, geese, and swans are aquatic birds. On your paper put this as answer: aquatic birds 2. All waterfowl 3. These birds webbed feet 4-10 on your own Exercise 1 p. 337

  7. Definite article the refers to a specific person, place, or thing. • Indefinite article a and an are not specific person, place, or thing. • Use an before a vowel sound Articles- A, An, The

  8. You must write out the sentences! • 1. __I__ lake is __I__ ideal place for swans to live. • 2. __D__ water must not be too deep. • 3-10 on your own Exercise 2 p. 339

  9. Nouns as adjectives

  10. The basketball player has three fouls. • A police officer made difficult decision. • Army wives worry all the time. • The Kleenex box has soft tissues. • Many students will go to the skate center. • James went home to play video games. Identify all adjectives.

  11. 1. waterfowl (family) • 2. winter (season) • 3. wedge (formation) • 4-10 on own Exercise 3 p. 340

  12. Finish exercise 1-3 • Not homework- bring back with you tomorrow! do not lose it Rest of the hour

  13. New material

  14. Proper Adjective begins with a capital letter. • Proper Adjective is a proper noun being used as an adjective. • Proper Adjective is formed from a proper noun. Proper Adjectives

  15. Proper Adjective examples

  16. Example: An Austrian tourist watched the geese in flight. Austrian (tourist) • Snow geese live in the Arctic region surrounding the North Pole. Arctic (region) 2-5 on your own Exercise 4 p. 341

  17. Compound adjectives are made up of more than one word. • ** most of the time they are written as hyphenated words or combined words. Compound Adjectives

  18. Example: After the accident, the oil-covered highway slowed traffic for hours. oil-covered (highway) • Ducks, geese, and swans are web-footed birds that come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. web-footed (birds) 2-10 on your own Exercise 5 p. 342

  19. Finish yesterday’s assignment exercises 1-3. • Today’s assignment is exercises 4-5. • Worksheets 16.1 All Work Due on Friday Yesterday’s Assignment:

  20. Listen Up and Pay attention New material

  21. A noun or pronoun is used as an adjective if it modifies a noun. • The duck pond sometimes freezes in winter. • We see the duckling on this side of the pond. • Which ducks are the males? Nouns and pronouns as adjectives

  22. Personal pronouns are often called possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, and their. • They are adjectives because they answer the question Which one? • They are pronouns because they have antecedents. Possessive nouns and pronouns as adjectives.

  23. What is an antecedent?

  24. which we them you this him mine they she Pronouns he her A word that takes the place of a noun or group of words acting as a noun.

  25. Antecedent Antecedent Is the noun (or group of words acting as a noun) for which a pronoun stands.

  26. What does that mean? Antecedents- weird word

  27. When you use a pronoun, you are writing a sentence to avoid repeating the nouns throughout the sentence. Antecedents • With pronouns: The firefighters described how they did their jobs. If we didn’t have pronouns this would be the sentence… • Without pronouns: The firefighters described how the firefighters did the firefighters’ jobs.

  28. Exercise 6 p. 344

  29. Demonstrative pronouns can be used as adjective: this, that, these, and those • We saw that. • That lake is home to many geese. • What are these? • These gulls are searching for food. Demonstrative adjectives

  30. Ex. I learned that last year. • that (pronoun) • Ex. I did well on that test. • that (adj.) test • 1. those (pronoun) • 2. these (adj.) gulls Exercise 7 p. 345

  31. Interrogative pronouns can be adjectives. which, what, and whose • Which do you think he will choose? • Which parrot do you think he will buy? • Whose can that be? • Whose macaw can that be? Interrogative adjectives

  32. Ex. What do you want? • What (pronoun) • Ex. What words can she speak? • What (words) • 1. Which (pronoun) • 2. What (tips) Exercise 8 p. 346

  33. Ex. 9 write the adjective and draw an arrow to the noun it modifies • Ex. 10 write out the sentences • Ex. 11 write the adjective and the noun it modifies • Ex. 12 same as 11 Section Review p. 347 9-12

  34. Finish exercises 1-8 and WS from yesterday Section Review 9-12 All worksheets and bookwork due tomorrow by the end of the hour Complex WS due on MONDAY Vocab test tomorrow Thursday’s assignment

  35. Adverbs can modify 3 parts of speech. • Verb, adjective or another adverb • Answers four questions • Where? When? In What way? To what extent? Adverbs

  36. Adverbs

  37. One of California’s main attractions is the coastline, which stretches continuously along the western border of the state. Continuously- In what way? 2-5 on your own Exercise 16 p. 348

  38. Adverbs modify adjectives

  39. California’s central valley has soil abundantly rich in nutrients. • The state’s warm weather allows for an unusually long growing season. • Farmers are able to grow many different kinds of fruits and vegetables. 1. abundantly (rich) 2. unusually (long) 3. many (different) Exercise 17 p. 349

  40. Exercise 16 and 17 WS 16.2 (due Thursday) Tuesday’s assignment

  41. Adverbs modifying other adverbs

  42. Many animals have adapted quite successfully to life in the California desert. • The grizzly bear almost entirely disappeared from the state in the 1920’s. • Cougars and bobcats too greatly populate the foothills and woodlands. 1. quite (successfully) 2. almost (entirely) 3. too (greatly) Exercise 18 p. 350

  43. Finding adverbs

  44. Trees have been effectively used for many things. Trees have been effectively used for many things. Exercise 19 p. 351

  45. 1. Some fruit trees bloom earlier than others. Adverb 2. Usually, the blossoms don’t last long. Adverb 3. Sharing the fruit from one’s trees is a neighborly gesture. Adjective Exercise 20 p. 353

  46. Exercise 21 • 1. daily • We get a daily newspaper. (adj.) • It arrives at 7 am daily. (adv.) • Exercise 22 • The trees reach into the sky. • The large oak trees reach high into the sky. Exercise 21 and 22 p. 353

  47. Finish Tuesday’s work 16 and 17 • WS 16.2 (due tomorrow) • Exercises 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 Wednesday’s Assignment

  48. Finish any of the adverb exercises 16-22 • Section Review p. 355 23-25 • All book work due Tuesday. Thursday’s assignment

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