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Ordering Adjectives

Ordering Adjectives. I can order adjectives in sentences according to conventional patterns. ELACC4L1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

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Ordering Adjectives

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  1. Ordering Adjectives I can orderadjectives in sentences according to conventional patterns.

  2. ELACC4L1 • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. • d. Orderadjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).

  3. What are adjectives? • Adjectives are words that describe or tell about nouns or pronouns. • Adjectives make sentences more interesting. • They give details that make your meaning clearer. • They tell what kind or how many.

  4. Use adjectives to describe the trees.

  5. Use adjectives to describe the bats.

  6. Use adjectives to describe the jack-o-lantern.

  7. Use adjectives to describe the monsters.

  8. Sort the adjectives. six wicked ghoulish few several white round

  9. Highlight the adjectives in the sentences. • Seven ghastly goblins haunted the young children. • We saw many pumpkins glowing orange that scary night. • My blonde wig didn’t match my costume, so I had to buy one black wig for fourteen dollars.

  10. Which sentence sounds better? • The old green wicked witch cackled out loud. • The green wicked old witch cackled out loud.

  11. Adjectives have an ORDER!

  12. Ordering Adjectives • An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). • For example: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult • Halloween opinion adjectives???

  13. Ordering Adjectives • A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. • For example: large, tiny, enormous, little

  14. Ordering Adjectives • An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. • For example: ancient, new, young, old

  15. Ordering Adjectives • A shape adjective describes the shape of something. • For example: square, round, flat, rectangular

  16. Ordering Adjectives • A color adjective, of course, describes the color of something. • For example: blue, pink, reddish, gray

  17. Ordering Adjectives • An origin adjective describes where something comes from. • For example: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek

  18. Ordering Adjectives • A material adjective describes what something is made from. • For example: wooden, metal, cotton, paper

  19. Ordering Adjectives • A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with “-ing”. • For example: sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), catching (as in “catching mitt”)

  20. Some Examples of Adjective Order

  21. Ordering Adjectives • Click here to practice.

  22. On your own… • Write a sentence using three or more adjectives IN ORDER. • gigantic • four • orange • roasted • scary • round • farm-raised

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