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Adjectives Review

Adjectives Review. Types of Adjectives. Describe nouns and pronouns Nouns – name a person, place, thing, or idea Pronouns – takes the place of a noun Answer these questions: Which one? that girl , my book What kind? fluffy bunny , red sock How many/much? seven days , no food.

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Adjectives Review

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  1. Adjectives Review

  2. Types of Adjectives • Describe nouns and pronouns • Nouns – name a person, place, thing, or idea • Pronouns – takes the place of a noun • Answer these questions: • Which one? thatgirl, mybook • What kind? fluffybunny, redsock • How many/much? sevendays, nofood

  3. Types of Adjectives • Normal adjectives - come before modified noun/pronoun • Pretty girl • Red sweater • Two boys • Possessives(John’s; Amy’s; pronouns:my, your, our, its, their, his, her)

  4. Types of Adjectives • Participles – formed from a verb+ ing or +ed • frightened child (verb = frighten) • shocked man (verb = shock) • shivering puppy (verb = shiver) • whining baby (verb = whine) • Predicate adjectives (follow a linking verb and describe the subject) • He is handsome. • The cookies tasted delicious. • The soup smells spicy.

  5. Types of Adjectives • Participles – formed from a verb+ ing or +ed • frightened child (verb = frighten) • shocked man (verb = shock) • shivering puppy (verb = shiver) • whining baby (verb = whine) • Predicate adjectives (follow a linking verb and describe the subject) • He is handsome. • The cookies tasted delicious. • The soup smells spicy.

  6. Types of Adjectives • Participles – formed from a verb+ ing or +ed • frightened child (verb = frighten) • shocked man (verb = shock) • shivering puppy (verb = shiver) • whining baby (verb = whine) • Predicate adjectives (follow a linking verb and describe the subject) • He is handsome. • The cookies tasted delicious. • The soup smells spicy.

  7. Types of Adjectives Articles • A, an(indefinite) – refer to one of a GENERAL group of people, places, things, or ideas • Use a before words that start with a consonant sound (a boy, a unicorn) • Use an before words that start with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) sound (an apple, an hour) • The(definite) – identifies SPECIFIC (clearly defined) people, places, things, and ideas (the boy, the unicorn, the apple)

  8. Types of Adjectives Proper adjectives • Always start with a capital letter • Formed from proper nouns from these common endings: • -an (Germany to German beer) • -ian (Belgium to Belgian waffles) • -ese (Japan to Japanese culture) • -ish (England to English class)

  9. Types of Adjectives Demonstratives – this/these (near); that/those (far) • Demonstrative Adjectives - Point out something and modify (come before) a noun and answers Which one/ones? Example:this dog, these dogs, that dog, those dogs • Demonstrative Pronouns – take the place of a noun (no noun follows) Example:Thatis my dog. Those are mine.

  10. A, an, and the are examples of articles, which are always adjectives. • True • False

  11. Find all of the adjectives in the following sentence (6). I want two French poodles, an Irish setter, and your Siamese cat.

  12. Find all of the adjectives in the following sentence. I want twoFrench poodles, anIrish setter, and yourSiamese cat.

  13. The is an example of an indefinite article. • True • False

  14. Find all of the adjectives in the following sentence. That girl in my class seems nice, but those girls on your bus are mean.

  15. Find all of the adjectives in the following sentence. That girl in my class seems nice, but those girls on your bus are mean.

  16. A and An areindefinite articles. • True • False

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