Transcript Adjectives - Kaneland School District

English 9
Review
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 Nouns: person, place, thing (common, and proper)
 Pronouns: replace nouns (he, she, they, them, that)
 Verbs: express an action or help make a statement
 Prepositions: shows relationships between nouns-the subject and the direct object
What is an Adjective?
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 A word used to modify (or describe) a noun or pronoun
 Adjectives modify by telling what kind, which one, or
how many
 What kind?
 Which one?
 How many?
Red paint, new friend, light rain
This room, those books, that car
Five feet, ten musicians, many hours
Adjectives
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 An adjective may be separated from the word it
modifies by other words
 Ex: The salad was delicious
 Delicious modifies salad
 My ankle is very sore
 Sore modifies ankle
 The English textbook is extremely heavy
 Heavy modifies textbook
 English modifies textbook
Forms or Degrees of Adjectives
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 Positive: makes a descriptive statement
 Comparative: used to compare one noun/pronoun to
another
 Superlative: used to make a statement that one
noun/pronoun exceeds another
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Light
Lighter
Lightest
Funny
Funnier
Funniest
Good
Better
Best
Bad
Worse
Worst
A Way to Remember
Adjectives…
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 Adjectives steal from other parts of speech
 These parts of speech that adjectives steal from
include:
 Articles
 Pronouns
 Nouns
Articles
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 Articles are the most frequently used adjectives
A
 An
 The
 Examples
 The car pulled up beside us
 Have you ever seen such an unusual painting?
 The choir sang the song cheerfully
Adjectives vs. Pronouns
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Some words can act as either a pronoun or an
adjective, depending on how they are used.
(that, either, many, some, these, those, etc.)
Remember, a pronoun takes the place of a
noun, while an adjective modifies a noun or
pronoun
If the word is used as an adjective, a noun
must closely follow it
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Adjective or Pronoun?
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Ex: That cheese is old - adjective
Ex: That is old – pronoun
Ex: These shoes are uncomfortable - adjective
Ex: These are uncomfortable – pronoun
Practice:
 Many people like to travel to the city
 adjective
 That is not funny
 pronoun
 Either Maddy or Tommy could go if they like
 adjective
Nouns vs. Adjectives
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 Sometimes, nouns can act as adjectives if they are
being used to modify (describe) another noun
Noun
Noun as Adjective
Crisp Bacon
Bacon sandwich
Blinding Snow
Snow sculpture
Last December
December sale
Possessive Nouns can be
Adjectives
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 Possessive Nouns and Pronouns (his, hers, Bob’s)
can also be considered adjectives because they are
used to describe nouns
 Ex: Which shoes? Bob’s shoes
 Ex: Whose house? His house
Common and Proper
Nouns as Adjectives
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 Some common and proper nouns can be used as
adjectives
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Common noun: city
Common noun: cheese
Common noun: bacon
Proper noun: Japansese
Proper noun: Malaysia
Adj: city street
Adj: cheese omelet
Adj: bacon sandwich
Adj: Japanese restaurant
Adj: Malaysian language
You try
find the adjective
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 1. Roger’s book is one of the most powerful
statements of economic disaster I’ve ever read.
 2. On either side of a dark-green mosque, storefronts
were filled with last minute shoppers.
 3. In these examples, we can see the final product.
Practice
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 Write 2
sentences
using
adjectives
with the
following
picture
Putting it all Together
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Label the following sentence with the parts of speech that we
have learned so far:
 The white snow glitters in the soft light
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The – article (adj)
White – adjective
Snow – noun
Glitters – verb
In – preposition
The – article (adj)
Soft – adjective
Light - noun