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Awesome, Amazing,
Advantageous, Adventurous
ADJECTIVES!
A guide to your adjective
packet, from Mrs. Birch
and the Incredibles!
Before we begin…
Look for the words that are white and
underlined…these are the missing
words in your packets!
What is an adjective?
• An ADJECTIVE is a word that
DESCRIBES a NOUN or a PRONOUN
• Sometimes we refer to adjectives as
MODIFIERS
– To modify means “TO CHANGE SLIGHTLY”
– This means that adjectives SLIGHTLY
CHANGE the meaning of nouns and
pronouns
What is an adjective?
• Adjectives MODIFY in one of four ways:
– WHAT KIND?
– WHICH ONE?
– HOW MANY?
– HOW MUCH?
• It is important to keep these questions in
mind when you’re trying to identify
adjectives
Modification
• Let’s examine the concept of modification
for a moment and see how it can change
how we see a word…
Modification
• The word “HOUSE” is a noun. When you
think of the word “HOUSE,” each person
has a different mental image.
• Please take a moment and draw your
idea of a house on the back of your
packet…
Modification
• But consider this…
– What if someone says “a SMALL house”
• How does your image change?
– “a LARGE WOODEN house”
• How does your image change?
– “an OLD WHITE COLONIAL house”
• How does your image change?
• The capitalized words CHANGE the way
we see the NOUNS in each of those
phrases!
Modification
• Adjectives modify
or change nouns and
pronouns in very
specific ways, using
the four questions we
discussed earlier…
1) WHAT KIND?
a new hero
a striped
costume
WHAT KIND of hero?  a NEW one
-new is the adjective!
WHAT KIND of costume?  a
STRIPED one
-striped is the adjective!
Modification
2) WHICH ONE?
this villian
every power
WHICH villian?  THIS one
- this is the adjective!
WHICH power?  EVERY one
- every is the adjective!
3) HOW MANY?
one conflict
many disguises
HOW MANY conflicts?  one conflict
- one is the adjective!
HOW MANY disguises?  many disguises
- many is the adjective!
Modification
4) HOW MUCH?
no food
little rain
HOW MUCH food?  no food
- no is the adjective!
HOW MUCH rain?  little rain
- little is the adjective
Placement with NOUNS
• Usually when adjectives modify NOUNS,
they come directly BEFORE the noun.
• But an adjective can also come AFTER a
linking verb when it’s describing a
noun!!
Placement with NOUNS
• Let’s examine some examples:
BEFORE:
Every morning, Mrs. Birch sees many
bright, smiling faces.
[BRIGHT and SMILING modify “faces”]
Placement with NOUNS
• AFTER A LV:
The classroom was cheerful and warm for
the students.
[CHEERFUL and WARM modify
“classroom” and was is the LV!]
Placement with PRONOUNS
• When adjectives modify pronouns, they
often come AFTER a LINKING VERB
– remember our good friend, To Be?
• (I will also show you an exception to the
rule – but you WON’T be tested on it)
Placement with PRONOUNS
• Let’s examine some examples:
AFTER:
They are rambunctious and talkative.
[RAMBUNCTIOUS and TALKATIVE
modify “they” and ARE is the LV]
Placement with PRONOUNS
• EXCEPTION TO THE RULE:
Quiet and sullen, he sat in the corner.
[QUIET and SULLEN modify “he”]
Practice 1 – Identifying
Adjectives
• In each of the following sentences, draw
a line under the adjective, and then draw
an arrow pointing from the adjective to
the noun or pronoun it modifies.
Practice 1 – Identifying Adjectives
1. The Incredibles are an amazing family.
- What kind of family? An AMAZING one!
2. All superheroes have super powers.
- Which superheroes? ALL superheroes!
- What kind of powers? SUPER powers!
3. This family has interesting abilities.
- Which family? THIS family!
- What kind of abilities? INTERESTING abilities!
Practice 1 – Identifying Adjectives
4. Superheroes are stronger than
normal people.
- What kind of superheroes? STRONGER ones!
- Which people? NORMAL people!
5. A female hero has stretchy arms but
Mr. Incredible has super strength.
- Which hero? The FEMALE one!
- What kind of arms? STRETCHY arms!
- What kind of strength? SUPER strength!
Practice 1 – Identifying Adjectives
6.
The hero children have
powers that are outstanding and surprising!
- Which children? The HERO children!
- What kind of powers? OUTSTANDING &
SURPRISING ones!
7.
Violet has many extraordinary powers.
- How many powers? MANY powers!
- What kind of powers? Extraordinary powers!
Practice 1 – Identifying Adjectives
8.
Violet has a unique ability to become invisible.
- What kind of ability? A UNIQUE one!
9.
Jack Jack can do many things that are new to Mr.
Incredible and Elastigirl.
- How many things? MANY things!
- What kind of things? NEW things!
10. This family must defeat an evil genius to save the
world.
- What kind of genius? An EVIL one!
- Which family? THIS one!
Let’s help the Incredibles
with this next exercise!
• Let’s see if we can find some adjectives
now!
• Read the following passage from “The
Third Wish” by Joan Aiken.
• Please BOX the adjectives! (Hint: there
are 17 adjectives!)
The primroses were just beginning but the trees were still
bare, and it was cold; the birds had stopped singing an hour
ago.
As Mr. Peters entered a straight, empty stretch of road he
seemed to hear a faint crying, and a struggling and thrashing,
as if somebody was in trouble far away in the trees. He left his
car and climbed the mossy bank beside the road. Beyond the
bank was an open slope of beech trees leading down to thorn
bushes through which he saw the gleam of water. He stood a
moment waiting to try and discover where the noise was
coming from, and presently heard a rustling and some strange
cries in a voice which was almost human—and yet there was
something too hoarse about it at one time and too clear and
sweet at another. Mr. Peters ran down the hill and as he
neared the bushes he saw something white among them which
was trying to extricate itself; coming closer he found that it was
a swan that had become entangled in the thorns growing on
the bank of the canal.
Using Nouns and Pronouns as Adjectives
Now you listen to me, Parr!
We need to review a few facts!
Adjectives are the fourth part
of speech that we’ve spent
time learning in class. Before
adjectives, we learned verbs,
and pronouns, and before that
we learned all about nouns.
So by now, you know that
nouns and adjectives are two
totally different parts of
speech…
Using Nouns and Pronouns as Adjectives
But SOMETIMES nouns get
jealous of adjectives and their
awesome abilities! And in these
instances, we say that nouns
are acting like adjectives!
A noun used as an adjective
usually comes directly before
the OTHER NOUN that they are
modifying!
A noun used as an adjective
answers one of two adjective
questions:
– WHAT KIND?
– WHICH ONE?
Using Nouns as Adjectives
NOUNS
NOUNS USED AS
ADJECTIVES
EXPLANATION
shoe
a shoe store
What kind of store? A
shoe store!
duck
a duck feather
What kind of feather?
A duck feather!
football
the football game
birthday
my birthday present
Which game? The
football game!
Which present? The
birthday present!
Using Nouns as Adjectives
NOUNS
NOUNS USED AS
ADJECTIVES
EXPLANATION
Using Pronouns as Adjectives
• A pronoun is used like an adjective
when it modifies a noun
– We see the superheroes on this side of the
city.
• THIS is a demonstrative pronoun
(remember???) but it becomes an adjective by
modifying side.
– Which masked men are the bad guys?
• WHICH is an interrogative pronoun (another
blast from the past!) but it becomes an adjective
by modifying masked men.
Remember…
**When there is a NOUN after them, they are
ADJECTIVES!!!! They DESCRIBE the noun!**
**Remember…pronouns have to stand alone and
independent! Adjectives are needy, and are
always next to a noun!!!!**
Soooo…when we have a pronoun that comes
before a noun, we can say it’s actually an
ADJECTIVE!!!
Demonstrative Pronouns
• The four demonstrative pronouns
are also often used as
demonstrative adjectives
• When they PRECEDE a NOUN,
then they are being used as
adjectives. Otherwise, they are
probably being used as pronouns.
• Who remembers what the four
demonstrative pronouns are?
– THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE!
Demonstrative Pronouns
• WOW! Look how they can be used both ways:
PRONOUN
ADJECTIVE
1.We saw that.
1. That city is home to many superheroes.
2. What are these?
2. These people need Mr. Incredible.
Practice 3 – Demonstrative Pronouns
Now you try!
Directions: In the sentences below, BOX
the demonstrative pronouns, and
CIRCLE the demonstrative adjectives. IF
it is a demonstrative adjective, draw an
arrow from the adjective to the noun it
modifies.
Practice 3 – Demonstrative
Pronouns
1. Those are bystanders watching the
heroes at work.
2. These superheroes have a long history
of saving the world from disaster.
Practice 3 – Demonstrative
Adjectives
3. That hero is the Dash…he’s really fast!
4. These two superheroes are truly
amazing!
5. This is why the world is always safe
from evil people like Syndrome.
Interrogative Adjectives
• Three of the interrogative pronouns can be
used as interrogative adjectives
– WHICH
– WHAT
– WHOSE
• When they PRECEDE A NOUN, then they are
being used as adjectives.
• Otherwise, they are probably being used as
pronouns (such as when they stand alone).
Interrogative Pronouns
• Let’s look at how they are used:
PRONOUN
ADJECTIVE
1.Which do you think will defeat
him?
1. Which hero do you think will defeat
him?
2.Whose can that be?
2. Whose superpower can that be?
Using Possessives as Adjectives
• On the other hand, daahhh-ling,
personal pronouns can be both
adjectives and pronouns!
SINGULAR
FIRST PERSON
* my
SECOND PERSON * your
THIRD PERSON
* his
* her
* its
PLURAL
* our
* your
* their
Using Possessives as Adjectives
• Take a look at an example:
– Elastigirl stretched her arms.
• HER is an adjective because it modifies “arms.”
It tells WHICH arms.
• BUT! It is ALSO a pronoun because it stands for
the antecedent “ELASTIGIRL.”
• IT CAN BE BOTH!!!!
Using Possessives as Adjectives
• Possessive NOUNS function as adjectives
when they modify a NOUN:
– The car is one of Syndrome’s inventions.
– The hero’s costume is colorful.
Mwhah
ahahah
ahaha!
Proper Adjectives
• Let’s take a moment to
review PROPER NOUNS!
– What is a proper noun?
– How is a proper noun
different from a common
noun?
– How is a proper noun
visually distinguishable from
a common noun?
Proper Adjectives
• Well, a PROPER ADJECTIVE is very
similar to a PROPER NOUN!
• A PROPER ADJECTIVE can either be:
– a proper noun used as an adjective
– an adjective formed FROM a proper noun
Proper Adjectives
• A proper noun used as an adjective DOES NOT
change its form…
– It’s simply placed in front of another noun!
PROPER NOUNS…
…USED AS PROPER ADJECTIVES
Truman
the Truman library
(WHICH library? The Truman library)
Florida
Florida wetlands
(WHAT KIND of wetlands? Florida
wetlands)
December
December weather
(WHAT KIND of weather? December
weather)
Now you try some…think of some proper nouns,
and then brainstorm an example of them being
used as PROPER ADJECTIVES!
Proper Adjectives
• When an adjective is formed from a proper
noun, the proper noun DOES change its form!
PROPER NOUNS…
…FORMED INTO PROPER ADJECTIVES
America
American history
(WHAT KIND of history? American
history)
**America  American**
Victoria
Victorian ideas
(WHAT KIND of ideas? Victorian
ideas)
**Victoria  Victorian**
Now you try some…think of some proper nouns,
and then brainstorm an example of them being
formed into PROPER ADJECTIVES!
Compound Adjectives
• Remember COMPOUND NOUNS?
– A compound noun is a noun made up
of two words that come together to
form a new and different word with a
new and different meaning!
• Well, a COMPOUND ADJECTIVE is
very similar!
Compound Adjectives
• A compound adjective is an
adjective made up of two words that
come together to form a new and
different adjective with a new and
different meaning
• While there are THREE types of
compound nouns, there are really
only TWO TYPES of compound
adjectives that are commonly used
• HYPHENATED
• COMBINED
Compound Adjectives
Let’s examine a few examples:
• HYPHENATED
– a well-known superhero
– a full-time job
• COMBINED
– a featherweight boxer
– a freshwater lake
That’s
INCREDIBLE!
Compound Adjectives
• Now try some on your own! In your packets, you will find
an article (taken from www.cnn.com).
• In that article, find and circle at least TEN compound
adjectives.
• Then we will share our discoveries with the class!
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