Transcript Adjectives

Adjectives
0701.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e.,
common/proper, comparative/superlative, adjective
clauses) and adverbs (comparative and superlative forms)
within context.
Essential Question
How do I identify the correct use of
adjectives within context?
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– “Unpack Your Adjectives”
1. Adjectives
• An adjective is a word that
is used to describe a noun or
pronoun.
–It describes a noun or
pronoun by telling what kind,
which one, how much, or how
many.
1. Adjectives
• Examples:
–The American children went
on the trip.
–The seventh grade reads that
book.
–Five dollars used to get you
movie and popcorn.
1. Adjectives
• Sometimes an adjective
comes after the word it
describes…
–The women, kind and
helpful, gave us directions.
–The box is empty.
Assessment Prompt 1
• Create an original sentence using an
adjective.
• Circle the adjective.
2. Adjective Articles
• Indefinite Articles
– a and an
• A and an refer to any member or general
group
• I sat on a chair.
• Definite Articles
– the
• The refers to someone or something in
particular.
• I sat on the chair.
3. Adjectives or Nouns?
• Many words that can stand
alone as nouns can also be
used as adjectives describing
nouns or pronouns.
Examples…
Nouns
bean
spring
gold
football
Super Bowl
White House
Milan
3. Adjectives or Nouns
Adjectives
bean soup
spring day
gold coin
football game
Super Bowl party
White House security
Milan fashions
4. Proper Adjectives
• A proper adjective is
formed from a proper
noun.
4. Proper Adjectives
Proper Noun Proper Adjectives
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
dinner
Catholicism
Middle East
Africa
Catholic Priest
Middle Eastern
country
African continent
Assessment Prompt 2
• Create an original sentence using a proper
adjective.
• Circle the proper adjective.
5. Comparative
Adjectives
• A comparative adjective is used to
clarify the difference between 2
nouns.
–You usually create comparative
adjectives by adding an “-er” to
the end of the word, or by using
“more.”
5. Comparative Adjectives
Examples:
1. The black dog is older than the white
dog.
2. My house is bigger than my sister's
house.
3. The yellow hat is more expensive
than the green hat.
6. Superlative
Adjectives
• A superlative adjective is used to
define the highest degree of a noun.
– Superlative adjectives are used only
if three or more things or people are
being compared.
– You usually create superlative
adjectives by adding an “–est” on
the end of the word, or using
“most.”
6. Superlative Adjectives
Examples:
1. The black dog is the biggest.
2. The house at the end of the street is
the nicest.
3. She was the most brilliant professor
at the college.
Assessment Prompt 3
• Create an original sentence using a
comparative adjective. Circle the
adjective.
• Create an original sentence using a
superlative adjective. Circle the adjective.
7. Adjective Clause
• An adjective clause is a dependent
clause that modifies a noun.
7. Adjective Clause
• An adjective clause must meet three
requirements in order for it to be
considered an adjective clause:
1. It will contain a subject and a verb.
2. It will begin with a relative pronoun
(who, whom, whose, that, or which) OR
a relative adverb (when, where or why).
3. It will function as an adjective,
answering the questions:
What kind? How many? or Which one?
7. Adjective Clauses
Examples:
1. The children who are on the bus are
going to visit the museum.
2. The church where my grandparents
were married is old.
3. The car that she is driving is not
hers.
Let’s Practice!
Underline the adjective(s) in the sentence and circle the
noun(s) it modifies.
1. On winter afternoons, I sometimes
walk home after band practice rather
than ride on a crowded, noisy bus.
2. The wet sidewalk glistens in the
bright lights from the windows of
stores.
3. The stoplights throw green, yellow,
and red splashes on the pavement.
Let’s Practice!
Underline the common adjectives and circle the proper
adjectives.
1. Many small animals defend
themselves in unusual ways.
2. For example, South American
armadillos wear suits of armor that
consist of small, bony scales.
3. Likewise, the Asian anteater has
scales that overlap like the shingles
on a roof.
8. Adjective Phrases
• An adjective phrase is a prepositional
phrase that modifies nouns or
pronouns.
– An adjective phrase CANNOT stand
alone as a sentence.
– Remember that long list of prepositions?
If not, go back and review them. 
8. Adjective Phrases
Examples:
1. Rembrandt is a well known as a painter of
self-portraits.
2. Alcatraz was a prison on an island off
the coast of San Francisco.
3. This is a painting of a rock pool.
Assessment Prompt 4
• What is the relationship between an
adjective phrase and a prepositional
phrase?
Summarizer
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Workbook
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