Descriptive Adjectives
Complete the sentence with descriptive adjectives:
Grandma has a ________________ garden of __________________ flowers.
Answers vary
The first pig built a house of straw.
1) name the numerical adjective
2) name what noun is being modified
1) first
2) pig
Complete the sentence with definite articles:
I saw _________ (D) electric eel slink around _________ (D) rock.
the
the
Name the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective good.
better
best
Give and example of a count noun and a noncount noun:
Name the demonstrative adjectives
These
This
That
Those
After school, I looked for books about Mars.
1) What is the adjective phrase?
2) What noun is it modifying?
1) about Mars
2) books
The summer is short.
1) What is the adjective?
2) What noun is it modifying?
3) Is it being used a subject compliment, object compliment, or before the noun or after the noun?
1) Short
2) Summer
3) Subject Compliment
Cedars, strong and majestic, grow throughout the forests.
1) What are the descriptive adjectives in this sentence?
2) What nouns do they modify?
1) strong/majestic
2) Cedars
That pig used used sixteen bundles of sticks.
1) name the numerical adjective
2) name what noun is being modified
1) sixteen
2) bundles
Complete the sentence with definite articles.
_______ (D) stingrays with their flat, wide bodies floated through _______ (D) tank like kites floating in the sky.
The
the
Name the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective happy.
happier
happiest
Complete the sentence:
Mary pat made the ______________ free throws of all.
Name the 3 interrogative adjectives:
What
Which
Whose
Mr. Phillips announced the names of the winners.
1) What is the adjective phrase?
2) What noun is it modifying?
1) of the winners
2) names
Areas of Alaska are fertile farmlands.
1) What is the adjective?
2) What is the noun being modified?
3) Is it being used a subject compliment, object compliment, or before the noun or after the noun?
1) fertile
2) farmlands
3) Before the Noun
The Native American People have created some beautiful works of art.
1) What are the descriptive adjectives in this sentence?
2) What nouns do they modify?
1) Native American/beautiful
2) People/works
I've heard the story of the three little pigs a thousand times.
1) name the numerical adjectives (yes plural)
2) name what nouns are being modified
1) three/thousand
2) three pigs/thousand times
Complete the sentence with indefinite articles.
My family went on _______ (I) trip to _______ (I) aquarium.
a
an
Name the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective generous.
most/least generous
My brother has ___________ time to practice than I do.
less
Complete the sentence with an interrogative adjective:
Do you know ______________ coat this is?
Whose
The small black dogs under the bench are mine.
1) What is the adjective phrase?
2) What noun is it modifying?
1) under the bench
2) dogs
Indeed, its winters are harsh.
1) What is the adjective?
2) What is the noun being modified?
3) Is it being used a subject compliment, object compliment, or before the noun or after the noun?
1) Harsh
2) Winters
3) Subject Compliment
These carved figures of animals are abstract and strange.
1) What are the descriptive adjectives in this sentence?
2) What nouns do they modify?
1) carved/abstract/strange
2) they all modify FIGURES
A wolf blew the first house down with three puffs.
1) name the numerical adjectives (yes plural)
2) name what nouns are being modified
1) first/three
2) first house/three puffs
Complete the sentence with indefinite articles.
We learned that the octopus is _______ (I) invertebrate-that's _______ (I) animal without _______ (I) skeleton or _______ (I) or _______ (I) backbone.
an
an
a
a
Complete the sentence with the comparative form of the adjective in parentheses.
My grandmother is several years ______________ (young) than he is.
younger
Non-count nouns use the adjectives:
Little, less, least
List 3 examples of indefinite pronouns.
all, any, both, each, either, every, few, many, most, neither, no, other, several, and some
Peggy showed us photographs from her Alaskan cruise.
1) What is the adjective phrase?
2) What noun is it modifying?
1) from her Alaskan cruise
2) photographs
The warm summer days, long and sunny, seem endless.
1) What is the noun being modified by the adjectives in italics?
3) Are they being used a subject compliment, object compliment, or before the noun or after the noun?
1) Days
2) After the noun
What does a descriptive adjective do?
Gives information about a noun or a pronoun
What's the difference between the exact number and the arrangement in numerical order... Use both in a sentence.
Exact number tells how many of the noun you have, numerical order tells the order of events.
Example sentences vary.
What are the two types of articles and what are the articles in each?
1) Definitie (The)
2) Indefinite (A/An)
Complete the sentence with the superlative form of the adjective in parentheses.
My mom found the __________________ (beautiful) photo in the attic.
most beautiful
Count nouns use the adjectives:
Few, fewer, fewest
Many chose to enter the grueling triathlon.
1) What is the indefinite word?
2) is it being used as an adjective or a pronoun?
1) Many
2) Pronoun!!!
Change Rose Garden into an adjective phrase.
Garden of roses
Garden with roses
Etc...
People consider Alaska's climate cold and icy.
1) What are the adjectives used in this sentence?
2) What is the noun being modified?
3) Are they being used a subject compliment, object compliment, or before the noun or after the noun?
1) Cold, Icy
2) Climate
3) Object Compliment