Adjectives
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes or modifies nouns AND pronouns.
What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that describes or modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
What is an article?
An article is a word that identifies or modifies a NOUN in a sentence.
My mom quickly walked to the street.
Verb: walked
Adverb: quickly
I hope you feel better tomorrow!
Is "better" an adjective or adverb?
adverb describes "feel" (a verb)
Give an example of an adjective in a sentence.
Answers will vary! Must have a noun or pronoun.
Give an example of an adverb in a sentence.
Answers will vary (must have a verb, adjective, or adverb!)
The 3 articles we use are: a, an, the
Identify the noun and adjective.
The house is beautiful.
Adjective: beautiful
The computer is long.
Is long an adjective or adverb?
Long is an adjective!
It describes a noun (the computer)
Give an example of an adjective in a sentence.
Answers will vary. Must have a noun or pronoun.
Give an example of an adverb in a sentence.
Answers will vary (must have a verb, adjective, or adverb!)
Fill in the blank:
There is _____ pencil on the desk.
"a"
Identify the verb and adverb:
They ran quickly to the car because the dog was chasing them.
verb: ran
adverb: quickly
Math gets challenging as you get older.
Is challenging an adjective or adverb?
Adjective
The new car is very ____.
Fill in the blanks using an adjective
Answers may vary: quick, fast, colorful, etc.
Change the word "quick" into an adverb:
quickly
Fill in the blank:
We saw ____ birds flying in the sky!
"the"
Identify the noun(s) and adjective(s):
The tall grey cup was washed completely in the silver sink.
Noun(s): cup, sink
Adjective(s): tall, grey, silver
Clara did not fell (better or well) so she stayed home from school.
Identify if the word is an adjective or adverb.
well, adverb, modifies feel
The book is ____ and has a lot of ____ stories about science.
Fill in the blanks
Answers may vary!
Change the word "slow" into an adverb:
slowly
Fill in the blanks:
My mom came back from _____ grocery store and have ____ apple for me and my siblings.
the, an
Identify the verb(s) and adverb(s):
How often do you go to the bookstore?
Adverb: how often
verb: go
They cleaned the bedroom (bad or badly)
Identify if the word used is an adjective or adverb.
Badly, adverb, modifies cleaned.