Adjectives for Third Grade

A

1

A word that describes a noun.

Adjective

2

Name the adjective... "The girl is lucky because she has three horses."

three

3

Name the adjective... "The boy is fast."

fast

4

Name the adjectives... "The shy girl was walking down the narrow street."

shy and narrow

5

Name the adjectives... "On this beautiful morning, the lonely dog searched for a faithful companion."

beautiful, lonely, and faithful

B

1

Adjectives that show comparison between different things.

comparative adjective

2

The comparative form of slow.

slower

3

The comparative form of smart.

smarter

4

The comparative form of beautiful.

more beautiful

5

The comparative form of dangerous.

more dangerous

C

1

An adjective that shows the highest degree of comparison.

superlative adjective

2

The superlative form of high.

highest

3

The superlative form of big.

biggest

4

The superlative form of outgoing.

most outgoing

5

The superlative form of humiliating.

most humiliating

D

1

Adjectives that change their spellings completely to form the comparative and superlative degrees.

irregular adjectives

2

The comparative form of good.

better

3

The comparative form of bad.

worse

4

The superlative form of many.

most

5

The comparative and superlative form of little.

less and least

E

1

Adjectives that function as other adjectives except they are capitalized.

proper adjectives

2

Name the proper adjective... "I love Chinese food!"

Chinese

3

Name the proper adjective... "This is an example of Victorian architecture."

Victorian

4

The word that should be capitalized... "The french town has interesting history."

French

5

The word that should be capitalized... "I watched the african dance."

 African