Descriptive Adjectives
It can tell how a thing looks, tastes, sounds, feels, or smells; It can tell about size, number, color, shape, or weight. What is this called?
Change the proper noun to a proper adjective:
America
American
_____ olive branch (a, an)
an olive branch
What does an adjective modify?
noun or a pronoun
Identify the adjective: In the box lay beautiful gems.
beautiful
Find the descriptive adjective and tell the noun it describes.
"Coral is formed from tiny animals."
tiny is describing animals
Change the proper noun to a proper adjective:
Greece
Find the article in the sentence and tell the noun that it points out: " I ate the apple."
the apple
Why do you modify a word?
Modifying describes the word or makes its meaning more definite.
Find the adjective: The clean table was shiny.
shiny.
Find the descriptive adjective(s) and tell the noun(s) it describes.
"The red or orange coral grows on the top of spongy reefs."
red or orange describes coral
spongy describes reefs
Find the proper adjective in the sentence. Tell the noun the proper adjective describes.
"Yams are popular in Nigerian cooking."
Find the article in the sentence and tell the noun that it points out.
"We put pennies in a jar."
a jar
Does an adjective come
(a) after
(b) before
(c) either a or b
the word it modifies?
(c) either a or b
Identify the adjective: Megan found the bracelet under her desk.
the
Find the descriptive adjective(s) and tell the noun(s) it describes in the sentence.
"A famous and talented woman bought a valuable bracelet in the bustling department store."
valuable describes bracelet
bustling describes department store
Find the proper adjective and tell the noun it describes.
"We tasted Viennese pastries in Austria."
____ unicorn (a, an)
a unicorn
True or False: Proper adjectives are capitalized?
True
Identify the adjective: I sing in a choir in my church.
a
List FIVE descriptive adjectives that would be appropriate descriptions for this noun: school
answers vary
Name the proper adjective formed from the proper noun in parentheses to complete the sentence.
"A ___________skier won the downhill race." (Switzerland)
Swiss
Find the articles in the sentence and tell each noun that they point out.
"In the summer, I like to jump through sprinklers and eat an abundance of fruit."
the summer; an abundance (of fruit)
Define definite article and give an example.
Definite articles refer to someone or something in particular. EX: an, a
Identify the (articles) adjective: Janice sliced a banana into the bowl of cereal.
a, the