Adjectives! Adjectives! Adjectives!

Descriptive Adjectives

100

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?

A descriptive adjective

200

Find the descriptive adjective and tell the noun it describes.

"Coral is formed from tiny animals."

tiny is describing animals

300

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

400

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."

famous, talented describes woman

valuable describes bracelet

bustling describes department store

500

List FIVE descriptive adjectives that would be appropriate descriptions for this noun using all five senses :  breakfast

answers vary 

Proper Adjectives

100

Change the proper noun to a proper adjective:

America

American

200

Change the proper noun to a proper adjective:

Greece

Greek

300

Find the proper adjective in the sentence. Tell the noun the proper adjective describes.

"Yams are popular in Nigerian cooking."

Nigerian is describing cooking

400

Find the proper adjective and tell the noun it describes.

"We tasted Viennese pastries in Austria."

Viennese is describing pastries

500

Name the proper adjective formed from the proper noun in parentheses to complete the sentence.

"A ___________skier won the downhill race." (Switzerland)

Swiss

Articles

100

_____ olive branch (a, an)

an olive branch

200

Find the article in the sentence and tell the noun that it points out: " I ate the apple."

the apple

300

Find the article in the sentence and tell the noun that it points out.

"We put pennies in a quart jar."

a jar

400

____ unicorn (a, an)

a unicorn

500

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)

Demonstrative Adjective

100

Demonstrative Adjectives: this, that, these, and those.

Which two point out something near and which two point out something far?

This and These:  near

That and Those: far 

200

Name the demonstrative adjective in the sentence.  Tell whether it points out something near or far.

"I think that game will be fun!"

that - far 

300

Which demonstrative adjective would you use in the sentence to point out something far?

"____ boy got a perfect score on the history test."

That

400

Which demonstrative adjective would you use in the sentence to point out something near?

____  roads are too bumpy for me to do my homework on.

These

500

Find the demonstrative adjective in the sentence.  Tell whether it points out something that is singular or plural and the noun the adjective points out.

"May I have a slice of that pumpkin pie?"

"that" (singular) points out the noun "pie"

Adjectives as Subject Complements

100

An adjective that comes after a (linking, action) verb acts as a subject complement.  

linking verb (be, is, am, are, was, were)

200

Find the adjective used a subject complement in the sentence.  Tell the noun the adjective describes.

"My sister is very clever."

subject complement: clever

Noun it describes: sister

300

In the sentence, find the word used as a subject complement.  Tell if it is a noun or an adjective.

"The basketball game is exciting."

subject complement: exciting (adjective)

400

In the sentence, find the word used as a subject complement.  Tell if it is a noun or an adjective.

"The musicians in the band are all students."

subject complement: students (noun)

500

In the sentence, find the word used as a subject complement.  Tell if it is a noun or an adjective. ALSO- tell the noun it describes.

"The story about the statue is a mystery."

subject complement: mystery (noun)

It describes the noun : story