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?
_____ olive branch (a, an)
an olive branch
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
Find the article in the sentence and tell the noun that it points out: " I ate the apple."
the apple
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 article in the sentence and tell the noun that it points out.
"We put pennies in a jar."
a jar
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."
famous, talented describes woman
valuable describes bracelet
bustling describes department store
____ unicorn (a, an)
a unicorn
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
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)
Identify the (articles) adjective: Janice sliced a banana into the bowl of cereal.
a, the