Adjectives

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Adjectives
Adjectives are words that describe nouns by telling what kind, how many, or which one.
The old boat sat on the purple ______ whale.

One ___ man fished from the boat.

That ____ whale looks very tame.

Adjectives answer the questions:

How many? What kind? Which one?

The yellow house is for sale.

Find the noun. house
Ask the question: What kind of house?

yellow house
Yellow is the adjective.

Two dogs ran outside.

Find the noun. dogs Ask the question: How many dogs?

two dogs
Two is the adjective.

That cow fell down.

Find the noun.

cow

Ask the question: Which cow? That cow

That is the adjective.

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The magnificent butterfly flew under the branch. The butterfly with the colorful wings rested. One butterfly flew quietly beneath the tree. The butterfly fluttered its delicate wings.

There are special types of adjectives:

Articles Demonstrative Adjectives Comparative Adjectives Superlative Adjectives

Articles

A An The

a book
Use before words beginning with a consonant sound. Use with singular nouns.

a cat

a key

An

an onion

Use before words beginning with a vowel sound and the silent h. Use with singular nouns.

an island

an honest man

Demonstrative Adjectives

These adjectives point out specific things.

this that these those

This, that
use with singular nouns answers the question which one?

This boy is my friend. I want this boy on my team. That soccer ball belongs to me. I bought that ball yesterday.

These, those

use with plural nouns answers the question which ones?

These people are working. They are working on these problems. Those books are on the table. The boys used those books to help them.

Comparative Adjectives

used to compare two nouns or pronouns. Add er to the end of one syllable words. Add more to the beginning of multisyllable words. NEVER use er and more together.

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taller than Bill. (tall) Joe is ______ Bill works _______ harder than Joe. (hard) This car is ___________to drive than more difficult that one. (difficult)

Superlative Adjectives

Used to compare three or more nouns or pronouns Add est to the end of one syllable words. Add most to the beginning of multisyllable words. NEVER use -est and most together.

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Mary has the brightest ______ shirt. (bright) Mark is the _____ tallest boy.(tall)

most honest children. (honest) They are the ________ Chrissy is the ________ most helpful girl I know. (helpful)