Let Us Talk About Adjectives 003

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Let’s talk about

In first place , an adjective is

a word that DESCRIBES It tells you: + What color + What it’s like + How many… and much more….

Cute and Funny, aren’t they ? In this way our conversation becomes more colorful, meaningful, alive. But can you identify adjectives ? Do you know how to use adjectives ? Where to use them ?

Let us find out !

Can you identify some adjectives from this group of words ? Put a checkmark (
) beside each ADJECTVE . home

tiny

dog

food lov e

red

car fat t ar sm

s

et e w

Afr ic

G

a

ve bra

two kiss

n a m er

round

Now here are some Proverbs. Identify and underline the adjectives. A cat has nine lives. A good conscience is a soft pillow. A rotten apple spoils the barrel. Dead men tell no tales. Great oaks grow from little acorns. A barking dog never bites.

Once again the old story of the dog chasing the cat ! DOG

CAT

Select the adjectives that best describe the dog; Select the adjectives that best describe the cat.

yellow big poor brown thin small mad fast scared fat

So… How do we use ADJECTIVES ? Model 1:

Subject

+ verb +

adjective (a complement)

This dog

is

black.

This dog

is

white.

This dog

is

black and white.

Here is another model. Adjective + noun

Model 2:

This

black dog

Susan

I

wants

saw

love

(a noun phrase)

a

my

food.

white dog.

black and white dog.

Can Canyou youidentify identifythe themodel model?? Write Writethe theNUMBER NUMBERunder underthe the underlined underlined expression: expression:

11. .adjective adjectiveas asaacomplement complement

22. .adjective adjective(in (inaanoun-phrase) noun-phrase)

1- Four turtles climbed on the log. 2. Their mother made a delicious dinner. 3. The young fisherman caught ten fish. 4. Patricia played beautiful music on her old guitar. 5. These brown cookies are delicious. 6. This blue bird flies fast. 7. These lovely flowers smell sweet. 8. Your face turned red. 9. These Italian pants look groovy. 10. The lost dog was hungry and thirsty.

One more task. Can you identify the ACTION in each sentence ?

Here is an important observation: This is a Noun Phrase: ® a black cat ® these Italian shoes

Noun-Phrase

® your best friend On the other hand, a prepositional phrase starts with a preposition: ® under the wooden chair ® from a distant land ® with a sincere smile

Preposition + noun-phrase

Basically this is the position of adjectives in: ® A noun-phrase: Marker + ADJECTIVE + noun that

Marker

blue

+

book

ADJECTIVE

your

first

+ ADJECTIVE French

+ noun

lesson

® Or a prepositional phrase: PREPOSITION + (marker + behind

® Or standing alone as in:

the

ADJECTIVE old

Black is beauty.

+

noun) couch

/

Your hat is black.

Ordering ADJECTIVES in a phrase ! A wild black elephant (Marker + AD + AD + n) This hungry Canadian bear (Marker + AD + AD + n)

These two brown African monkeys Marker + AD + AD + AD + n

? ? W W O O H H

Keep this table in mind. Marker or AD-number

AD-common

a

famous

your

little

blue

two

young

white

his

new

that

AD-color

AD-nationality

noun

Russian

writer cap

Siberian

tigers

Chinese

friend

golden

( AD stands for adjective)

Here is a sweet and delicious orange for you

star

Let’ Let’s do some practices ! Practice 1- Select the correct phrase from each group; Underline it. • my two little Chinese friends

• my two Chinese little friends • my Chinese two little friends

• the red last chair • the last red chair • the red chair last

• three new writers American • three American new writers • three new American writers

• some roses lovely blue • some lovely blue roses • some lovely roses blue

• in your first English test • in your English first test • your English first test in

A Cuban red and blue hat A Cuban hat blue and red A blue and red Cuban hat

Practice 2 - Pick the two best “adjective choices” to complete each sentence. Make sure each sentence makes sense! (From_ www.superteacherworksheets.com )

1. Adjective choices: wet, green, floppy, many The dog had a ____________ nose and ____________ ears. 2. Adjective choices: tall, cold, dry, yellow The sunflowers in my backyard are ____________ and _____________. 3. Adjective choices: five, delicious, shiny, busy I found a ____________ quarter lying outside on the ___________ sidewalk! 4. Adjective choices: blue, striped, sharp, frozen The ____________ tiger had ____________ teeth. 5. Adjective choices: dull, salty, hot, cheesy We all ate the ____________, ____________ pizza. 6. Adjective choices: healthy, beautiful, toasty, many The refrigerator was packed with ____________ ____________ foods.

One more practice, fellows ! Practice 3. Underline the adjective in the sentence below. Write the opposite of the adjective in the blank next to the sentence. (From: www.superteacherworksheets.com )

The ant was small.

__big___________

1.) The water was clean. 2.) The sun is high in the sky. 3.) She saw the door was open. 4.) The walkway was narrow. 5.) Dad had a bald head. 6.) They thought the world was flat. 7.) The hot water boiled. 8.) Stay in the shallow water. 9.) Watch out, the table is heavy! 10.) It was dry in the desert. 11.) She had many children. 12.) The old man had a cane. 13.) I saw her happy face.

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ ________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

Our last task. Read the story below and underline the adjectives.

Today was the first day of school. Dave put on his new clothes, washed his face, and brushed his teeth. He grabbed one notebook for each of his four classes. He rode his red bike. He was happy with his schedule because his teachers were nice. Gym class was always fun for Dave. They served delicious food at lunchtime, too! By the end of the day Dave was still energetic. He walked his bike home to look at the colorful flowers. The other kids walking home were noisy, but Dave was silent. He was thinking about how exciting the school year was going to be! (From: www.superteacherworksheets.com )

Enough for today Make your list of adjectives. Use them in writing, in your conversation. Get ready for our next lesson Bye !.

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