| Writing with Adjectives | ||
| #1 | The soft sound of flutes filled the huge auditorium. | soft, huge |
| #2 | The greatest circus in the world had come to the small town. | greatest, small |
| #3 | A huge drum made a loud noise. | huge, loud |
| #4 | Colorful wagons rolled in a long line. | colorful, long |
| #5 | The road was dusty, but it guided us to a safer place. | dusty, safer |
| Adjectives Describing Nouns | ||
| #1 | Joseph Turner is a famous English painter. | famous, English = painter |
| #2 | Paul Klee, a modern Swiss artist, is a fine man. | modern, Swiss = artist, fine = man |
| #3 | Josh found six dollars on the dirt road. | six = dollars, dirt = road |
| #4 | Mom was so mad at my older brother. | mad = Mom, my, older = brother |
| #5 | The girl's hair was long and beautiful. | girl's, long, beautiful = hair |
| Complete the Sentence... | ||
| #1 | Comparative Adjectives compare... | 2 nouns |
| #2 | For a superlative adjective with 3 syllables, you must add... | 'most' before the adjective |
| #3 | A demonstrative is a pronoun if... | There is no noun it describes OR it takes the place of a noun. |
| #4 | For a comparative adjective with 1 syllable, you must add... | 'er' at the end of the adjective |
| #5 | You should add 'est' at the end of an adjective when... | You are comparing 3 or more nouns (superlative) and the noun has 1 syllable. |
| Demonstrative Adjectives/Pronouns | ||
| #1 | These small pears are not yet ripe. | These - Adjective |
| #2 | That has too many tricky questions. | That - Pronoun |
| #3 | I have never tasted those, and I never want to! | Those - Pronoun |
| #4 | What is the name of this fruit. | This - Adjective |
| #5 | Can you hand me those red, ripe, juicy, tomatoes? | Those - Adjective |
| Comparative/Superlative Adjectives | ||
| #1 | strong | stronger, strongest |
| #2 | sad | sadder, saddest |
| #3 | famous | more famous, most famous |
| #4 | beautiful | more beautiful, most beautiful |
| #5 | enormous | more enormous, most enormous |
| Final Question | |
| What is the job of an adjective? | To describe or give more detail about a noun or pronoun. |