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What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun
It was a cold and snowy day in Milwaukee.
Adjectives help you see, feel, taste, hear, and smell all the experiences that you read about.
Adjectives help you see, feel, taste, hear, and smell the experiences you read about
Watch how the sentence below changes when you add adjectives
The students copied the notes.
The noisy students copied the long notes.
Adjectives answer the questions:
What kind?
Blue jeans
Which one?
Last cupcake
How many/how much?
Two pumpkins
Articles are adjectives?
The most commonly used adjectives are articles a, an, the
A and an are used with singular nouns:
A is used with a noun that begins with a consonant
A tent a candle a chocolate cake
An is used with a noun that begins with a vowel
An axe an elephant an orange
The
The points to a particular person, place, thing, or idea
The can be used with BOTH singular or plural nouns
The dog chased the squirrel up a tree.
Using articles
Use the when you want to be more specific
A and an when you want to be less specific
Did the team leader bring a first-aid kit?
One specific leader Any first-aid kit
Let’s Practice
Write down each adjective. How do you know it’s an adjective?
Max came last. He was hugging a new backpack that contained a chocolate bar, and two bottles of water. He also had a bag of Tootsie Rolls.
Common Adjectives
Many adjectives are formed from common nounsNouns Adjectives
Rain Rainy
Scene scenic
Beauty beautiful
Proper Adjectives
A proper adjective is formed using a proper noun
Noun Adjective
China Chinese
Ireland Irish
Italy Italian