Transcript Adjectives - Moore Middle School PTSA

Adjectives
What is an Adjective?
An adjective is a word that modifies, or
describes, a noun or a pronoun.
Ex: A heavy rainstorm soaked the campsite.
Ex: The thirty students piled into the
crowded room.
What are the adjectives?
Adjectives answer 3 Questions.
What Kind?
Which one?
How many?
What kind?
Which one or
ones?
How many or
how much?
Green
spicy stew
backpack
Last hamburger Third hike
Two
flashlights
Many insects
Predicate Adjectives
• A predicate adjective is an adjective that
follows a linking verb and describes the
verb’s subject. The linking verb connects
the predicate adjective with the subject.
Ex: A volcanic eruption is violent.
Ex: The lava looks very thick.
Proper Adjectives
A proper adjective is formed from a proper
noun. Proper adjectives are always
capitalized.
Proper Noun
Proper Adjective
China
Chinese food
Ireland
Irish cookies
Africa
African beads
Demonstrative Adjectives
The demonstrative adjectives this, that, these, and
those, are the same as demonstrative pronouns
but they are used to modify or describe a noun or
pronoun.
Ex: This apartment needs furniture.
Ex: Can you pick up those shoes.
Demonstrative adjective or pronoun?
Those are my shoes on the table.
Ask yourself is it modifying or describing a noun?
Comparison of Adjectives
• The original form of the word is the
positive form.
• An adjective that compares one noun to
another uses the comparative form.
• An adjective that compares three or more
nouns to another uses the superlative
form.
Ex: Sean is tall. (Positive)
Ex: Sean is taller than Crystal.(Comparative)
Ex: Sean is the tallest in the class. (Superlative)
Comparison of Adjectives
Comparative
Form
Superlative
Form
# of
syllables
1 syllable
Positive
Form
Fast
Faster
2 syllables
Active
More active Most active
2 syllables Friendly
ending with
a –y.
3 syllables efficient
or more
Fastest
Friendlier
Friendliest
More
efficient
Most
efficient
Write the Comparative and
Superlative Form
Adjective
Adequate
Loud
Narrow
Busy
Green
Sympathetic
Difficult
greedy
Comparative
Superlative