ADJECTIVES

Look at these • A bull charged

sentences: around the
arena.
• An angry bull
charged around
the hot, dusty
arena.
 • The word
What words “angry”
in #2 describes the
bull.
describe the
• The words
bull and the
“hot” and
arena?
“dusty” describe
the arena.
 What are • These words
these are called
describing adjectives.
words
called?
 • An adjective is a
word that modifies,
What is an or describes, a noun
or pronoun.
adjective?
• They add more
specific information
to a sentence.
 Can • YES, they
can be
adjectives
placed
be in before or
different after a noun
positions? or pronoun.
Example: • The bull, angry
and nervous,
charged around
the arena.
 • Then the
What if there adjectives need
are 2 or to be separated
more with commas.
adjectives • Use a comma
after each
modifying adjective
the same except the last
word? one.
Example:
• The young,
startled
cowpoke
tumbled from
the saddle.
 • Proper
What are
adjectives are
proper proper nouns
adjectives? which have an
ending added
sometimes.
Example: • Africa + ‘n’ =
African
• China + ‘ese’ =
Chinese
• Florida + ‘ian’ =
Floridian
 Be
careful... • Some proper
adjectives don’t
have special
endings.
Example: • I went to a
Texas rodeo.
• When will the
real Florida
weather
return!?
Note:
• ALL proper
adjectives MUST
be capitalized.
 1. ‘what kind’
by adding an
Adjectives ending to a
noun.
can tell • Ex. rain - y
color - ful
fear - less
2. Adjectives can
tell ‘how many’
Ex.
Two astronauts
orbited the earth
ten times.
3. Adjectives can
tell ‘which one’
Ex. “This” book is
mine.