Kinds of

Adjectives
 Adjectives-
describing words
  DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
● tell us about the quality or kind of a noun or pronoun.
Example:
1. I don’t like cold weather. (The adjective cold modifies the noun
weather. Cold is a descriptive adjective that qualifies the weather
by saying it has a low temperature.)
2. Her clothes are really expensive. (The adjective expensive
modifies the noun clothes. Expensive is a descriptive adjective
that tells us the clothes cost a lot of money.)
3. We used red, green, and orange paint. (The adjectives red, green,
and orange modify the noun paint. All three of these adjectives
are descriptive adjectives that say what color the paint was.)
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVE
 Adjectives derived from proper nouns are
called proper adjectives.
 They are easily recognizable because they
always start with capital letters.
Example:
1. I love Filipino food.
2. Soong JO Ki is a South Korean actor.
ORDINAL ADJECTIVES
 adjective indicates the position of a noun or a
pronoun in a series
Example:
1. Earth is the third planet from the sun.
2. Litan is the first original family that lives in
Brgy. Sto. Niño
3. Municipality of Ibaan belongs to fourth
congressional districts.
CARDINAL ADJECTIVES
 Expresses a precise quantity of the noun that it
accompanies.
 It answers the question “How many”
Example:
1. Sto. Niño Elementary School have 451
enrolled learners.
2. There are fifteen teachers in Sto. Niño
Elementary School.
COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
 made up of two or more words put together.
They are usually hyphenated (-) to avoid
confusion.
Example:
1. She adopted a two-year-old cat.
2. He is an obedient and well-behaved dog.
 Activity 1
Word Search
Directions: Find for at least 5 describing words or adjectives in the puzzle below and use each adjective in
a sentence.
Activity 2
THERE’S
BEAUTY ALL
AROUND US
 Activity 3 (It’s Time to meet new words)
Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives or describing words to complete the
following sentences. Use the list of words presented below as your guide.
picturesque(adj.) – attractive and interesting
microscopic(adj.) – extremely small
monochromatic(adj.) – having or consisting of one color or hue
gigantic (adj.) – extremely large or great
delectable(adj.) – delicious

1. This restaurant allows you to be the chef and prepare your own _____ meal.
2. Bacteria are ____________________ organisms that are found almost
everywhere on Earth and are vital to the planet's ecosystems.
3. On the trip up the mountain, people always stop and take photos of the
____________________scenery.
4. I want a ____________________ cake for my birthday, so all my friends can
have a piece.
5. Students were asked to make a____________________ portrait with students
only being allowed to use a pencil to shade.
Directions: Read and understand the setences. Underline the
describing words and write its kind of adjective on the space
provided.

________1. Kit Thompson is a Filipino basketball player.

________2. Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun.
________3. Earth has only one moon.
________4. Liempo is mouth - watering delicacy in Ibaan.
________5. Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes
or volcanic eruptions under the sea.