Adjectives

Grade 6
 Adjectives
Adjectives are words that describe
nouns by telling what kind, how
many, or which one.
The old boat sat on the purple
______ whale.

One
___ man fished from the boat.

That
____ whale looks very tame.
Adjectives answer the
questions:

 How many?
 What kind?
 Which one?
The yellow house is for sale.

Find the noun.

house
Ask the question: What kind of house?
yellow house
Yellow is the adjective.
Two dogs ran outside.
Find the noun.
dogs
Ask the question: How many dogs?
two dogs
Two is the adjective.
That cow fell down.

Find the noun.

cow
Ask the question: Which cow?
That cow
That is the adjective.
 Let’s Try Some!
 The beautiful butterfly flew under the
branch.
 The butterfly with the colorful wings
rested.
 One butterfly flew quietly beneath the
tree.
 The butterfly fluttered its
soft wings.
There are special types of
adjectives:

Articles
Demonstrative Adjectives
Comparative Adjectives
Superlative Adjectives
Articles

A
An

The
A a book

 Use before words beginning

with a consonant sound.
 Use with singular nouns.

a cat a key
 an onion
An
 Use before words beginning with a
vowel sound and the silent h.
 Use with singular nouns.

an island
an honest man
Demonstrative Adjectives
These adjectives point out specific things.

this
that

these

those
 This, that
use with singular nouns
answers the question which one?

This boy is my friend.

I want this boy on my team.
That soccer ball belongs to me.
I bought that ball yesterday.
These, those
 use with plural nouns
 answers the question which ones?

These people are working.

They are working on these problems.
Those books are on the table.
The boys used those books to help them.