Adjectives

Adjectives describe nouns by answering one of these three questions: What kind is it? How many are there? Which one is it? An adjective can be a single word, a phrase, or a clause.

Remember, adjectives answer the question, "What kind is it?" Examples:1. Dan decided that the fuzzy green bread would make an unappetizing sandwich.What kind of bread? Fuzzy and green! What kind of sandwich? Unappetizing!2. A friend with a fat wallet will never want for weekend shopping partners.

What kind of wallet? A fat one.3. A towel that is still warm from the dryer is more comforting than a hot fudge sundae.What kind of towel? A warm towel.

Remember, adjectives answer the question, "How many are there?"Examples:Seven hungry space aliens slithered into the diner and ordered vanilla milkshakes.

How many hungry space aliens? Seven!The students, five freshmen and six sophomores, braved Dr. Ribley's killer calculus exam.How many students? Five freshmen, six sophomores (a total of eleven).The disorganized pile of books, which contained seventeen overdue volumes from the library and five unread class texts, blocked the doorway in Eli's dorm room.How many books? Seventeen plus five, which equals twenty-two.

Remember, adjectives answer the question, "Which one is it?"Examples:1.

The most unhealthy item from the cafeteria is the steak sub, which will slime your hands with grease.Which item from the cafeteria? The most unhealthy item.2. That cockroach eyeing your cookie has started to crawl this way.Which cockroach? That cockroach.

There is a specific kind of adjective used to describe people.A personality adjective can be defined as the type of word which is used to describe the character of a specific person. It does NOT focus on the physical appearance, but instead, on the personality traits of an individual.

Look at these examples of personality adjectives: http://partofspeech.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/personality-e1388670274143.jpgWrite down the examples shown.

Look at the list of adjectives here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/adjectives.shtmlLook at the list of adjectives here: http://grammar.

yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/adjectives/list-of-adjective-words.htmlLook at the list of adjectives here:http://www.momswhothink.com/reading/list-of-adjectives.

htmlMake a list of adjectives that describe:1. you2. someone you know (identify them by name)3. your home4.

your favorite food5. your favorite place to go

Here's another list of adjectives and a few games you can play to learn adjectives:http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/c/words.

php?f=adjectives_for_people.Instructions:1. Click on the "Things You Can Do With This Word List" drop-down arrow.2. Play some of the games to become more familiar with adjectives.

1. Create a character wheel that uses adjectives to describe you. (See handout.)2. Find adjectives and photos in magazines to make a collage of words that describe you.

Your project must cover a small poster board. It must be neat.