Adjective Adjective An adjective is a word used

Adjective

Adjective • An adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun. It is a cold day The black cat ran across the busy street.

Adjectives • Please write down all of the adjectives and the nouns they modify. • The scary ghost ran through the old house. • The young English boys played with the old football. • The kids played in a football game. • The ice cream is cold, and the day is hot.

Adjectives Let’s do Exercise 8 on page 39 in our textbooks together.

Adjectives: articles and proper adjectives • The words a, and the make up a special group of adjectives called articles. • A and an are called indefinite articles because they refer to one of a general group of people, places, things, or ideas. • Use a before words beginning with a consonant sound, and use an before words beginning with a vowel sound.

Adjectives: articles and proper adjectives • • • a car an apple a house a teacher a union

Adjectives: articles and proper adjectives Let’s try these together. • orange • school • book • artist • painter • ink spot • rosy face • tired student

Adjectives: proper adjective • A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun and always begins with a capital letter. • In some cases a proper noun keeps the same form when used as a proper adjective.

Adjectives: proper adjective • April is my favorite month. • I like April showers that bring many flowers. • The boy lives in Mexico. • The boy is Mexican. • The student traveled from China. • The Chinese student traveled from China.