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AdjectivesEnglish Class
Sixth Grade
Mrs. Rivera
What are adjectives?
An adjective is a word that describes
a noun or a pronoun.
Adjectives describe the sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste of a noun.
sight •Colors:
green, yellow, blue…
• Size:
big, small, huge, tall, tiny…
• Shapes:
circle, round…
sound•Loud
•Soft
•Quiet
•Noisy…
smell• Fresh
•Old
• Stinky…
touch•Hard
• Soft
• Bumpy
•Wet
•Dry
• Sticky
• Slimy
• Smooth…
taste• Sour
• Sweet
• Yummy
•Delicious
• Yucky
• Bitter
•Hot
•Cold
• Salty…
ADJECTIVES
Adjective Noun
Sight green leaf
Sound gruff voice
Smell fragrant garden
Touch soft fur
Taste delicious meal
Adjectives– can tell how many and what kind.
How many? What kind?
Ten friends Pure gold
More pencils Fresh air
Fewer television New books
Several cars Old house
Adjectives are used to make comparison.
❖Comparative adjectives with –er compare a noun to another noun.
Example:
The new knife is sharper than the old one.
sharp + er = sharper
Comparative adjectives use –er to compare two people, places, or things.
Some adjectives with two or more syllables use more or less.
A blue whale is larger than a bottlenose dolphin.
A tiger shark is more dangerous than a beluga whale.
Adjectives are used to make comparison.
❖Superlative adjectives with –est compare a noun with two or more other nouns.
Example:
We could take a train or a bus, but an airplane is the fastest.
fast + est = fastest
Superlative adjectives use –est to compare three or more people, places, or things.
Some adjectives with two or more syllables use most or least.
• I think a snake is the scariest creature.
• A rattlesnake is the most frightening of all.
Adjectives Comparing 2(comparative form)
Comparing 3 or more(superlative form)
One syllablebigstrong
biggerstronger
biggeststrongest
Two or more syllablescarefulimportant
more carefulmore important
most carefulmost important
Now you will work on
the assignment: Adjectives