AdjectivesAdjectives

A guide on learning your adjectives.A guide on learning your adjectives.

What is an adjective?What is an adjective?

►►An ADJECTIVE is a word that is used to An ADJECTIVE is a word that is used to

describe a NOUN (a person, a place, or a describe a NOUN (a person, a place, or a

thing)!thing)!

Adjectives Activity Part 2Adjectives Activity Part 2

►►Please look at the following adjectives Please look at the following adjectives

carefully, REMEMBER as many as you can, carefully, REMEMBER as many as you can,

after weafter we’’re finished, we will complete an re finished, we will complete an

activity to test your knowledge of the activity to test your knowledge of the

adjectives you have seen.adjectives you have seen.

AfraidAfraid

AngryAngry BigBig

small

BrokenBroken ColdCold

CurvedCurved DirtyDirty

DryDry EmptyEmpty

FastFast

� slow

^ fast

GiantGiant

GreenGreen HappyHappy

HungryHungry LongLongChile is LONGER than Argentina.

LONG

LowLowLOW CEILING HIGH CEILING

NarrowNarrow

NervousNervous NewNew

old

OldOld

old

new

RoundRound

SadSad SkinnySkinny

skinnyfat

fat skinny

SlowSlow

� slow

^ fast

SmallSmall

small

TallTall WetWet

YoungYoung

OLD

12

3

45

6

AfraidAfraid

BigBig

small

BrokenBroken

ColdCold CurvedCurved

DirtyDirty DryDry

EmptyEmpty FastFast

� slow

^ fast

GiantGiant GreenGreen

HappyHappy HungryHungry

LongLongChile is LONGER than Argentina.

LONG

LowLowLOW CEILING HIGH CEILING

NarrowNarrow NervousNervous

NewNew

old

OldOld

old

new

RoundRound SadSad

SkinnySkinny

skinnyfat

fat skinny

SlowSlow

� slow

^ fast

SmallSmall

small

TallTall

WetWet YoungYoung

OLD

Activity Part 2

►Next week, you will take pictures of adjectives. I hope you remember them all!

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Adjectives Photography Project

Instructions •  You will receive a sheet of paper with your

name and an adjective on it. Remember your adjective. Do not show or tell your adjective to anyone.

•  Visualize your adjective. •  I will take you around the school with a

camera. You are to photograph something around the school that represents your adjective.

Example

•  For example: •  If my adjective was

“clean” I would take a picture similar to this:

Example 2

•  If my adjective was “bright” I would take a picture like this:

2

Rules

1. You may only take 1-2 photos. 2. You cannot tell anyone your adjective. 3. Ask me if you have any questions.

Be Creative, and Have Fun!

For Tomorrow

•  Everyone’s photograph will be compiled into a PowerPoint, and tomorrow we will do a guessing activity similar to the exercises we have done in class.

•  The person who guesses the highest number of adjectives will win a prize!

•  STUDY!

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Adjectives Guessing

Rules

• Do not say the answer out-loud.• Each adjective is only used once.• No cheating.

1. 2.

2

3. 4.

5. 6.

3

7. 8.

9. 10.

4

11. 12.

13. 14.

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The Answers!

Switch your answer sheet with another person in the class to correct the answers.

1. OLD

2.

TALL

3. ANGRY

6

4. FAST 5. DIRTY

6.

GREEN

7.

WET

7

8. SMALL 9. NARROW

10. COLD 11. LONG

8

12. NERVOUS 13. HUNGRY

14.

LOW

Final Score

• Please write down the total number of correct answers on the top right hand corner of the sheet where it says “Points”

• Return the answer sheet to the corresponding contestant.

• Everyone, stand up.

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Tie Breaker

• On the back of your sheet of paper, please write down your answer:

• How many Olympic sports were there at the 2008 Olympics?

31