Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives & Adverbs

AKA Describing Words

Objectives

• To be able to find adjectives in sentences

• To be able to find adverbs in sentences

• To be able to use adjectives and adverbs in your own writing

What are adjectives?

Adjectives are describing words.

They describe nouns (naming words).

Example

The pavement is wet because it is raining heavily.

Multiple Choice

What is the noun in this sentence?

The pavement is wet because it is raining.

• Wet

• Pavement

• Raining

• Because

Answer

The noun is 'pavement'.

For the next question, remeber that adjectives describe nouns...

Multiple Choice

Find the adjective in this sentence.

The pavement is wet because it is raining heavily.

• Because

• Pavement

• Wet

• Raining

Answer

The adjective is 'wet'.

It is describing the noun (pavement).

We can use more than one adjective to describe a noun.

The big, yellow banana was delicious!

The big, yellow banana was delicious!

• The noun is 'banana'

• The words 'big', 'yellow' and 'delicious' all describe the banana

• 'Big', 'yellow' and 'delicious' are all adjectives

Multiple Select

What are the nouns in this sentence? (2)

The tall, leafy tree fell down in the terrible storm.

• Tree

• Fell

• Storm

• Leafy

• Terrible

Multiple Select

What are the adjectives in this sentence? (3)

The tall, leafy tree fell down in the terrible storm.

• Leafy

• Terrible

• Tall

• Storm

• Tree

Open Ended

Write a sentence about this picture. It must include at least 2 nouns and 2 adjectives.

What are adverbs?

• Adverbs are describing words

• They describe verbs (doing words)

Example

• She whispered quietly.

• The verb is 'whispered' (doing word)

• 'Quietly' describes the verb

• The adverb is 'quietly'

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in this sentence?

Dewi ran quickly.

• Ran

• Quickly

• Dewi

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in this sentence?

Dewi ran quickly.

• Dewi

• Ran

• Quickly

Using adverbs with adjectives

• Adverbs can be used before an adjective.

• The teacher was incredibly clever.

• Teacher is the noun

• Clever describes the teacher (adjective)

• Incredibly is the adverb

Multiple Select

Find the nouns:

The brown fox quickly jumped over the lazy, sleeping dog.

• Quick

• Lazy

• Fox

• Dog

Multiple Select

Find the adjectives:

The brown fox quickly jumped over the lazy, sleeping dog.

• Fox

• Brown

• Dog

• Lazy

Multiple Choice

Find the adverb:

The brown fox quickly jumped over the lazy, sleeping dog.

• Brown

• Quickly

• Lazy

• Dog

Open Ended

Write a sentence about this picture. It must contain at least one noun, one adjective, one verb and one adverb.

Over to you...

• Google 40 More Intriguing Photos to Make Students Think - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

• Choose an image - copy and paste it into a word document

• Write 5 nouns, 5 adjectives, 5 verbs and 5 adverbs based on the picture

• We will use your words in our next lesson