Adjectives

Adjectives

Adjectives

• describe nouns or pronouns

• make sentences more interesting

• tell how many or what kind

Predicate Adjectives

• come after the noun or pronoun they describe

• S - LV - PA

• always come after a linking verb

Multiple Select

Check all the adjectives in the list below:

• pastor

• strike

• easy

• lovely

• interesting

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective in the following sentences:

Heavy rains often come with thunderstorms.

• heavy

• often

• come

• thunderstorms

Multiple Choice

Thunderstorms are small compared to hurricanes.

• thunderstorms

• small

• compared

• to

Multiple Choice

Lightning frightened the young child.

• lightning

• frightened

• young

• child

Multiple Choice

Some people like to watch thunderstorms.

• some

• people

• like

• watch

Multiple Choice

Lightning may be forked.

• lightning

• may

• be

• forked

Special Adjectives

• fall under category of limiting adjectives

• also known as determiners or articles

Demonstratives

• pronouns used as adjectives

• point out the position of people, objects, or places

• Ex. this, that, these, those

Proper Adjectives

• formed from a proper noun

• always capitalized

• Ex. Swiss cheese, Italian sausage

Multiple Select

Choose all the adjectives in the given sentences:

American cold air often comes from Canada.

• American

• cold

• often

• Canada

• from

Multiple Select

Those wild thunderstorms can form these destructive tornadoes.

• those

• wild

• thunderstorms

• these

• destructive

Multiple Select

We heard the whooshing sound.

• We

• heard

• the

• whooshing

• sound

Multiple Select

Some scientists study the damaged debris.

• Some

• study

• the

• damaged

• debris

Multiple Select

A big tornado was two miles in width.

• A

• big

• was

• two

• width

Multiple Select

147 tornadoes touched down in two days.

• 147

• down

• in

• two

Open Ended

Write two sentences that talk about the loudest or strongest storm you've seen, heard, and experienced. Use articles, demonstratives, and other adjectives.