Vivi Adjectives and Adverbs for story telling 4/10/23

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Adjectives & Adverbs

​modify nouns and verbs to make writing come alive!

​chocolate

sugar

stale

fresh​

What kind?

​pink

smooth

beautiful

Which one?

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​one, two, three, etc

all

several

a few

etc

How many?

​measurement

some

more

less​

How much?

Open Ended

Write one adjective about this flower.

Adjectives appear before nouns or after verbs that describe states of being (am, is, are, was, were).

Example: After the heavy rain, the roof was leaky.

I am a tall boy.
I am a smart girl.
He is shy.
She is strong.
The pretty and colorful butterfly landed on my nose.

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More than one adjective can come before a noun.

Example: Lane's grandfather worked long, hard hours as a talented, well-known sculptor.

Adjectives can be separated by the words and and or.

Example: Sonya was either too lazy or too tired to get up.

Example: We expected a clear, cold and breezy afternoon, but it was a warm and cloudy day instead.

Adjectives can come after the words am, is, are, was, and were.

Example: We were relieved to find Amina at home.

This is our family picture.

I was a little baby in this old picture.

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence: The cute, white, dog walked down the street.

• cute

• white

• cute and white

• walked

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence: I carried the heavy books up the stairs.

• carried

• books

• heavy

• stairs

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence: The beautiful, purple flowers grew in our yard.

• flowers

• beautiful

• beautiful, purple

• yard

Match

Match the adjectives to the pictures they describe.

cold

hot

colorful

loud

sharp

• cold

• hot

• colorful

• loud

• sharp

Multiple Choice

What are adjectives?

• Words that describe verbs.

• Words that describe nouns.

• A person, place, thing or idea.

• Words that are numbers.

Multiple Choice

Where do adjectives normally appear in a sentence?

• before nouns or after being verbs

• after nouns or before being verbs

• after verbs and before verbs

• the first word in a sentence

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence: It was a bright and sunny day.

• day

• bright

• sunny

• bright, sunny

Poll

How do you feel about adjectives?

• I understand them now.

• I still don't understand them.

• I understand a little bit.

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the sentence?

Where did those cats run off to?

• Where

• those

• cats

• run

Multiple Choice

The .................... students speak English well

• China

• Chinese

• chinese

Multiple Choice

Max asked, "how was your trip?"

This sentence is written correctly .

• true

• false

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Adjectives describe people or things.

Adverbs describe verbs.

Multiple Select

Select all the adjectives.

(REMEMBER: adjectives describe people or things.)

• tall

• red

• run

• is/are

• tired

Multiple Choice

In the sentence "The girl speaks loudly."

The word loudly is...

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjectivein the sentence below:

Margot wore a beautiful hat to the contest.

(REMEMBER: adjectives describe people or things.)

• Margot

• hat

• beautiful

• wore

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective:

It is a big bag.

(REMEMBER: adjectives describe people or things.)

• It

• is

• big

• bag

Ordering Adjectives

What order do we put adjectives in our sentences? This is a guid, it usually works!

Multiple Select

Which of these are adjectives?

• Small

• Five

• Jump

• James

• Pretty

Open Ended

Write three adjectives to describe this cat.

Multiple Choice

Which adjectives are written in the correct order?

• Large yellow the bus

• The yellow large bus

• The large yellow bus

• Yellow the large bus

Multiple Choice

Which adjectives are written in the correct order?

• My six-year-old annoying brother

• Annoying six-year-old my brother

• Six-year old my annoying brother

• My annoying six-year-old brother

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has the adjectives in the correct order?

• Hatim got a metal red shiny bike.

• The cute round gray cat belongs to Paris.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has the adjectives in the correct order?

• Nyla lives next to the wooden large blue house.

• The sweet orange cat that lives beside Marisol is over there.

• Antwane has an orange gigantic basketball.

Open Ended

Can you describe the picture? Imagine you are on an adventure here! Are people friendly? Are they running, walking, quickly, slowly? Use what you have learned in this lesson Vivi!