Reviewing Adjectives

How it is (using senses & emotions):

beautiful, soft, loud, fragrant, sweet, happy, purple

Quality

How much there is ("non-count nouns"):

no, much, little, enough, some, whole

​​Quantity

How many there are
("count nouns"):

Cardinal #s: 1, 453, 78
Ordinal #s: first, second, fiftieth

Number

Who it has it/who it belongs to:

mine, their, ours, its

Possession

​Adjectives Describe...

Comparative & Superlative:
tell the differences between nouns & to what extreme are they different

Compare

They can be combined (usually hyphenated):
never-ending, once-in-a-lifetime, ice-cold

​​Compound

which, what, whose,

Question & Describe

Victorian, Shakespearean, Japanese,

Can be Proper

​Adjectives...

​Adjectives need to go in the correct order within sentences. We wouldn't say, "Car fast new is that red." Rather, we would say, "That new red car is fast." There are rules for where different types of adjectives go in sentences.​

Adjectives Have a Certain Order

Multiple Select

Select all of the adjectives:

Asian cuisine is popular in many countries.

• Asian

• cuisine

• is

• popular

• many

Multiple Select

Select all of the adjectives:

Whose donuts are those?

• Whose

• those

• donuts

• are

Multiple Select

Select all of the adjectives:

Our plastic straws have been replaced by newer, eco-friendly paper ones.

• paper

• our

• newer

• eco-friendly

• plastic

Multiple Choice

Select the sentences with the correct order of adjectives:

• Those cherry hot pies need to cool!

• This chocolate chip jumbo cookie is delicious!

• This creamy soft serve ice cream is amazing!

Multiple Choice

Which sentence does not contain an adjective?

• Tom walked to Dunkin'.

• He ordered a large cold brew.

• He clumsily tripped and spilled the coffee on his new blue shirt.