Adjectives

What is an adjective?

• An action word

• A describing word

What part of speech do adjectives describe?

• Verb

• Adverb

• Noun

• Adjective

An adjective in the positive degree......

• is used to compare 2 nouns

• makes no comparison

• is used to compare 3 or more nouns

An adjective in the comparative degree....

• makes no comparison

• is used to compare 2 nouns

• is used to compare 3 or more nouns

An adjective in the superlative degree

• is used to compare 3 or more nouns

• makes no comparison

• is used to compare 2 nouns

How many adjectives are in the sentence below?

Serra has beautiful long hair.

• 3

• 2

• 5

• 4

What do the adjectives fresh and brown describe?

Mother baked fresh brown bread.

• the bread

• Mother

• baked

Choose the adjective in the following sentence:

The class weighed five bottles.

• class

• weighed

• five

• bottles

Choose the adjective that best completes this sentence.

She has _____ hair.

• long

• red

• sad

• funny

Choose the adjective that best completes this sentence.

Our first train trip was ______ than the second.

• long

• longer

• longest