Adjectives

What is an adjective?

• a person, place or thing

• an action

• a word that describes a noun

• a word that describes a verb

What question do adjectives answer?

• who?

• What kind? Which one? How many?

• When? how? Where?

• Why?

Where are adjectives located in a sentence?

• Before the noun

• After the noun

• The first word of the sentence

• The last word of a sentence

Which words are ALL examples of adjectives?

• quickly, quiet, sweet

• house, mouse, cat

• five, old, short

• run, sleep, play

Which words are ALL adjectives?

• cut, drop, sing

• milk, cookies, dog

• fast, slow, calmly

• black, bumpy, slippery

Which word is the adjective? The quick roadrunner got away from the coyote.

• the

• away

• quick

• coyote

The Green Knights will win!

• The

• Green

• will

• win

My mom is weird.

• my

• mom

• is

• weird

The silly boy sang karaoke.

• silly

• boy

• sang

• karaoke

The grand piano is in the room.

• grand

• piano

• is

• room