AUG 31_ELL_INTRO TO ADJECTIVES

Let's talk about adjectives.

Adjectives are words that tell us how a noun looks, sounds, tastes, and feels. It can also tell you how many.

Which of the words below is an adjective?

• big

• girl

• week

• monthly

Answer explanation

I hope you chose big! Big is describing how a noun looks.

Don't confuse adjectives, which describe nouns, with adverbs like monthly, which describe verbs.

Adjectives modify . . . .

• nouns and pronouns
• verbs and adjectives
• nouns
• nouns and verbs

Identify adjectives:
Ambitious freshmen already want to improve their initial PSAT scores.

• ambitious, initial
• already, improve
• freshmen, scores
• want to improve

Which word in this sentence is an adjective?
The blue bird sang in the morning.

• bird
• sang
• blue
• in

Which word is an adjective in this sentence?
Sally saw a tall giraffe at the zoo.

• tall
• giraffe
• Sally
• zoo

Find the adjective in this sentence.
Little boys ran away.

• little
• boys
• ran
• away

Find the adjective in this sentence.
Several children ate lunch.

• several
• children
• ate
• lunch

Find the adjective in this sentence.
Students eat yummy cookies.

• students
• eat
• yummy
• cookies

Find the adjective in this sentence.
Red roses grow beautifully.

• red
• roses
• grow
• beautifully

Find the adjectives in this sentence.
The friendly student looked at the bright pencils.

• friendly, the, bright
• friendly, bright
• the, friendly, the, bright
• student, pencils