Unit 4 Adjectives

A word that describes a noun is an ____________.

An adjective is a word that describes a ____________.

An adjective tells ______ ______and______ ______.

Name the adjectives in this sentence:

Male lions have thick manes.

Name the adjectives in this sentence:

They look proud and fierce.

Name the adjectives in this sentence:

Female lions are gentle mothers.

Name the adjectives in this sentence:

The cubs have pretty, spotted coats.

What do the adjectives in this sentence describe?

Young raccoons play with small pieces of wood.

• Raccoons describes play.

• Young describes raccoons.

• Small describes pieces.

• Pieces describes wood.

What does the adjective describe?

Black bears roll down the hill.

• Bears describe roll.

• Down describes hill.

• Hill describes bears.

• Black describes bears.

How many adjectives are in this sentence?

Old, gray otters slide down the muddy banks.

• 2

  old and gray

• 3

  old, gray, muddy

• 4

  old, gray, slide, down

• 1

  muddy