Understanding Adjectives and Their Functions

The video tutorial, led by Miss Pierce and Miss Wang, introduces adjectives, explaining their role in describing nouns and pronouns. It covers articles as adjectives, proper adjectives, and common adjectives, providing examples and practice exercises. The lesson emphasizes the importance of capitalization for proper adjectives and offers a review section for learners to practice identifying different types of adjectives.

What is the primary role of adjectives in a sentence?

• To describe verbs

• To describe nouns or pronouns

• To connect sentences

• To express actions

Which of the following is an example of an adjective?

• And

• Quickly

• Run

• Beautiful

What do adjectives tell us about a noun?

• Its origin

• Its description

• Its action

• Its location

Which of the following is an article?

• And

• The

• But

• Or

What is a proper adjective?

• An adjective that connects sentences

• An adjective that describes actions

• An adjective derived from a proper noun

• An adjective that is always lowercase

Which of the following is a proper adjective?

• Blue

• Tall

• Fast

• American

What is a common adjective?

• An adjective that is always capitalized

• An adjective that is not derived from a proper noun

• An adjective that describes verbs

• An adjective that connects sentences

Which of the following is a common adjective?

• Mississippi

• Chicago

• French

• Happy

In the sentence 'The huge dinosaur lived on land,' which word is the common adjective?

• Lived

• Dinosaur

• Huge

• The

Which sentence contains a proper adjective?

• They have a fast car.

• He is a tall man.

• She visited the French museum.

• The blue sky is clear.