Chapter 13
Adjectives &
Adverbs
Adjectives
Lesson 121
Introduction
Would you have difficulty
solving this case? Why?
What are some things you
might need the owner to
tell you about the dog?
Adjectives
An adjective is a word that
describes a noun.
Adjectives tell what kind or
how many.
Adjectives often come
before the noun they
describe in a sentence.
Adjectives
Some adjectives come after
the noun that they describe.
These adjectives follow
linking verbs and describe
the subject of the sentence.
Adjectives
Diagram an adjective that
comes before a noun on a
line that slants below the
noun it describes.
Adjectives
Diagram a predicate
adjective after the linking
verb.
Guided Practice
1. Some deserts are near
the mountains.
what kind
how many
Guided Practice
2. Mountains keep rain
away from the hot
desert.
what kind
how many
Guided Practice
4. Deserts have dry
climates.
Guided Practice
5. Hot deserts have
temperatures of over a
hundred degrees.
Guided Practice
8.
deserts
receive
Independent Practice
1. Many kinds of plants
grow in the desert.
what kind
how many
Independent Practice
2. These plants store large
amounts of water.
what kind
how many
Independent Practice
6. Deserts are interesting.
Independent Practice
7. Unusual animals live in
the desert.
Independent Practice
10. (Sentence 6)
Deserts
are
interesting
Independent Practice
11. (Sentence 7)
animals
live
Apply and Write
Write two sentences that
describe the picture above.
Circle the adjectives in
your sentence that tell
what kind or how many.
Special Adjectives
Lesson 122
Adjectives
The words a, an, and the are
special adjectives called
articles.
Use a with singular nouns
that begin with a consonant
sound.
Use an with singular nouns
that begin with a vowel
sound.
Adjectives
Use the with singular nouns
to name a particular person,
place, or thing and with all
plural nouns.
Adjectives
A proper adjective is an
adjective formed from a
proper noun.
Proper adjectives are always
capitalized.
Adjectives
Diagram articles and proper
adjectives on a slanted line
beneath the nouns they
describe.
Guided Practice
1. ____ peanut
a
Guided Practice
2. ____ alligator
an
Guided Practice
5. (The, An) saguaro cactus
looks like arms reaching
into the sky.
Guided Practice
6. (The, An) barrel cactus
gets its name from its
barrel shape.
Guided Practice
9. The Sonoran desert is
the home of the saguaro
cactus.
Guided Practice
11. The ambassador is
mexican.
Guided Practice
13. The new teacher is
Chinese.
teacher
is
Chinese
Independent Practice
1. ____ astronaut
an
Independent Practice
2. ____ kitchen
a
Independent Practice
5. God made (the, an)
cactus plant to store
water.
Independent Practice
6. (The, An) pleats of many
cactus plants expand
during times of rain.
Independent Practice
11. Mom fixed Polish
sausage for the missions
banquet.
Independent Practice
12. Mrs. Abrams made
Swedish meatballs.
Independent Practice
15. The man giving a
speech is german.
Independent Practice
17. The American president
is interesting.
president
is
interesting
Apply and Write
Write two sentences about
a mission field you would
like to visit. Where is it
located? What language do
the people speak?