ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVES DESCRIBE ______________.
POSITIVE ADJECTIVES ARE USED WHEN YOU ARE
DESCRIBING ONE THING.
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES ARE USED WHEN YOU ARE
COMPARING TWO THINGS.
SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES ARE USED WHEN YOU ARE
COMPARING THREE OR MORE THINGS.
EACH OF THESE IS CALLED A “DEGREE” OF AN ADJECTIVE.
NOTE: ONLY ADJECTIVES (AND ADVERBS) CAN BE MADE
COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE. NOUNS AND VERBS CAN
NOT. TAKE SOME NOUNS AND TRY TO MAKE THEM
COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE. THEY DON’T MAKE SENSE
DO THEY?
EXAMPLE:
That tree is really tall.
That tree is taller than the one beside it.
That tree is the tallest one in the forest.
Now write your own set of sentences describing a boat.
Make sure you use positive, comparative, and superlative
adjectives.
Let’s practice using strong adjectives. Write a paragraph
about your class. Make sure to use strong adjectives, as
well as, at least one positive, one comparative, and one
superlative adjective.
read
flying
wave
VERBS
dunk
swimming
talk
VERBS SHOW _________ OR STATE OF _______.
VERBS CAN BE ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE. WHICH GIVES MORE POWER
TO YOUR PAPER?
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF STRONG VERBS. THE FIRST SENTENCE
USES A BORING VERB AND THE SECOND A STRONG VERB.
EX. 1 :
The little girl walked to the store.
The little girl skipped to the store.
EX 2:
The third graders go into the gym.
The third graders charged into the gym.
How did your mental picture change with the second sentence?
Assignment: Think of at least 3 words to replace the following verbs that can be
over-used when writing papers.
say
walk
tell
PLACE
IDEA
NOUNS
PEOPLE
THING
• Nouns name _______, _______, ______,
or ______.
• Proper nouns are always capitalized and
usually name a specific person or place.
• Nouns can be made plural, possessive,
• Make the following nouns plural:
computer, card, purse, glass, potato, steak
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IRREGULAR NOUNS
Some nouns ending in y must change the y to
an i and add –es to the end.
lady = ladies
baby = babies
Some nouns ending in –f or –fe must change to
–ves in plural form
knife = knives
half = halves
Some nouns change the vowel sound to
become plural
goose = geese
foot = feet
mouse = mice
woman = women
Some nouns do not change form when plural
fish = fish
deer = deer
• Other irregular plural noun rules:
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–
–
–
–
–
–
nouns ending in –on use –a in plural
nouns ending in –is become –es in plural
nouns ending in –ix/ex become –ices in plural
nouns ending in –us become –i in plural
nouns ending in –o can add either –s/es in plural form
some nouns looks plural but are singular
collective nouns are singular though they refer to
many things
TODAY
LOVELY
SELDOM
NOT
ADVERBS
HERE
LOUDLY
NEVER
• Adverbs answer the questions:
Where? When? Why? How? To What
Extent?
• Adverbs modify _____, ______, and other
________.
• On the following slide are sentences. Fill in
the missing adverbs.
1. The boy walked _________ to school.
2. The girl cried _________ over her lost
doll.
3. I went ______ for breakfast this morning.
4. I went to dentist __________, not
yesterday.
5. I asked her to ______ speak to me
again.
6. The class waited ________ for the lunch
bell to ring.
The following is a poem written by
Lewis Carroll. It’s words are often
nonsensical, but we are going to
make them sensible. Determine
what part of speech the underline
word is, and replace it with a word
that makes sense to you.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of
flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey
wood,
And burbled as it came !
JABBERWOCKY
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
One, two! One, two! And through
and through
The vorpal blade went snickersnack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that
catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
"And, has thou slain the
Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish
boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he
sought -So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.