GRAMMAR: MONDAY
The Wonderful World of Adjectives
Learning Targets
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I can define and identify adjectives.
I can identify the five subclasses of determiners.
I can identify the different degrees of adjectives.
 Positive,
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Comparative, Superlative
I can recite this weeks vocabulary words and their
definitions.
Adjective
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An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun.
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Examples:
 the
tall professor
 the mournful lieutenant
 a solid commitment
The Articles
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Adjectives are words that describe or modify
another person or thing in the sentence.
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The Articles — a, an, and the — are adjectives.
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Examples:
a
month's pay
 a six-year-old child
 the unhappiest, richest man
Practice
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Copy down the adjectives…
 The
brown dog slept until Tuesday.
 The
wet and cold snow was all over Suzy’s jacket.
 The
big, red truck is stuck in the muddy road.
 Four
people went to the small meeting.
Answers
 The
brown dog slept until Tuesday.
 The
wet and cold snow was all over Suzy’s jacket.
 The
big, red truck is stuck in the muddy road.
 Four
people went to the small meeting.
Vocabulary
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Syntax: arrangement of words and the order of
grammatical elements
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Tiered: steps or levels
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Suburbia: the suburbs of a city
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Inconspicuous: not noticeable or unremarkable
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Demerit: offense or a quality that deserves blame or lacks
merit.
GRAMMAR: TUESDAY
Learning Targets
I
can define and identify adjectives.
 I can identify the five subclasses of determiners.
 I can identify the different degrees of
adjectives.
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I
Positive, Comparative, Superlative
can recite this weeks vocabulary words and
their definitions.
Review
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What is an adjective?
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What are the articles?
The Pair Test
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A simple way to identify modifying adjectives is to pair up
each adjective, one at a time, with the noun it modifies.
Example:
I ordered the special deep-dish, Chicago-style pizza.
the pizza
special pizza
deep-dish pizza
Chicago-style pizza
We can pair up each adjective with the noun pizza; and this
test shows that there are four separate adjectives modifying
pizza.
Practice
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Use the Pair Test to find the adjectives in these
sentences…
 Sue
 An
wore the baggy blue, Rocker Revival jeans.
old sun-burned man was leaning against the rickety
weathered fence.
Answers
 Sue
wore the baggy blue, Rocker Revival jeans.
Baggy jeans Rocker Revival jeans
Blue jeans
 An
old sun-burned man was leaning against the rickety
weathered fence.
old man
sun-burned man
rickety fence
weathered fence
REMINDER
VOCABULARY TEST IS ON FRIDAY!!!
GRAMMAR: WEDNESDAY
Learning Targets
I
can define and identify adjectives.
 I can identify the five subclasses of determiners.
 I can identify the different degrees of
adjectives.

I
Positive, Comparative, Superlative
can recite this weeks vocabulary words and
their definitions.
Determiners
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Determiners are a group or modifiers that (with the
excepting of number words and quantifiers) are
mutually exclusive; that is, only a single determiner
modifies any one noun.
Example: the and a are both determiners, but they
are mutually exclusive. We can say the book or a
book, but we can never say the a book or a the
book.
Determiners
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Articles: the; a; and an
Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
Number words:
 Cardinal
numbers: one, two, three,…
 Ordinal numbers: first, second, third,…plus other words
indicating order: first, last, (Note: Ordinal number
words can be combine with the)
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Possessives:
 Nouns:
John’s, Mary’s,…
 Pronouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
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Quantifiers: some, much, many, several,…
Practice
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Article (Art)
Demonstrative (Dem)
Number word (#)
Possessive (Poss)
Quantifier (Q).
Underline each determiner (adjective) in the
following sentences, indicating which subclasses the
determiner belongs to.
Practice
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0. I took the first bus that came by.
Art #
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1. There were several messages on our answering machine.
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2. This test will cover the last chapter.
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3. I left my wallet at home.
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4. All roads lead to Rome.
Answers
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1. There were several messages on our answering machine.
Q
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2. This test will cover the last chapter.
Dem
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Poss
Art #
3. I left my wallet at home.
Poss
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4. All roads lead to Rome.
Q
REMINDER
VOCABULARY TEST IS ON FRIDAY!!!
GRAMMAR: THURSDAY
Learning Targets
I
can define and identify adjectives.
 I can identify the five subclasses of determiners.
 I can identify the different degrees of
adjectives.

I
Positive, Comparative, Superlative
can recite this weeks vocabulary words and
their definitions.
Degrees of Adjectives
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Positive (base form) , Comparative, and Superlative
(actually, only the comparative and superlative
show degrees.)
We use the comparative for comparing two things
and the superlative for comparing three or more
things.
Degrees of Adjectives
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Notice that the word than frequently accompanies
the comparative and the word the precedes the
superlative.
The suffixes -er and -est are used to form most
comparatives and superlatives.
Although we need -ier and -iest when a two-syllable
adjective ends in y (happier and happiest);
otherwise we use more and most when an adjective
has more than one syllable.
Degrees
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
rich
richer
richest
love
lovely
lovelier
beautiful
more beautiful
most beautiful
Certain adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative and
superlative degrees…
Irregular Forms
Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms
good
better
best
bad
worse
worst
little
less
least
much
many
some
far
more
most
further
furthest
Practice
REMINDER
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY TEST
TOMORROW!
Grammar and Vocabulary Test
HALF SHEET OF PAPER
 NAME
 NUMBER
1-3 (WITH SPACE) ON FRONT
 NUMBER
1-5 ON BACK
Grammar Test
1.
Define and give an example of an adjective.
2.
Underline the adjectives…
a) There were ninety-nine containers on the barge.
b) I ordered some coffee and the last piece of pie.
3.
Give the comparative and superlative form…
evil, sharp, sleepy, and sweet
Vocabulary Test
A.
1.
Tiered
2.
Suburbia
3.
Inconspicuous
B.
C.
4.
Demerit
D.
5.
??????
E.
offense or a quality that
deserves blame or lacks merit.
arrangement of words and the
order of grammatical elements
steps or levels
not noticeable or
unremarkable
the suburbs of a city
Grammar Test Answers
1.
2.
Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or
thing in the sentence/ or modifies a noun or a pronoun.
Underlining adjectives…
a) There were ninety-nine containers on the barge.
b) I ordered some coffee and the last piece of pie.
3.
evil
sharp
sleepy
sweet
more evil
sharper
sleepier
sweeter
most evil
sharpest
sleepiest
sweetest
Vocabulary Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
C
E
D
A
B, Syntax