Write 3 sentences describing this picture and circle any describing words you used.

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DO NOW
Write 3 sentences describing this picture and
circle any describing words you used.
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What part of speech are the words that you
circled?
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Review Last Nights Homework

• Helping verbs

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What is an Adjective?
What does it do It is a word that describes a
noun or pronoun. Adjectives slightly change
the meanings of these words. For example A house
could become a small house or a large, wooden
house
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Four Questions
What Kind? new car striped tie Which
One? this swan every page How Many? one
hamburger many geese How Much? no food little
rain
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Modifying Nouns
When adjectives modify nouns, they usually come
directly before the nouns. However, sometimes
they may come after. Examples She saw a
bright, smiling face. The room, narrow and
dark, frightened us.
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Modifying Pronouns
Adjectives usually come after a linking verb when
they modify pronouns. However, sometimes they
may come before. Examples They are happy and
talkative. Quiet and sullen, he sat in a
corner.
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What word do these adjectives modify or describe?
1. Ducks, geese, and swans are aquatic birds.
2. All waterfowl swim and float.
3. These birds have webbed feet.
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Articles
Three common adjectives the, a, and an are
known as articles. Articles ALWAYS come before
the nouns they modify. They answer the question
Which one? Examples the canoe the swan a
pond an old sweater
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Using Nouns As Adjectives
Nouns can sometimes be used as adjectives. A
noun used as an adjective usually comes directly
before another noun and answers the question What
kind? or Which one? Examples Noun shoe Used
as Adjective a shoe salesperson (What kind?)
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Find the noun being used as an adjective
1. As with other members of the waterfowl family,
geese gather in large flocks each autumn.
2. They travel long distances to spend the winter
season in warm climates.
3. While migrating, geese often fly in a wedge
formation.
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Using Proper Adjectives

• A proper adjective is a proper noun used as an
  adjective or an adjective formed from a proper
  noun.
• Examples
• Truman - the Truman library
• Florida - the Florida wetlands
• American American history

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• Find the Proper Adjectives
• 1. Snow geese live in the Arctic region surround
  the North Pole.
• 2. Some spend winters along the Atlantic coast.
• 3. The Canada goose is another popular North
  American bird.
• 4. It usually lays its eggs during warm March or
  April days.

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Compound Adjectives

• Compound adjectives are made up of more than one
  word.
• Examples a well-known actress, a freshwater lake

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Identifying Adjectives and the Words they Modify

1. A play is a live performance before a real-life
   audience.
2. The script is the written text that the actors
   memorize.
3. The director of a Broadway play has a difficult
   job.
4. The first task of the director is to select the
   actors for each part.

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Exit TicketIdentify the following as nouns,
pronouns, verbs, or adjectives (noun acting as
adj. proper adj., article, or compound adj.)

• The (1) Beatles consisted of four (2) musicians
  in their twenties. Because they (3) were quite
  poor, they struggled (4) at first. They could
  not afford music (5) lessons, so they taught
  themselves to play and sing. They had been (6)
  playing together for several years (7) before
  they had their first hit record. They listened
  to many American (8) recordings, and they added
  new (9) ideas to their music.