Adjectives

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Adjectives
By Madelyn Burkhart
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What is a Adjective?

• An adjective is used to describe a noun or a
  pronoun.
• Ex.
• The Beauty and the Beast has a happy ending.

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Adjectives answer 4 questions

• What Kind?
• Which One?
• How Many?
• How Much?

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Examples

• Which one?
• Ariel wanted to be part of their world.
• What Kind?
• Ariel had a new item in her treasure cave.
• How Many?
• Prince Eric was loved by all girls.
• How Much?
• Ursula gave Ariel no mercy.

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Answer me

• Mulan saw a bright, smiling face in the crowd.
• The soldier, narrow and big, wasnt nice.
• Every girl wanted to meet the king.
• One girl went crazy over the king.
• The soldier, Mulan, was very scared to go into
  the water with the guys.
• They got no food if they messed up.

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Answers

• Mulan saw a bright, smiling face in the crowd.
• What kind
• The soldier, narrow and big, wasnt nice.
• What kind
• Every girl wanted to meet the king.
• Which one
• One girl went crazy over the king.
• How many
• The soldier, Mulan, was very scared to go into
  the water with the guys.
• Which one
• They earned no food if they messed up.
• How much

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Comparative and Superlative?

• Comparison has three degrees positive,
  comparative, and superlative.
• The positive is used when no comparison is being
  made ( form listed in dictionary ).
• Comparative is used when two things are being
  compared.
• Superlative is used when three or more things are
  being compared.

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Comparative and Superlative degrees formed with
er and -est
Superlative
Comparative
Positive

• Slowest
• Strongest
• Prettiest
• Sunniest
• Youngest
• Oldest

• Slow
• Strong
• Pretty
• Sunny
• Young
• Old

• Slower
• Stronger
• Prettier
• Sunnier
• Younger
• Older

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Answer adding -er and -est
Positive
Comparative
Superlative

• Little
• Mean
• Smart
• Fresh
• Clean
• Calm
• Crazy

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Answers to adding -er and -est
Positive
Comparative
Superlative

• Mean
• Smart
• Fresh
• Clean
• Calm
• Crazy
• Little

• Meaner
• Smarter
• Fresher
• Cleaner
• Calmer
• Crazier
• Littler

• Meanest
• Smartest
• Freshest
• Cleanest
• Calmest
• Craziest
• Littlest

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Using More and most

• More and most can also be used to form the
  comparative and superlative.
• Ex
• Dane Cook is the most fun one in Employee of
  the Month.

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Examples

• Positive Comparative Superlative
• Narrowly more narrowly most narrowly
• fun more fun most fun
  
• Quickly more quickly most
  quickly
• beautiful more beautiful most
  beautiful
• Spirited more spirited most
  spirited

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Add Most or More

• DMS runs quickly than CMS.
• DMS has spirit than CMS.
• The skilled team of all will win.
• Our field has the beautiful grass.
• CMS is likely to lose.

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Answers
DMS runs more quickly than CMS. DMS has more
spirit than CMS. The most skilled team of all
will win. Our field has the most beautiful
grass. CMS is most likely to lose.
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THE END