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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Adjectives 1 - Modify Nouns

The basic definition of an adjective is "a word that describes a noun or pronoun."  Adjectives answer one of these questions:

 Which one?
What kind?
Whose?
How many?

 Daily Grammar Lesson 31, 151-155

Examples:
Which hat?  The pink hat.
What kind of pie?  Blueberry pie.
Whose house?  Joe's house.
How many children?  Four children.

Teaching Ideas:

  • Play adjective games ("Search By Topic" in sidebar) such as Grammar Farm or Adjective Collection.
  • Make an Adjective Poster that says "Which One?  What Kind?  Whose?  How Many?"  This distinction will come in handy when you learn about adverbs.
  • For this lesson, focus on words that children already know as "describing" words.  Hot, cold, blue, green, nice, mean, silly, etc.  
  • Later lessons will cover adjectives that are:
    • proper (Chinese noodles)
    • articles (the, a, an)
    • used for comparison (hottest summer)
    • nouns (winter weather)
    • possessive nouns (man's hat, Bob's tools)
    • possessive pronouns (my book)
    • demonstrative pronouns (this car)
    • verbals (howling wolf)
    • prepositional phrases (man in the moon)

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