Adjective a word that is used to modify a noun or a pronoun

What Kind?: gentle dog, Irish town, scary movie Which One?: sixth grade, these books, other

people How Many or Much?: two tickets, full pitcher, no

work

Ex: › The dog is gentle.› The sea, blue and sparkling, stretched out

before us invitingly.

Articles special adjectives that modify nouns

Ex: a, an, the

Ex:Jennifer saw a brown fox in the bushes.We are going to the movies after

school.Are you going to be an animal for

Halloween?

Proper Adjectives: formed from a proper noun and begin with a capital letter

Proper Nouns: Proper Adjectives:

Japan Japanese islands Easter Easter Sunday Queen Victoria Victorian drama Sioux Sioux customs

I have a free ticket for the last game. I have a free ticket for the last game.

A shiny coin stared up at me from the icy sidewalk. A shiny coin stared up at me from the icy

sidewalk.

Three colorful birds perched in the tall, green trees.

Three colorful birds perched in the tall, green trees.

The Egyptian mummies are on display on the first floor.

The Egyptian mummies are on display on the first floor.

This, that, these, and those can be both as adjectives and as pronouns.

When they modify nouns or pronouns, they are called Demonstrative Adjectives

Ex: Adjective: What are these skates doing in

the kitchen? Pronoun: What are these doing in the

kitchen?

Adjective: I prefer that brand of frozen yogurt.

Pronoun: I prefer that.

That is the strangest hot-air balloon I’ve ever seen!

Demonstrative pronoun Will those squirrels find enough to eat

during the winter? Demonstrative adjective These are the only shoes I can find that

will fit. Demonstrative pronoun My dog, Manda, has been chewing on this

piece of bone for three weeks. Demonstrative adjective According to the guidebook, those are the

largest trees in North America. Demonstrative pronoun

Directions: Identify all of the nouns, [pronouns], and ADJECTIVES in each of the following sentences. Do not include a, an, or the.

The brown building in the photograph contains several individual homes.

The BROWN building in the photograph contains SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL homes.

The blue book needs to have its cover repaired.

The BLUE book needs to have [its] cover repaired.

She is going to name her son Steve.[She] is going to name [her] son Steve.