Grammar

3rd grade

By Adriana Sanchez

Adjectives

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONWhy do we use adjectives?

Share with a partner and write an example on your whiteboard.

Adjectives are used:

To describe the noun

Adjectives ( what kind)

Some adjectives describe how a noun looks, sounds, feels, tastes, or smells.

Little dogs may have loud barks.

Adjectives ( how many)

Other adjectives describe or tell how many

Rudy was the first dog in our family.

I see many dogs every day.Describing one nounAn adjective usually describes one person, place or thing.

I got a shiny new car for my birthday.

Adjectives ( comparative)

Comparing two places, people or things

A bulldog is smaller than a dalmatian.

The dalmatian is more graceful than a bulldog.

Adjectives ( superlative)Comparing three or more places, people or things.

That Chihuahua is the smallest dog I have ever seen!

My dog is the most beautiful dog in the world!

adjective comparative superlative

big bigger biggest

small smaller smallest

short shorter shortest

fat fatter fattest

thin thinner thinnest

fast faster fastest

cheap cheaper cheapest

high higher highest

far farther farthest

good better best

bad worse worst

many more most