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An adjective describes a person, place, animal, or thing. An adjective can tell how something looks, sounds, tastes, feels, or smells.

The frog saw a small caterpillar. Small describes the way the caterpillar looks.

Unit 4 A Froggy Fable Grammar 16

Find the adjectives that tell how something looks, sounds, tastes, feels, or smells. Circle the adjectives.

Adjectives and Our Senses

1.The frog liked delicious breakfasts.

2.Would he like Mexican chiles?

3.He heard singing birds.

4.The frog saw wonderful things.

5.Now he likes old trees.

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Unit 4 Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Grammar 17

Words for number, size, and shape are adjectives. The words a,an,andthe are also adjectives called articles.

A sunflower has small seeds. The word a describes how many sunflowers—one. Small describes the size of the seeds.

Underlinethe adjectives that describe the number, size, or shape of something. Write the adjectives in the chart.

Adjectives for Number, Size, and Shape

1.Tina planted ten sunflowers.

2.Sunflowers are tall plants.

3.Seeds grow in large heads.

4.Tina took out oval seeds.

5.She filled the bag with seeds.

DescribeNumber DescribeSize DescribeShape

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Circle adjectives that compare two things. Underline adjectives that compare three or more things.

Adjectives That Compare

1.Lions are faster than zebras.

2.The cheetah is the fastest animal on land.

3.The blue whale is the longest animal of all.

4.Dolphins are longer than porpoises.

5.A pine tree is taller than an oak tree.

6.Redwoods are the tallest trees of all.

Add -er to an adjective to compare two persons, places, or things. This is the comparative form. Add -est to an adjective to compare three or more persons, places, or things. This is the superlative form.

The chick is smaller than the hen. Smaller compares two things—the chick and the hen.

The egg is smallest of the three. Smallest compares three things—the egg, the chick, and the hen.

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Unit 4 The Night the Moon Fell Grammar 19

Underline the adverb in each sentence. Write when if the adverb shows when. Write where if the adverb shows where.

Adverbs That Tell When and Where

1.The moon fell yesterday.

2.It fell down to the sea.

3.The fish helped the moon next.

4.Now they are friends.

Adverbs tell more about a verb. Some adverbs show when or where.

I saw the moon yesterday. Yesterday tells when.

Astronauts walk there. There tells where.

Many things happen in a certain order. Some adverbs can tell order. These adverbs are timetransitionwords.

Jose saw the moon before. He will read about it now.

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Unit 4 The First Tortilla Grammar 20

1.“I must listen ,” she said.

2.She left her village .

3. the mountain shook.

4.“Why have you come?” it asked .

5.The wind blew .

6.She ran down the path.

Write an adverb from the box to complete each sentence. Use each adverb once.

Adverbs That Tell How

quietly loudly wildly

quickly carefully suddenly

An adverb can tell more about a verb by telling how an action is done. Adverbs that tell how usually end in -ly.

When she looked up, she saw the mountain clearly.

Clearly tells how she saw the mountain.

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