chapter 13 adjectives & adverbs. adjectives lesson 121

Chapter 13Adjectives &

Adverbs

Adjectives

Lesson 121

Introduction

Would you have difficulty solving this case? Why?

What are some things you might need the owner to tell you about the dog?

Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.Adjectives tell what kind or how many.Adjectives often come before the noun they describe in a sentence.

Adjectives

Some adjectives come after the noun that they describe. These adjectives follow linking verbs and describe the subject of the sentence.

Adjectives

Diagram an adjective that comes before a noun on a line that slants below the noun it describes.

Adjectives

Diagram a predicate adjective after the linking verb.

Guided Practice

1. Some deserts are near the mountains.

what kind how many

Guided Practice

2. Mountains keep rain away from the hot desert.

what kind how many

Guided Practice

4. Deserts have dry climates.

Guided Practice

5. Hot deserts have temperatures of over a hundred degrees.

Guided Practice

8.

deserts receive

Cold

Independent Practice

1. Many kinds of plants grow in the desert.

what kind how many

Independent Practice

2. These plants store large amounts of water.

what kind how many

Independent Practice

6. Deserts are interesting.

Independent Practice

7. Unusual animals live in the desert.

Independent Practice

10. (Sentence 6)

Deserts are interesting

Independent Practice

11. (Sentence 7)

animals live

Unusu

al

Apply and Write

Write two sentences that describe the picture above.

Circle the adjectives in your sentence that tell what kind or how many.

Special Adjectives

Lesson 122

Adjectives

The words a, an, and the are special adjectives called articles.Use a with singular nouns that begin with a consonant sound.Use an with singular nouns that begin with a vowel sound.

Adjectives

Use the with singular nouns to name a particular person, place, or thing and with all plural nouns.

Adjectives

A proper adjective is an adjective formed from a proper noun.Proper adjectives are always capitalized.

Adjectives

Diagram articles and proper adjectives on a slanted line beneath the nouns they describe.

Guided Practice

1. ____ peanut

a

Guided Practice

2. ____ alligator

an

Guided Practice

5. (The, An) saguaro cactus looks like arms reaching into the sky.

Guided Practice

6. (The, An) barrel cactus gets its name from its barrel shape.

Guided Practice

9. The Sonoran desert is the home of the saguaro cactus.

Guided Practice

11. The ambassador is

mexican.

Guided Practice

13. The new teacher is Chinese.

teacher is

The

Chinese

new

Independent Practice

1. ____ astronaut

an

Independent Practice

2. ____ kitchen

a

Independent Practice

5. God made (the, an) cactus plant to store water.

Independent Practice

6. (The, An) pleats of many cactus plants expand during times of rain.

Independent Practice

11. Mom fixed Polish sausage for the missions banquet.

Independent Practice

12. Mrs. Abrams made Swedish meatballs.

Independent Practice

15. The man giving a

speech is german.

Independent Practice

17. The American president is interesting.

president is

The

interesting

Am

erican

Apply and Write

Write two sentences about a mission field you would like to visit. Where is it

located? What language do the people speak?