4. Adjectives.pptx

4. Adjectives.pptx

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  Prepared by: MissArly Grace V. Pareja Adjectives
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  OBJECTIVE: At the endof two hours discussion. 95% of the Grade 9 students are expected to learn the different usage a of adjectives.
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  A mans charactermay be learned may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. -Mark Twain_
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  “DESCRIBE EVERYTHING THATYOU HAD SEEN ON THE PICTURE”
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  “WHAT IS ADJECTIVE?’’ An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun by limiting its meaning.  An adjective may describe a noun or pronoun by answering one of these questions: What kind? Which one? How many? How much?
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   Examples: Whatkind?  blue scarf  artistic license Which one?  that attitude  second try How many?  thirty pages  several improvements How much?  Any trouble  No mayonnaise
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   Two verbsforms can also act as adjectives; the present participle, which ends –ing, and the past participle, which ends in –ed or is irregularly formed. Examples:  a dancing hen  the crumpled paper  a broken dish
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   Pronouns canalso serve as adjectives. For example:  Possessive pronouns (My,our,your,his,her,its and their) act as adjectives when they modify nouns.  Demonstrative pronouns (this,that,these and those) can be considered demonstrative adjectives when they modify nouns. Examples:  my kitten (possessive adjective)  those bicycles (demonstrative adjectives)  Lucy’s report (possessive noun acting as adjective)  Leather shoes (noun acting as adjective)
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  We have alsothe different adjectives that compare. Many adjectives have different forms to indicate their degree of comparison.  Positive form- indicates no comparison.  Comparative form- compares two nouns or pronouns.  Superlative form- compares more than two nouns or pronouns.
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   Articles arethe adjectives a, an and the. A and an are called indefinite articles. A is used before consonant sounds, and an is used before vowel sounds. The is called the definite article. Example: Indefinite articles I wrote a play. Ernesto wrote an article.
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   Proper adjectives Aproper adjective is formed from a proper noun and begins with a capital letter.  “The suffixes that was used to form proper adjectives: -an,-ian-n,-ese, and –ish. Example class when we say America. America itself is a Proper noun but when we say American that is a proper adjectives because American refer to the People living in America.”
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  COMPLETE THE TABLE: PFCF SF 1.loud 2.smart 3.bad 4.big 5.dirty 6.dark 7.clean 8.bright 9.active 10.cleaver
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   “In aone whole sheet of pad paper, write each adjectives and the word it modifies”  1. The apple pie is delicious.  2. Several large trees fell in the storm.  3. Strong winds radiate from the eye of a hurricane.  4. His left arm is in a soft cast.  5. Recycling makes a good use of throwaway items.  6. The devastating poliovirus has been nearly eradicated in the United States.  7. I seldom wear my dress shoes.  8. Quiet music is soothing to babies.  9. A good stylist could hide that stubborn cowlick.  10. Fifty years is a short time in history.
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   Assignment: Read thestory of Beowulf. List down at least 20 adjectives you will see and use that in a sentence.
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  “Millennial are oftenportrayed as apathetic, disinteested, tuned out and selfish. None of those adjectives describe the Millennial I’ve been privileged to meet and work with” -Chealsea Clinton-