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Descriptive Adjectives

Descriptive Adjectives . Describe a noun or pronoun. Can be before or after the noun. The trees, tall and ancient, filled the enchanted forest. When we saw the crazed gnome, we were filled with fear. Write 2 example sentences for before and after. Adjective as Subject Complement.

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Descriptive Adjectives

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  1. Descriptive Adjectives • Describe a noun or pronoun. Can be before or after the noun. The trees, tall and ancient, filled the enchanted forest. When we saw the crazed gnome, we were filled with fear. Write 2 example sentences for before and after

  2. Adjective as Subject Complement • Follows a linking verb • Refers back to the subject The children were joyful because they had a snow day. When the evil elf laughed, the people became fearful. Write two example sentences for ADJECTIVE as Subject Complement

  3. Adjective as Object Complement • Follows a direct object The critics declared the movie awful and unwatchable. The earthquake left people homeless. Write two examples of ADJECTIVE as Object Complement.

  4. Adjective Phrases • A prepositional phrase acting like an adjective. The boy in the cave was afraid of the bear he discovered there. Yesterday, the cows in the pasture ate all the grass and had to be moved. Write two examples of ADJECTIVE phrases.

  5. Adjective Clauses • Group of words acting like an adjective • Starts with who, whom, whose, that, which, where, and when • Non-restrictive or Restrictive The book Treasure Island, which is a classic, is about pirates. The car that was in the garage belonged to my dad. Write two examples for EACH, Non-restrictive and Restrictive.

  6. Few and Little • Few, Fewer, Fewest with count nouns • Little, Less, Least with non-count nouns I had less confidence about my audition after I heard Chris sing. There were forty cats in the shelter which was ten fewer than they had last month.

  7. Comparative and Superlative • Two items? –er or more or irregular forms • More than two items? –est or most or irregular forms The sequel to Batman was worse than the first movie. My brother is smaller than my father. Cheesecake is the best dessert ever. That woman is the craziest fan I have ever seen.

  8. Demonstrative, Interrogative and Indefinite Adjectives • This, that, these, those-Demonstrative • What, which, whose-Interrogative • All, another, any, both, either, neither, more, many, other, several, some Every day is a holiday when you are here. This cake is very crumbly. Which person will take the blame for the accident?

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