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Adjectives

Adjectives. Makes the Meaning of Nouns Much Clearer. Adjective Types. Restaurant. What Kind Chinese. Which One this. How Much or How Many several.

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Adjectives

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  1. Adjectives Makes the Meaning of Nouns Much Clearer

  2. Adjective Types

  3. Restaurant What Kind Chinese • Which One this How Much or How Many several The Lilac Garden is having it’s grand opening this weekend. This Chinese restaurant is family-owned with several East Valley locations ready to serve you!

  4. Describe Blue corn chips light whipped texture Green enchilada sauce capable staff Incredible taste Delicious ice cream topping What kind Color, type (Words that end in the suffix) Adjectives: Descriptors

  5. Where can you find the adjectives? • Before the noun • Expensive silverware graced the cheerful table for the special event. • After the noun • A pizza, cheesy and delicious, was pictured on the menu cover.

  6. Some Adjectives Set Limits

  7. Limiting Adjectives

  8. How does these adjectives do their job? • To be a limiting adjective they MUST appear before a noun • This burrito is prepared from the finest ingredients!(Yes, the adjective is doing its job!) • Here there is no adjective present can you tell why? • This must be prepared before the customer arrives. Here the word this is used as a____________.

  9. Putting it all together! • His order is complete, sir. Now have that chef with the moustache prepare the meal, please. • His isn’t the only restaurant of its kind that was featured on the cooking show. Many Mexicanrestaurant chefs were interviewed for this exclusive program. Ours received the most publicity. • Bold-adjectivesItalics-not used as a limiting adjective

  10. Proper nouns and proper adjectives • Proper adjectives are descriptive words derived from proper nouns. Since proper nouns are capitalized, we also capitalize proper adjectives. • Proper Noun Proper Adjectives • Switzerland Swiss cheese • Mexico Mexican culture • China Chinese noodles

  11. Sometimes the spelling doesn’t change • Sometimes the proper adjective spelling of a word is the same spelling as the proper noun it is related to! • Phoenix Phoenix police • Edison Edison inventions • Zenith Zenith television • San Francisco San Francisco trolley • Fisher Price Fisher Price baby toy • Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse hat • *Check your dictionary for correct proper adjective forms when you are not sure.

  12. Your Turn to Add the AdjectivesSee p. 446 in Elements of Writing for help

  13. Adjectives Review • Words used to modify (describe) a__________ • These are words usually added in _____ of nouns or pronouns to better ______ what the nouns are like. • Think of ________ as words used to customize what you want to say!

  14. Puzzles and word search creators • Puzzles and word search creators • www.puzzle-maker.com • puzzlemaker.schooldiscovery.com

  15. MENU EVALUATION Completed by peer : Your Name________________________________Class Period_____________Restaurant Name__________________________________ Item Points • Successful completion of all required items • 5 4 3 2 1 • Adjective usage (underline or highlight adjectives) • 5 4 3 2 1 • Neatness • 5 4 3 2 1 • Creativity • 5 4 3 2 1 • Spelling, grammar, • and punctuation 5 4 3 2 1

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