English Language Arts
Grade 3
15 min
Identify adjectives
Identify adjectives
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Introduction & Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Define the term 'adjective' as a word that describes a noun.
Identify adjectives in simple sentences.
Explain which noun an adjective is describing.
Identify adjectives that answer the questions 'What kind?', 'How many?', and 'Which one?'.
Use at least two adjectives to write a descriptive sentence about a noun.
Distinguish between a noun and an adjective in a sentence.
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary
TermDefinitionExample
AdjectiveA word that describes a noun (a person, place, thing, or idea). It tells you more about the noun.In the phrase 'the red ball', the word 'red' is an adjective because it describes the ball.
NounA word for a person, place, thing, or idea. Adjectives need a noun to describe!Examples of nouns are 'dog', 'school', 'book', and 'happiness'.
DescribeTo tell more about something using details like its color, size, shape, or how it feels.You can describe a cat as 'soft' and 'fluffy'.
What Kind?A question that adjectives can answer to tell you about the quality of a noun.The 'happy' girl. What kind of girl? A happy girl.
How Many?A question that adjectives can answer to tell you a...
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Key Rules & Conventions
The Before-the-Noun Rule
Adjectives often come right before the noun they are describing.
Look for a describing word immediately in front of a person, place, or thing. For example, in 'the big dog', 'big' comes right before the noun 'dog'.
The After-a-Linking-Verb Rule
Adjectives can come after linking verbs like 'is', 'are', 'was', 'were', 'seems', or 'feels'.
Sometimes, the describing word is separated from the noun. For example, in 'The dog is big', the adjective 'big' comes after the verb 'is' but still describes the 'dog'.
The Question Test
A word is an adjective if it answers a question about a noun: What kind? How many? Which one?
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Challenging
In the phrase 'a brick house,' the word 'brick' is used as an adjective. What question does it answer about the house?
A.How many houses?
B.Which house?
C.What kind of house?
D.Where is the house?
Challenging
Read the sentence: 'The sleepy, brown bear found some sweet honey.' Which list contains ONLY adjectives from the sentence?
A.sleepy, brown, bear
B.sleepy, brown, sweet
C.bear, found, honey
D.The, some
Challenging
In which sentence is the word 'orange' used as an adjective and NOT a noun?
A.I ate an orange for a snack.
B.The color of the sunset is orange.
C.She bought an orange cat.
D.An orange contains vitamin C.
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