teach first graders Adjectives

1. ADJECTIVES
words used to describe
persons, places, things,
animals and events

2. aDJECTIVES
can describe color,
size, shape, taste,
texture, number, order

3. COLOR
ADJECTIVES
•white, black, red,
blue, yellow, green...
•dark, light, dim

4. COLOR
ADJECTIVES
The mango is color
yellow.
The clouds are grey.

5. COLOR
ADJECTIVES
My rubber shoes are
blue.
It is dark outside.

6. COLOR
ADJECTIVES
Can you give two
more examples of
color adjectives?

7. SIZE
ADJECTIVES
small, big, tall, short,
long, tiny, huge, vast,
gigantic

8. SIZE
ADJECTIVES
We have a tall
malunggay tree in our
yard.
I have a big bed.

9. SIZE
ADJECTIVES
I have a fat cat.
The elephant is huge.

10. SHAPE
ADJECTIVES
•circle, square,
rectangle, triangle,
oval, diamond...
•round, conical,
triangular, rectangular

11. SHAPE
ADJECTIVES
The pillow is round.
The cellphone is
rectangular in shape.

12. TASTE
ADJECTIVES
• sweet, salty, sour,
spicy
• delicious, yummy

13. TASTE
ADJECTIVES
The banana is
delicious.
The cake is sweet.

14. TASTE
ADJECTIVES
Vinegar is sour.
Korean noodles are
spicy.

15. TEXTURE
ADJECTIVES
rough, smooth, hard,
soft, gritty, coarse,
fine

16. TEXTURE
ADJECTIVES
Pillows are soft.
Sand is rough.
Her face is smooth.

17. Number
ADJECTIVES
one, two, three, four,
five, six... one
hundred, one hundred
one... one thousand

18. Number
ADJECTIVES
I have ten fingers.
The rainbow has
seven colors.

19. Number
ADJECTIVES
The army has ten
thousand soldiers.
The Philippines has
three major island
groups.

20. ORDER
ADJECTIVES
• first, second, third,
fourth, fifth...
•beginning, end, last,
next

21. ORDER
ADJECTIVES
Anna finished first in
the marathon.
Cindy is the last to go
home.

22. ORDER
ADJECTIVES
Kyle is the second
son.
Margaret is third in
class ranking.

23. KIND
ADJECTIVES
• good, bad, happy,
angry, sad, surprised
• only, strong, weak

24. KIND
ADJECTIVES
Alexis is a good boy.
Kim is strong.
Muning is a happy
cat.

25. ADJECTIVES
LIMITING ADJECTIVES
vs
DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES

26. LIMITING
ADJECTIVES
- number, scale,
weight, volume

27. LIMITING
ADJECTIVES
• one, two three, four
• kilo, dozen, meters,
millimeters,
kilometers, liters,
gallons, ounces

28. LIMITING
ADJECTIVES
one dozen
three kings
a kilo
two kilos

29. LIMITING
ADJECTIVES
three kilometers
five gallons
one liter
four ounces

30. DESCRIPTIVE
ADJECTIVES
- kind, shape, texture,
taste, color, odor

31. DESCRIPTIVE
ADJECTIVES
good boy
tall trees
long dress
beautiful garden

32. DESCRIPTIVE
ADJECTIVES
delicious food
smooth skin
red balloon
dark clouds

33. COMPARING
ADJECTIVES
positive
comparative
superlative

34. POSITIVE
ADJECTIVE
describes one noun or
one group of nouns

35. POSITIVE
ADJECTIVE
good dog
tall tree
smart student

36. COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVE
compares TWO nouns
formed by adding -er to
the adjective

37. COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVE
tall + er = taller
sweet + er = sweeter
big + (g)er = bigger

38. COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVE
healthy + (i)er = healthier
busy + (i)er = busier
funny + (i)er = funnier

39. COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVE
Choo-choo is a better
dog than Brownie.
The mango tree is
taller than the banana
tree.

40. COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVE
when you cannot use
the -er form, you can
use the word "more"

41. COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVE
more fun
more beautiful
more intelligent

42. SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVE
compares THREE OR
MORE nouns
formed by adding -est to
the adjective

43. SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVE
tall + est = tallest
sweet + est = sweetest
big + (g)est = biggest

44. SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVE
healthy + (i)est = healthiest
busy + (i)est = busiest
funny + (i)est = funniest

45. SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVE
Marley is the best dog
ever.
The Narra tree is the
tallest among the
group of trees.

46. SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVE
when you cannot use
the -est form, you can
use the word "most"

47. SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVE
most fun
most beautiful
most intelligent

48. WELL DONE!
We hope you had fun
learning about adjectives.
All the best,
Xenia and Alexis
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