Adjectives; degrees of comparison for Grade 4.pptx

Adjectives

1. Good day, grade 4!

2. Take a look on the things or person around you and describe them in one word.

3. ADJECTIVES

4. Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven.

5. Adjectives modify nouns Note: Adjectives are words that modify (describe) nouns. Adjectives do not modify verbs or adverbs or other adjectives.

6. Margot wore a beautiful hat to the pie-eating contest. Furry dogs may overheat in the summertime. My cake should have sixteen candles.

7. Adjectives can modify nouns even without appearing right before them in a sentence.

8. Acting as what’s called a subjective complement with the help of a linking verb, a predicate adjective modifies the subject of a sentence. A linking verb is a verb like to be, to feel, to seem, or to taste that, rather than describing an action, helps to describe a state of being or a sensory experience.

9. That cow sure is happy . It smells gross in the locker room. Driving is faster than walking.

10. DEGREES OF ADJECTIVES

11. Positive Degree -It describes something in its own right. A cool guy A messy desk An awful situation A good guideline

12. Comparative Degree -It makes a comparison between two or more things. A cooler guy A messier desk A more awful situation A better guideline

13. Rules For most one-syllable adjectives, the comparative is formed by adding the suffix -er (or just -r if the adjective already ends with an e). For two-syllable adjectives, some use -er to form the comparative while others use the word more. In general, two-syllable adjectives ending in –er, –le, –ow, –ure, or –y can be made comparative by adding -er (in the case of -y words, replace y with –ier). For adjectives of three or more syllables , add the word more.

14. Rules Cool - Cooler, Big - Bigger, Long - Longer Smart- Smarter, Pretty - Prettier Beautiful - More beautiful, More aweful

15. Superlative Degree -It indicates that something has the highest degree of the quality in question. The coolest guy The messiest desk The most awful situation The best guideline

16. Rules One-syllable adjectives become superlatives by adding the suffix -est (or just -st for adjectives that already end in e). As with the comparative, some two-syllable adjectives use -est to form the superlative while others use the word most. In general, two-syllable adjectives ending in -y replace -y with -iest. Adjectives of three or more syllables add the word most. When you use an article with a superlative adjective, it will almost always be the definite article (the) rather than a or an. Using a superlative inherently indicates that you are talking about a specific item or items.

17. Rules Cool - Cooler, - Coolest , Big - Bigger - Biggest Long - Longer - Longest Smart- Smarter - Smartest, Pretty - Prettier - Prettiest Beautiful - More beautiful - Most Beautiful, Awful-More awful - Most Beautiful

18. Example Sentence 1. The room is cool. The room 1 is cooler than the room 2. The room 1 is the coolest room among all the 4 rooms.

19. Example Sentence 2. Jiana is a smart girl. Jiana is smarter than her sister. Jiana is the smartest among her siblings.

20. Example Sentence 3. Her heart is beautiful Her heart is more beautiful than the other girl. Her heart is the most beautiful among them all.

21. Let’s Try This! Positive: old exciting heavy good h appy Give the comparative and superlative.

22. Directions: On a whole sheet of paper, complete the table below through giving the positive degree/comparative degree/superlative degree of adjectives. Positive Comparative Superlative tasty 1. 2. 3. 4. naughtiest amazing 5. 6. 7. better 8. sexy 9. 10. busy 11. 12. 13. 14. nearest soon 15. soonest