CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.

1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of

Name:_______________________ standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
SCORE

Adjectives: Words that describe a person, place, or thing.

"There are cute kittens in this car near the two trees."

There are three things that adjectives tell us about objects:

What Kind? – big, small, happy, sad, smart, dumb, fast, slow, red…
I have a small cat.

1) What kind of a teacher do you have? I have a(n) _________ teacher.

2) My room is always __________.
3) Every time I eat pizza I feel _________.
~ What kind of movies do you like? Circle any adjectives you use.
______________________________________________________________________

How Many? – one, three, a hundred, many, few…

I have 37 cats.

1) How many teachers do you have? I have ___________ teachers.

2) I am ______ years old.
3) I have been to ________ different schools.
~ How many classes do you have? Circle any adjectives you use.
______________________________________________________________________

Which One? – This, that, these, those…

Those cats are mine.

1) Which cat is yours? __________ cat is mine.

2) Can you help me with _________ homework?
3) Where is ___________ book?
Directions: Write each of the adjectives that you find in the first blank line. Next to
each adjective you find, say what question it answers (how many, what kind or which
one).

Ex) I
always buy three hats from that store because it has cheap prices.
Three ~ How many That ~ Which one Cheap ~ What kind

1) I like to watch new movies.

new
________ ~ ___________
what kind
(Adjective) (What Kind, Which one, How many)

2) The angry cook smashed a red tomato.

angry ~ ___________
________ what kind red
________ ~___________
what kind
(Adjective) (What Kind, Which one, How many) (Adjective) (What Kind, Which one, How many)

3) Can you please pick up a few donuts off that desk please?
few
________ how many
~ ___________ that
________ ~ ___________
which one

4) I like to fish on lakes which are cold, clear, and deep.

cold
________ what kind
~ ___________ clear
________ what kind
~ ___________ deep what kind
________ ~ ___________

5) Every Monday I wear green socks, a red sweater, and purple pants.
________ what kind
green ~ ___________ red
________ what kind
~ ___________ what kind
purple ~ ___________
________

6) Before we can escape, I need to distract all these big dumb zombies.
big
________ what kind
~ ___________ dumb ~ ___________
________ what kind these
________ which one
~ ___________

7) My fat cat is a good friend, he always helps me when it’s a sad day.
fat
________ what kind
~ ___________ good
________ what kind
~ ___________ sad
________ what kind
~ ___________

8) Mr. Getmoney’s expensive computer started causing those sparks

and scary flames!
________ ~ ___________
expensive what kind ________
those ~ ___________
which ones ________
scary ~ ___________
what kind

9) Yesterday, I bought seven fish from this store at a fancy mall.

seven
________ how many
~ ___________ this
________ which one
~ ___________ fancy ~ ___________
________ what kind
Directions Find each adjective and list what noun they are describing.
1) The fat cat and the mean dog were fighting in the park.
fat cat mean
__________ dog
__________
Adjective What it’s Describing Adjective What it’s Describing
2) During the scary movie David was sad.
scary
__________ movie
__________ sad
__________ David
__________
Adjective What it’s Describing Adjective What it’s Describing

3) Tony always writes funny jokes and interesting letters.

funny
__________ jokes
__________ interesting
__________ letters
__________

4) The long race left the runner exhausted.

long
__________ race
__________ exhausted
__________ runner
__________

5) You shouldn’t steal expensive candy from my blind grandmother!

expensive
__________ candy
__________ blind
__________ grandmother
__________

6) How can I swim with all of these sharks swimming in the deep water?
these
__________ sharks
__________ deep
__________ water
__________

7)Yesterday I had to go to that mall by the freeway, in order to return

seventeen ugly sweaters that I got for my birthday.
that
_________ mall
_________ seventeen
_________ sweaters _________
_________ ugly sweaters
__________

Directions: Please write a paragraph about your family.

Use at least 6 adjectives and circle each one that you write.

Start:________________________________________________________________
Answers will vary...

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________:End