Today we're going to learn about adjectives.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Let's read three sentences
that have examples of adjectives in them.
The red apple is on the table.
This is a tall building.
The cold snow fell from the sky.
Let's go back to that first sentence.
The red apple is on the table.
Do you see a word in this sentence
that describes a noun or a pronoun?
Red.
Red is an adjective that describes the noun apple.
Next.
This is a tall building.
Do you see the word in this sentence
that describes a noun?
Tall.
Tall describes the noun building.
So tall is an adjective.
And the third sentence.
The cold snow fell from the sky.
Do you see the word in this sentence
that describes a noun?
Cold.
Cold describes the noun snow.
So cold is an adjective.
So we know that an adjective is a word
that describes a noun or pronoun.
But what types of details do adjectives tell us
about the nouns and pronouns they describe?
Adjectives tell us which, how much, how many,
what kind, and whose.
Let's look at some examples.
First let's look at an example of an adjective
that tells us which.
This book is on my desk.
Do you see the adjective that tells us which?
This.
The adjective this describes the noun book.
It tells us which book.
We could ask the question.
Which book?
This book.
Now let's look an adjective that tells how much?
I ate too much bread.
Do you see the adjective in the sentence.
The adjective is, much.
That adjective describes the noun bread.
It tells us how much bread.
How much bread?
Much bread.
Now let's look at an adjective that tells how many.
You have three apples.
Do you see the adjective in the sentence?
Three.
Three is an adjective that describes the noun apples.
It tells us how many apples.
How many apples?
Three apples.
Let's look at an example that tells us what kind.
The beautiful sky is blue.
This sentence has two adjectives that tell us what kind.
Do you see them?
Beautiful and blue.
Both of these adjectives describe the noun sky.
They tell us what kind of sky.
What kind of sky is it?
A beautiful sky and a blue sky.
And finally whose.
Whose means who does it belong to
or who owns it.
Amy's car and my car are red.
This sentence has three adjectives
but only two of the adjectives tell whose.
Which ones tells whose?
Do you see them?
Amy's and my.
Each of these adjectives describes the noun car.
Whose car?
Amy's car.
And whose car?
My car.
Now let's practice.
Instructions.
Find the adjectives.
Each of the following sentences has one or more adjectives.
Let's see if you can find all of them.
Number one.
The bright sun was very warm.
Number two.
Our cute dog wanted to go outside.
Number three.
The strange tree by his house is too big.
Number four.
Antonio's daughter is so adorable!
Number five.
That building and these cars are dirty.
Find each adjective and pause the video while you work.
Are you ready to check your answers?
Let's check.
The bright sun was very warm.
This sentence has two adjectives.
Do you see them?
Bright and warm.
These adjectives describe the noun sun.
They tell what kind.
What kind of sun?
Bright and warm sun.
Number two.
Our cute dog wanted to go outside.
This sentence has two adjectives too.
What are they?
Our and cute.
Both of these adjectives describe the noun dog.
Our, tells whose dog.
Cute, tells what kind of dog.
Whose dog?
Our dog?
What kind of dog?
The cute dog.
Number three.
The strange tree by his house is too big.
This sentence has three adjectives.
What are they?
Strange, his, and big.
The adjective strange, describes the noun tree.
It tells what kind of tree.
His, describes the noun house by telling whose house.
Big, describes the noun tree by telling what kind.
Number four.
Antonio's daughter is so adorable!
This sentence has two adjectives.
What are they?
Antonio's and adorable.
Antonio's, describes the noun daughter
by telling whose daughter.
Adorable, describes daughter by telling what kind.
Now there's also the word so.
Sometimes people get confused
and think that so is an adjective.
But actually so describes the word adorable.
So is an adverb.
We'll learn more about adverbs later
but for now just try to remember
that so is not an adjective.
Number five.
That building and these cars are dirty.
This sentence has three adjectives.
Do you see them?
That, these, and dirty.
That, describes the noun building by telling which.
These, describes the noun cars by telling which.
And finally dirty, describes two nouns.
Cars and building by telling what kind.
The end.
Our adjectives practice for today is complete.
I hope this video helped you understand what an adjective is
and how to identify it.
Thank you for watching.