1. What is an Adjective?

• An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
• A noun is a person, place, or thing.
• Example: The happy dog ran fast. (The word “happy” describes the dog.)

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2. Adjectives That Tell What Kind

• These adjectives describe what something is like.
• Example: The blue sky is beautiful.
• Blue describes the kind of sky.

More Examples:

• A big house (big tells what kind of house)
• A round ball (round tells what kind of ball)
• A sweet cake (sweet tells what kind of cake)

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3. Adjectives That Tell How Many

• These adjectives tell you the number or amount of something.
• Example: I have three pencils.
• Three tells how many pencils I have.

More Examples:

• There are two dogs. (two tells how many dogs)
• I ate five cookies. (five tells how many cookies)
• She has many books. (many tells how many books)

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4. Practice Exercise:

• Look around your room. Pick 5 things and write a sentence about each. Use an adjective to tell what kind or how many for each one.
• Example: The yellow book is on the table. (yellow tells what kind of book)

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5. Review Questions:

• Which adjective tells how many? Three, blue, soft (Answer: three)
• Which adjective tells what kind? Round, four, five (Answer: round)

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6. Remember:

• Adjectives tell us more about nouns.
• Some adjectives tell what kind (like big, red, tall).
• Some adjectives tell how many (like three, few, several).

Keep practicing, and you’ll get better at spotting adjectives that tell what kind or how many!

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