Grammar: Adjectives

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I am going to start my blog by talking about adjectives. Adjectives according to Merriam-Webster is: "a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specify a thing as distinct from something else." 

We use adjectives to describe items, people, or animals. We use adjectives to compare and show degrees of comparison. These are known as the comparative and superlative.


Example:
Adjective-------------Comparative-----------------Superlative
        rich                                     richer than                                       the richest
        tall                                      taller than                                         the tallest
     beautiful                          more beautiful than                              the most beautiful


There are also irregular adjectives that do not follow a pattern.


Example:
Adjective-------------Comparative-----------------Superlative
     good                                     better than                                         the best 
      bad                                      worse than                                       the worst
      far                                        further than                                     the furthest

This video from School House Rock does a very good job at explaining the usage of adjectives. 

Children should be able to associate the words with the events that occur in the video. 

 

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