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Middelbare school
havo
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A small old blue car
Adjectives
Slide 1 - Slide
Goals
You know what an adjective is.
You can create adjectives from nouns.
You know what order adjectives appear in.
Slide 2 - Slide
What is an adjective?
Take a look at the following sentences:
They live in a beautiful house.
I bought a very nice dress.
Do you have a big car?
This glass is breakable.
I am not very old.
Slide 3 - Slide
What is an adjective?
Take a look at the following sentences:
They live in a
beautiful
house.
I bought a very
nice
dress.
Do you have a
big
car?
This glass is
breakable
.
I am not very
old
.
The yellow words are what we call
an adjective
.
Slide 4 - Slide
What is an adjective in Dutch?
Slide 5 - Open question
Now that you know what an adjective is:
For the next 5 sentences, write down the adjectives in the sentence
Then write down what we use adjectives for.
Slide 6 - Slide
I met a homeless person in New York.
Slide 7 - Open question
She wore a beautiful new dress.
Slide 8 - Open question
Their wooden boat is pink.
Slide 9 - Open question
My sister has a beautiful big white bulldog.
Slide 10 - Open question
The old Italian restaurant is great.
Slide 11 - Open question
What do we use adjectives for? Which word class (noun, verb, etc...) does an adjective change?
Slide 12 - Open question
Creating adjectives (1)
So now we know that adjectives change the meaning of nouns:
She wore a
red
dress
.
The word red says something about the noun dress, telling us what the dress looks like.
However, you can also create adjectives from nouns.
Slide 13 - Slide
Creating adjectives (2)
Adjectives can be created from nouns, examples:
Comfort -> Comfort
able
Accident -> Accident
al
Danger -> Danger
ous
Oil -> Oil
y
Peace -> Peace
ful
You most likely already know most of these words, they are quite common.
Slide 14 - Slide
Which is the adjective?
A
Inventive
B
Invent
C
Invented
Slide 15 - Quiz
Which is the adjective
A
Happiness
B
Happily
C
Happy
Slide 16 - Quiz
Which is the adjective?
A
Laziness
B
Lazy
C
Lazily
Slide 17 - Quiz
Creating adjectives (3)
Some common adjective endings are:
-able/-ible
understandable, capable, readable, incredible
-al
mathematical, functional, influential, chemical
-ful
beautiful, bashful, helpful, harmful
-ic
artistic, manic, rustic, terrific
-ive
submissive, intuitive, inventive, attractive
-less
sleeveless, hopeless, groundless, restless
-ous
gorgeous, dangerous, adventurous, fabulous
Slide 18 - Slide
Turn the following words into adjectives:
magic, fun, friend, fame, music, belief, effect.
Slide 19 - Open question
Adjectives come in this order:
Opinion
Size
Shape
Condition
Age
Colour
Pattern
Origin
Material
Purpose
Pretty
Big
Round
Broken
Old
Red
Striped
Dutch
Leather
Driving
Slide 20 - Slide
Put the adjectives in the right order:
old, handsome, big
Slide 21 - Open question
Which is the correct order of adjectives?
A
These new, chunky, black shoes hurt my feet.
B
These black, chunky, new shoes hurt my feet.
Slide 22 - Quiz
Which is the correct order of adjectives?
A
We listened to a Russian 200-year-old exciting symphony.
B
We listened to an exciting, 200-year-old Russian symphony.
Slide 23 - Quiz
Which is the correct order of adjectives?
A
I picked up the yellow three tallest flowers for my banquet.
B
I picked the three tallest yellow flowers for my bouquet.
Slide 24 - Quiz
What is the correct order of adjectives?
A
size opinion shape age colour material
B
age opinion size shape colour material
C
opinion size shape age colour material
D
material opinion size shape age colour
Slide 25 - Quiz
What is the correct order of adjectives?
A
Our teacher is an old mean person
B
Our teacher is a mean old person
Slide 26 - Quiz
Which order of adjectives is correct?
A
Stephen King is my favourite horror American writer
B
Stephen King is my American favourite horror writer
C
Stephen King is my favourite American horror writer
Slide 27 - Quiz
Opinion
Condition
Shape
Age
Origin
Pattern
Colour
Lovely
Ancient
Broken
Delicious
Flowered
American
Purple
Oval
Slide 28 - Drag question
Change the nouns into adjectives and put them in the right order in the sentence:
I have a (new, beauty) couch and it's very (comfort).
Slide 29 - Open question
Have we reached our goals?
You know what an adjective is.
You can create adjectives from nouns.
You know what order adjectives appear in.
Slide 30 - Slide
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