Adjectives and Genitive

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Adjectives and Genitive

Learning aims

I know what a comparing adjective is

I will be able to know when to write 's or ' (Genitive)

What do you remember about the adjective?

Which of the following is an adjective?

1. Apple
2. Beautiful
3. Run
4. Quickly

What does an adjective describe?

1. Adverbs
2. Conjunctions
3. Nouns or pronouns
4. Verbs

Which word is not an adjective?

1. Green
2. Tall
3. Happy
4. Jump

What is the comparative form of the adjective 'beautiful'?

1. Beautifuller
2. Beautifully
3. Beautifuler
4. More beautiful

Rules for comparing adjectives.
Rule 1: Usually we just add ‘er’ and ‘est’ to adjectives when we are using comparisons.
For example: tall, taller, tallest and fast, faster, fastest
Rule 2: If the adjective ends with a vowel then a consonant, we need to double the last letter
before adding ‘er’ and ‘est’.
For example: big, bigger, biggest and sad, sadder, saddest

 Rule 3: If the adjective ends in ‘y’, we change ‘y’ to ‘i’, then add ‘er’ and ‘est’.
For example: scary, scarier, scariest and happy, happier, happiest
Rule 4: Sometimes we don’t add ‘er’ and ‘est’ – we put ‘more’ and ‘most’ before the adjective we are comparing.
For example: beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful
terrifying, more terrifying, most terrifying

Which is the correct comparative form of 'big'?

1. biggestly
2. bigger
3. biger
4. biggest

What is the superlative form of 'far'?

1. farthest
2. farrer
3. farest
4. farer

Which is the correct comparative form of 'beautiful'?

1. more beautiful
2. beautifullest
3. beautifuller
4. more beautifuller

Genitive

'S OR '

How would you decribe the genitive in your own words?

What is the genitive case used to show?

1. Time
2. Cause
3. Location
4. Possession or relationship

Which of the following is an example of the genitive case?

1. The dog's tail
2. The book is on the table
3. She is going
4. They went home

In the sentence 'The girl's hat', what does the genitive show?

1. Location
2. Quantity
3. Time
4. Possession

Which of the following sentences shows the correct use of the genitive case?

1. She's going to the dog's house.
2. I saw the tree's leaves.
3. The cat's are sleeping.
4. The car's color is red.

What is the genitive form of 'child'?

1. child's
2. childes
3. children's
4. childs'

Which sentence demonstrates the incorrect use of the genitive case?

1. The cat's food is on the table.
2. She's taking the bus's route.
3. The dogs's barking kept me awake.
4. We admired the flowers's beauty.

Practice time!

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/apostrophe-genitive-case.html

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