Understanding Adjectives of Quality and Volume/Quantity

Understanding Adjectives of Quality and Volume/Quantity

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you should be able to identify and use adjectives of quality in a sentence. At the end of the lesson, you should be able to understand and use adjectives of volume/quantity in a sentence.

What do you already know about adjectives of quality and volume/quantity?

Adjectives of Quality

Definition: An adjective that indicates the size, shape, and color of a person, thing, animal, or place.
Examples: 'happy', 'foolish', 'heavy', 'excited'

Adjectives of Volume/Quantity

Definition: An adjective that helps determine the volume of a noun or person without knowing the exact number of things.
Examples: 'some', 'any', 'enough', 'sufficient', 'whole'

Summary

Adjectives of quality indicate size, shape, and color.
Adjectives of volume/quantity help determine the volume without knowing the exact number.

Review

Adjective of quality: Indicates size, shape, and color
Adjective of volume/quantity: Helps determine volume without knowing exact number

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

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Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.