Language Arts Grade Four

Unit Nine, Lesson Three: Adjectives

  1. wire
  2. expire
  3. umpire
  4. inspire
  5. entire
  6. retire
  7. reservation
  8. preserve
  9. protect
  10. county
  1. lookout
  2. forest
  3. timber
  4. lumberjack
  5. fir
  6. cedar
  7. pine
  8. hemlock
  9. redwood
  10. bristlecone
Adjectives

Adjectives describe a noun or a pronoun. They can appear before or after the noun to which they apply. 


1) Jill has a friend who is very shy. (The friend is shy.)

2) Jack has a silly friend. (The friend is silly.)

3) Jasper's dog is energetic. (The dog is energetic.)
In sentence one the noun "friend" is modified by the adjective "shy," informing us that the friend is shy. Sentence two contains the adjective "silly", which applies to the noun "friend," telling us that the friend is silly. The last sentence contains the noun "dog" which is modified by the adjective "energetic." This tells us that the dog is energetic.

Here are a few more words which are often used as descriptive adjectives. 


	beautiful	smelly		tall

	nimble		friendly	funny

	athletic	smart		weird

	strange		horrible	terrible

	tasty		great		flat

	smooth		fuzzy		cold

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