32. Words Lists and Sentences
| fancy | incense |
| slurp | plaster |
| circus | chastise |
| thirty | thrive |
| thrifty | lazy |
| smart | since |
Highlight the words that are adjectives.
- Mandy wore a fancy dress to the dance.
- I got rid of my old smart phone.
- My lazy cat will not chase mice.
- The trip will take thirty minutes.
Review Words
| flank | ingested |
| surfer | impression |
| started | curves |
| porthole | slice |
| extreme | impressing |
| invention | swirling |
| glaze | curves |
| stir | exported |
| empty | reproduce |
| cellphone | grudge |
| inspected | sorted |
| flakes | murmuring |
What Says?
| 1. | 6. |
| 2. | 7. |
| 3. | 8. |
| 4. | 9. |
| 5. | 10. |
Spelling and Sentence Dictation
| 1. | 9. |
| 2. | 10. |
| 3. | 11. |
| 4. | 12. |
| 5. | 13. |
| 6. | 14. |
| 7. | 15. |
| 8. |
| 1. |
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Review
Adjectives
In this lesson you learned about the part of speech known as adjectives.
Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun (a person, place, thing or idea). An adjective can also describe a pronoun (takes the place of a noun – she is pretty).
Examples: red car; twelve donuts; short lady
OTHER WAYS TO SAY:
| Bad | Sad | Fast | Good | Little | Big |
| awful
rotten horrible evil lame lousy worthless despicable |
gloomy
glum dismal somber blue down troubled sorrowful |
brisk
dash zippy swift quick hasty rapid hurried |
terrific
amazing excellent wonderful superb grand fabulous delightful |
mini
petite teeny tiny wee young stubby skimpy |
enormous
huge vast massive oversized jumbo gigantic colossal |
| Tired | Nice | Very | Pretty | Happy |
| exhausted
weary fatigued sleepy dog-tired pooped enervated drowsy |
charming
kind nifty pleasant peachy swell lovely ducky |
absolutely
awfully certainly clearly deeply greatly extremely truly |
attractive
beautiful delightful fine handsome darling appealing charming |
cheerful
blessed chipper delighted ecstatic elated gleeful joyful |
Practice
Use the box below the sentences to place the adjective(s) and the noun(s) it is describing for each sentence.
- Do you prefer red wine or white wine?
- The test was not as hard as I thought it would be.
- It will take two hours to drive to Bridgewater.
- Jenny completed her algebra test.
- The pretty girl is waiting.
- She is waiting at the Chinese restaurant.
- She is sitting at table five in the restaurant.
- She is waiting for her swimming instructor.
| Adjective | Noun it is describing |
