Grade 1 · Lesson 29 — Adjective or noun?

U1 · Level One — Parts of Speech · Adjectives · student sheet is G1_L29_Worksheet.html
Ask the question, then answer. Adjective: “Which one? What kind? How many?”

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Graduallyhesawthattheywereadjectives—three!1Ask: Which one? What kind? How many?2Try it — “that ___ ?” ✓ — so “that” is an adjective.Same steps every time. The marks stay.
Before you mark: Border work, last, once both concepts are secure.
  1. Find the adjective.
    The small boy carried a heavy bag.
    the adjective in “The small boy carried a heavy bag.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Find the adjective.
    Three yellow birds sat on the wall.
    the adjective in “Three yellow birds sat on the wall.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. Find the adjective.
    That old door is very loud.
    the adjective in “That old door is very loud.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  4. Find the adjective.
    My friendly neighbor grows red flowers.
    the adjective in “My friendly neighbor grows red flowers.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  5. Find the adjective.
    The cold water filled the deep pool.
    the adjective in “The cold water filled the deep pool.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  6. Find the adjective.
    The tall man carried a heavy box.
    the adjective in “The tall man carried a heavy box.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Given a sentence with two adjectives on one noun, the child finds the noun first, then both adjectives, and can say which question each one answers.
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