(BBHT) Lesson Topic 1: Adjectives

An adjective is often defined as a word that describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Adjectives describe nouns in terms of such qualities as size, color, number, and kind.

Let's look at the following sentence: "The lazy dog sat on the rug."

The word lazy is an adjective that gives more information about the noun dog.

We can add more adjectives to describe the dog as well as in the sentence: The lazy, old, brown dog sat on the rug.

We can also add adjectives to describe the rug in the sentence: The lazy, old, brown dog sat on the beautiful, expensive, new rug.

Now, watch the following classic "Schoolhouse Rock" video, "Unpack Your Adjectives," below.

While watching, look for examples of how adjectives describe things. The adjectives do not change the basic meaning or structure of the sentence, but they do give a lot more information about the dog and the rug. As shown in the example above, when more than one adjective is used, a comma (,) is used between the adjectives.

Usually, an adjective comes before the noun that it describes, as in tall man. It can also come after the form of the word be, as in "The man is tall."

More than one adjective can be used in this position in the sentence, "The man is tall, dark, and handsome." An adjective describes or modifies, a noun or pronoun. An adjective answers three questions about the nouns that it describes: what kind, how many, and which one.

Normally, an adjective goes before the noun it describes. However, certain instances require the adjective to be placed after the noun it describes.

In the following crossword puzzle, each sentence clue contains an adjective. Enter the adjective in the answer in the crossword puzzle.

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