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Adjective Groups and Phrases
Grammar & Language
Goal: I can develop adjective
groups and phrases
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I know a little about this topic.
I know a bit about this topic and have
used it.
4. I could explain this topic to my peers and
assist them.
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Write a list of as many adjectives as
you can in 1 minute.
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What is an Adjective Group?
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adjective group is one type of word
group. The other types are verb
groups, noun groups and adverb
groups. Groups go together to make
up a clause.
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Clause: a group of words that contain a subject and a predicate.
Predicate: tells us what the subject is doing/feeling/what it is
like
E.g. Jill runs (Jill is the subject and runs is the predicate)
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What is an Adjective Group?
• An
adjective phrase is a group of words in a
sentence that describe a noun or pronoun in a
sentence.
• The group of words could consist of an intensifier
and an adjective or more than one adjective in a
row.
• An intensifier is a word like ‘very’ or ‘extremely’
which makes no change to the meaning of a
clause but enhances or gives additional detail to
the word it modifies.
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What is an Adjective Group?
• Adjective
groups are ‘elastic’ and can be
extended to include many details. This makes
them a valuable resource when we want to build
up lots of information, such as in a description or
story.
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Using Adjective Groups
Why use one adjective when you could be very
descriptive and use several to describe an object? A
string of adjectives can come together as an adjective
phrase in order to describe a noun.
• For example, in the sentence “Sally is a nice girl” there is
one adjective, ‘nice’. However, in the sentence, “Sally is a
nice, intelligent, beautiful, kind girl” an adjective phrase
is used to give a better description of Sally.
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What do Adjective Groups do?
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Some adjective phrases modify nouns or noun phrases.
For Example:
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The very small kitten jumped at the big dog.
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The man covered with sweat, trudged his way home.
Other adjective phrases modify the predicate of the sentence.
Here are some examples:
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Extra buttons came with the coat.
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Gremlins cause mischief inside of machines.
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Why are Adjective Groups Important?
• They
give us detailed descriptions of characters
and settings
• They make our writing more interesting
• They help us to be better, more descriptive
writers!
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Application
Add adjective phrases to the following sentences to
make them more interesting. You should use
intensifiers as well as strings of verbs.
• I went on holiday
• James was a nice boy
• The woman walked down the street
• I had chicken for dinner
• Something was moving
Write 3 other sentences that use interesting
adjective phrases.
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Reflection – V.I.P. (Very Important Point)
• Write
down what you think was the
most important point from this lesson.
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Goal: I can develop adjective groups and
phrases
I don’t know much about this topic.
2. I know a little about this topic.
3. I know a bit about this topic and have
used it.
4. I could explain this topic to my peers
and assist them.
1.
GANAG