Grammar - A Helping Hand

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My aim:  to identify adjectives.

Tip:  An adjective is a describing word, for example: The sea was stormy but the little boat sailed on.  The word stormy is an adjective describing sea, and the word little is an adjective describing boat.

                                   

Read this story and underline the adjectives.  They describe people, animals and things.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

In a green valley, there lived the Three Billy Goats Gruff.  During the long days of summer, they liked nothing better than to feel the warm sun on their faces and the gentle breeze in their curly beards.  Most of all, their favourite sport was to run in the swaying grass, and, of course, eat it.  The smallest billy goat was the fastest, because he was very fit.  The biggest billy goat was the oldest and slowest, but he was very strong.  The middle-sized billy goat was the tallest and the most curious.  He was able to see as far as the beautiful meadow on the other side of the rickety bridge and wonder if the grass tasted sweeter there.

There are adjectives in this story that compare the sizes of the billy goats and how sweet the grass is.  These are adjectives ending in: er and est. Complete these comparisons:

big bigger biggest small tallest sweeter

short longer loudest   wild

Grammar and Creativity by Jim Edmiston is published by LCP.

More information can be found here:

http://www.lcp.co.uk/primary-school/literacy/grammar-and-creativity