Adjectives

Adjectives

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This task is about identifying adjectives.

Question 1Change answer

a) Explain what an adjective is.

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b)  Highlight the adjectives in the following sentences.
     Some of the sentences do not have any adjectives. Others may have more than one.
  • adjectives
     i)    The student was wearing a colourful hat and a gold tracksuit.
    ii)    Weiwei looked happy when she was given the prize.
   iii)    Tom has two dogs as pets.
   iv)    Rewi caught the new, red ball.
    v)    John looked quickly at the teacher.
   vi)    Sita invited four friends home to play.
  vii)    Tim walked to school as slowly as he could.
Task administration: 
This task can be completed online or with pencil and paper.
If using pencil and paper students will need highlighter pens.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Thinking
Keywords: 
grammar, parts of speech, adjectives, grammar knowledge
Description of task: 
Students explain what an adjective is and identify adjectives in some sentences.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • demonstrate knowledge of how language works
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Writing meaningful text: vocabulary knowledge, set 5
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
   

Y8 (10/2001)
a)   An adjective is a word that describes a noun. moderate
b)
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)
vii)
colourful, gold
happy
two
new, red 
-
four
-
moderate 
moderate
difficult
difficult
very difficult
difficult
very difficult