5.20.A* 5.L.GC.2.d

Adjectives and Adverbs 5th Grade

Georgia Standards: 5.L.GC.2.d
Elaborate on ideas and information, using adjectives and adverbs when incorporating details and descriptions to convey precise meaning and engage audiences. (C)

Adjectives: Adjectives are words that describe, or modify, nouns or pronouns.
Descriptive Adjectives: Descriptive adjectives describe the size, shape, color, or some other attribute of nouns.

Example:

Descriptive adjectives can describe a noun's purpose.

Example:

Adjectives of Origin
Descriptive adjectives can also describe a noun's origins -- where a person, place, thing, animal, or idea comes from, originated from, or lives.

Adjectives of origin are sometimes called nationality adjectives.

Example:

Korean

European

Israeli

Adjectives of origin are always capitalized.

Examples of Adjectives of Origin

British Mexican Canadian Asian Belgian Greek Dutch African Indian Japanese Kenyan Alaskan

Russian Scottish Norwegian Swiss English ChineseFrenchGermanEgyptianHawaiianRomanSpanish

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Adjectives can also be used to make comparisons.

Comparative adjectives compare two nouns or pronouns.

Andrea is the taller twin.

To form most short comparative adjectives, add -er to the base adjectives.

short becomes shorter

Sometimes, comparative adjectives are combined with the word, than.

Sharon is shorter than Karla.

Superlative adjectives compare more than two nouns or pronouns.

Fran is the tallest student in the whole class.

To form short superlative adjectives, add -est to the base adjectives.

short becomes shortest.

Fran is the shortest of the three sisters.

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Adverbs
Adverbs are words that describe, or modify, verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

Adverbs can give more information about when something happens.

Brittany recently immigrated here from South Africa.

Adverbs can also describe the manner, or how, something happens.

Felicia anxiously waited for her report card.

Adverbs of Frequency
Some adverbs describe how frequently, or how often, something happens.

Maribel goes to the dentist annually.

Examples of Adverbs of Frequency

always constantly usually regularly often frequently sometimes

occasionally never rarely daily weekly yearly infrequently

Adverbs of Intensity
Some adverbs describe how much, or to what degree.

The two boxes were approximately equal in size.

Examples of Adverbs of Intensity

extremely quite almost very too enough

especially rather fairly unusually seldom barely

Adjectives and Adverbs

Georgia Standards: 5.L.GC.2.d

Elaborate on ideas and information, using adjectives and adverbs when incorporating details and descriptions to convey precise meaning and engage audiences. (C)

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