Adjective Groups and Phrases

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Adjective Groups and Phrases
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• Goal I can develop adjective groups and phrases

1. I dont 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.

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APK

• Write a list of as many adjectives as you can in
  1 minute.

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What is an Adjective Group?

• An 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.
• 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?

• Some adjective phrases modify nouns or noun
  phrases. For Example
• The very small kitten jumped at the big dog.
• The man covered with sweat, trudged his way home.
• Other adjective phrases modify the predicate of
  the sentence. Here are some examples
• Extra buttons came with the coat.
• 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

1. I dont 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.

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