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• 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

• 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Use Adjectives That Describe

You can describe people, places, or things with adjectives. They answer the question: What is the person, place, or thing like?

Adjectives help the reader see the people, places, and things you are writing about. Use adjectives to describe:

• • how something looks

  EXAMPLE

  The emperor sits on a golden throne.

• • how someone sounds

  EXAMPLE

  I hear a muffled gasp from the crowd.

• • how something feels, tastes, or smells

  EXAMPLE

  The emperor wears a smooth, soft robe.

• • someone’s mood

  EXAMPLES	The energetic emperor walks through the crowd.
  	The excited girl bows in front of the emperor.

Adjectives often come before the nouns they describe. Sometimes they come after a form of the verb be.

Practice Together

Say each sentence with an adjective from the box.

• 1. There is a ______ garden at the palace.

• 2. The garden has many flowers. They smell so ______.

• 3. I hear ______ bees near the flowers.

• 4. I like to relax under the ______ trees in the garden.

The garden is full of beautiful flowers.

Try It!

Use an adjective from the box to complete each sentence. Write the sentence on a card. Then say the sentence.

• 5. The trees have ______ flowers, too.

• 6. The blossoms on the trees smell very ______.

• 7. Birds chirp from high in the ______ trees.

• 8. Frogs croak from their lily pads in the ______ pond.