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5.3.1 Word Classes: adjectives

English · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Gradable adjectives and their comparative/superlative or very/more forms
  • Non-gradable adjectives (absolute / extreme)
  • Using both types in sentences and a peer-themed poem or crossword

What you will be able to do

  • identify gradable and non-gradable adjectives from a text
  • use gradable and the non-gradable adjectives in sentences
  • value the need for correct use of adjectives in communication

Key questions

“When is it necessary to describe a noun?”

Lessons

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  1. Gradable adjectives
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Spot adjectives that can take very, more or -er, and use them to describe peers and feelings fairly.
  2. Non-gradable adjectives
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Identify adjectives that are already full (unique, dead, freezing) and use absolutely, not very, with them.