Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?

🌟Adjectives – What Kind or How Many?🌟

πŸ‘‰ An adjective is a describing word.
It tells us more about a noun (person, place, or thing).

They describe the quality, colour, size, or type of a noun.

Examples:

  • 🐢 A brown dog β†’ (What kind of dog? β†’ brown)
  • 🍎 A juicy apple β†’ (What kind of apple? β†’ juicy)
  • 🏠 A big house β†’ (What kind of house? β†’ big)

They describe the number or amount of nouns.

Examples:

  • 🐦 Three birds β†’ (How many birds? β†’ three)
  • πŸͺ Five cookies β†’ (How many cookies? β†’ five)
  • πŸ‘§ Two girls β†’ (How many girls? β†’ two)

✨ What kind? β†’ brown, juicy, tall, small, soft
✨ How many? β†’ one, two, three, five, many

πŸ‘‰ Look at the sentence and ask:
1️⃣ Does it tell me what kind?
2️⃣ Does it tell me how many?

Example:

  • “I saw two red balloons 🎈🎈.”
    πŸ‘‰ Two = how many
    πŸ‘‰ Red = what kind

βœ… Adjectives can tell us What Kind 🌟 or How Many πŸ”’.

Let’s practice!πŸ–ŠοΈ