🎨 What Is an Adjective?
2nd Grade ✏️ Language Arts
An adjective is a word that describes a noun — how it looks, sounds, feels or how many there are.
Describing words
In "a big dog," "a red flower" and "three happy kids," the words big, red, three and happy are adjectives. They tell us more about the nouns dog, flower and kids.
Where adjectives go
In English, adjectives usually come before the noun ("a tall tree") or after verbs like is, looks and feels ("The tree is tall").
Comparing with adjectives
Many adjectives change to compare things: tall, taller, tallest. Longer ones use more and most: beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.
Quick quiz
Which word is an adjective? "The fluffy cat slept."
What does an adjective describe?
Which is the correct form? "This is the ___ day of the year."