The words that give you more detail about people, places, things and ideas are called adjectives. They're describing words that are used to describe nouns. It really isn't hard. You use these words every day when you talk. How many, how much, what size, what colour, what kind
The Learning Intentions for this part of grammar are:
to be able to identify an adjective in a sentence
to be able to identify which noun the adjective is describing
to be to categorize the type of extra information the adjective is giving
to able to identify noun groups
Examples:
1. Manu is a smart boy. (Adjective of quality)
2. The poor shoemaker worked hard to support his family. (Adjective of quality)
3. There are twenty apples in the basket. (Adjective of number)
4. Sania is my best friend. (Adjective of quality)
5. We have bought enough milk. (Adjective of quantity)
6. They don’t have much money. (Adjective of quantity)
7. She has many friends in Mumbai. (Adjective of quantity)
8. Only a few students took the exam. (Adjective of quantity)
9. He has a beautiful daughter. (Adjective of quality)
10. He was wearing a blue shirt. (Adjective of quality)
11. You didn’t each much food. (Adjective of quantity)
12. She has a golden necklace. (Adjective of quality)
13. Have you got any oil? (Adjective of quantity)
14. There are some roses in the garden. (Adjective of quantity)
15. Loud music gives me a headache. (Adjective of quality)
Conjunctions
Conjunctions are some of the most important little words you can find. Learn the three main jobs they do and review a list of some of the most common conjunctions that we use every day.
A conjunction is a word that joins together words, phrases, or parts of sentences. The three most-used conjunctions are and, or, and but.
Conjunctions can join words together, like in this sentence:
I'd like five peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, please.
Conjunctions can also join phrases together, like in this sentence:
Do want to go down the hill or up the mountain?
Conjunctions also join parts of sentences together, as shown here:
I ran, but the ice cream melted before I got home.
These are some of the conjunctions used frequently:
although
because
if
since
though
unless
when
where
however
therefore
whenever
while
Sometimes conjunctions are used in pairs, like the ones below:
either/or
neither/nor
not only/but also
both/and
whether/or
just as/so
Learning Videos for 3rd Grade English - Adjectives and Conjunctions