Show what you know. Fold a piece of paper in half horizontally twice and vertically twice to make eight equal sections. Label them with the following categories: Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, and Purpose. Sort the adjectives by writing each under the proper category.
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Blank paper folded on eight. Background
-smelly
-tasty
-big
-old
-cotton
-rectangular
-turquoise
-smart
-energetic
-American
-Mandarin
-short
-Spanish
-purple
-French
-silly
-young
-metal
-wooden
-race track
-crimson
-aqua
-round
-pink
-square
-Italian
-white
-catcher's mitt
-miniature
-brown
-old-fashioned
-tall
-modern
-baking pan
-sleeping bag
-camping tent
-paper
-enormous
-creepy
-plastic
Application
Find at least three different adjectives in a text of your choice or one suggested by your teacher. Identify the category of each adjective. Is it an opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, or purpose adjective?