Proper Adjectives

Summary
A beginning lesson on proper adjectives, showing children another part of speech that needs capitalization.

Objectives
• to introduce proper adjectives;

• to show that proper adjectives, like proper nouns, are always capitalized;

• to have the children answer the questions correctly and write their own proper adjectives.

Suggested Grades
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade

Excerpt
What is an adjective? Adjectives are describing words. They are words that tell us more about a noun. Look at the describing word in this sentence:

? My brother brought me some Wisconsin cheese.

Did you notice that the adjective, Wisconsin, is capitalized? That is because it is a proper adjective.

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