Lesson video

Hello, I'm Miss Corbert, and thank you for coming to learn with me today.

Today we will be learning all about adjectives to compare.

I love learning new adjectives, as they help me so much with my writing, and describe everything that's going on around me.

Let's get started.

Today's learning outcome is, I can use an adjective to compare nouns.

For this lesson, you will need your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains.

It would also be great if you had somebody to talk to as well.

Let's get started.

Here are our key words that will help us through our lesson.

My turn, then your turn.

Adjective.

Adjective.

We now know that an adjective describes a noun.

Describe.

Describe.

And describe, we know is giving extra details of something.

Finally, compare.

Compare.

When we compare, we think about what is the same and what is different about something.

Let's go again, a little bit quicker.

Let me hear you.

Adjective.

Describe.

Compare.

Well done.

Let's see where those words take us in our learning today.

The first part of our lesson, we are going to revisit our learning about adjectives that describe.

Remember, we now know that an adjective is a word that describes a noun.

We know there are different types of nouns.

We have got the word dog.

The word dog is a common noun.

Common noun.

Well done.

Cardiff Castle.

Hmm.

Cardiff Castle is a proper noun.

It is a proper noun, because it is the specific name of a place.

And I know it is a proper noun straight away, because it has a capital letter.

We have television.

Television is a common noun, but it is also a singular common noun.

Singular means just one, 'cause there is one television.

And finally, we have the word hats.

Hats.

Hats is a common noun, but it is also a plural, so it is a plural common noun.

We know that plural means more than one.

Adjectives can describe all of these types of noun.

Let's look at some examples, because they give us us more information about the noun.

Think about the word dog.

The word dog is a common noun.

The white dog.

White is the adjective to describe the dog, about what it looks like.

Cardiff Castle is a proper noun.

Let's think about how we could describe it.

Hmm.

Historic Cardiff Castle.

Historic means that it's really important in our history, and it also suggests that it's quite old.

Television is our singular common noun.

How could we describe the television? Noisy television.

And finally, hats, our plural common noun.

Colourful hats.

I'm sure now you've got a much better picture in your head about those nouns than we did before, because it helps us to describe it.

And we know now that an adjective often comes before the noun it is describing.

White dog.

Historic Cardiff Castle.

Noisy television.

Colourful hats.

I wonder if you could find the adjective in this sentence.

My sentence is, "The shaggy dog barked." Remember, an adjective describes a noun, and it often comes before the noun, so you are going to point to the adjective.

Is it the? Is it shaggy? Is it dog? Or is it barked? Can you point now? I'm going to give you five seconds.

Well done if you are pointing to shaggy.

I know that shaggy is the adjective, because it is describing the noun.

The noun in this sentence is dog.

The shaggy dog barked.

Barked is telling me something that the dog is doing, rather than describing it.

Shaggy gives me a picture in my mind of what the dog looks like, and it comes just before the noun.

Well done.

This tells us that adjectives can help the reader or the listener picture the noun in our head.

Have a look at this sentence.

They walked down the busy street.

Busy is my adjective.

If we change the adjective, we paint a different picture of the noun.

The noun is the street.

At the moment, in our heads, we can picture a busy street full of people.

Let's see what happens when we change the adjective.

They walked down the empty street.

Has your picture in your head changed? What can you see? It's empty.

It's no longer busy.

There's nobody there.

Let's see what happens if we change it one more time.

They walked down the dark street.

In my head before, I was first imagining a busy street during the day, then an empty street during the day.

Now I'm imagining a street that is pitch black, that is dark.

That shows us that when we change the adjective, we change the meaning and the description of the whole sentence.

I wonder if you could try and think about the two statements that complete this sentence, all about adjectives.

An adjective, you need to think of whether, which two are correct.

Do they always need a capital letter? An adjective describes a noun.

An adjective is a naming word.

An adjective often comes before the noun it is describing.

You are going to pause the video, and choose the two statements that finish the sentences talking all about adjectives.

Off you go.

Pause the video.

Well done.

That was a bit of a tricky check for understanding, but I'm sure you managed it.

An adjective describes a noun.

We know that.

We know that adjective gives more detail to the noun.

An adjective is also, often comes before the noun it is describing, such as white dog, empty street, spooky house.

Adjectives don't need a capital letter.

They would only need a capital letter if they came at the beginning of the sentence.

And adjectives aren't naming words.

Nouns are naming words.

And adjectives are just describing those nouns.

Well done everybody.

Let's have a go at something together.

Have a look at this sentence.

The happy cat played in the garden.

I'm going to say that one more time.

The happy cat played in the garden.

Can you say that now? Thank you so much.

Can you identify the adjective in that sentence? The happy cat played in the garden.

You could either point to it, or you could say it.

Off you go.

Well done.

The adjective is happy.

Fantastic! You are going to look at this word bank here, and choose another adjective that fits in the sentence.

Let me read the adjectives for you.

Energetic! Your turn.

Furry.

Your turn.

Friendly.

Your turn.

Young.

Your turn.

You are going to choose a different adjective that fits in the sentence.

Then you are going to reread that sentence back.

For example, the young cat played in the garden.

I have a picture in my head now, of a little kitten playing in the garden.

Why don't you choose a different adjective to work in that sentence? The "mm" cat played in the garden.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Well done.

Now, in that word bank, all of those adjectives could describe the cat, but each one would tell us a different story.

The young cat makes us think of a kitten.

The energetic cat makes me think of a cat charging and zooming around the garden.

The furry cat makes me think about what it looks like, and the friendly cat makes me imagine that the friendly cat is trying to play with lots of people or other animals in the garden.

So you can see that adjectives can describe things in different ways for different reasons.

I think you are ready for your first task.

You are going to follow these steps to swap the adjectives in the sentences.

First, you are going to read the sentence.

Then you are going to identify the adjective in that sentence.

You are going to then use the word bank to choose another adjective that fits in the sentence, making sure it makes sense.

Then, reread the sentence back, with the new adjective.

Let's have a look at the sentences.

Here are our adjectives, and here are our sentences.

The red ball bounced along the floor.

The tall tree stood in the forest.

Colourful fish swam in the water.

Now let's look at our adjectives.

Green, shiny, large, old, beautiful, big.

Let me explain one more time.

Read each sentence, identify the adjective, choose another adjective from the word bank that fits in the sentence, and reread the sentence back with your new adjective.

Pause the video, and off you go.

I have seen some fantastic sentences that work so well with those different adjectives, and I love that you chose adjectives that made sense in the sentence.

Let's see what we saw.

Instead of the red ball bounced along the floor, straight away, I saw you identify the adjective as red, and I saw some people changing red to shiny.

I love to see children rereading their sentence back.

The shiny ball bounced along the floor.

Then I saw children reading the next sentence, and spotting the adjective tall.

They then changed the adjective to describe the tree.

I saw different versions, but I saw large.

The large tree stood in the forest.

I loved that rereading to check.

And finally, colourful fish swam in the water.

I again saw amazing spotting of that adjective, colourful.

Then looking very carefully at the word bank, to find another adjective that works, such as, beautiful fish swam in the water.

And you can see there, that I've added a capital letter to that adjective, because it is starting the sentence.

Well done everybody.

I loved how carefully you thought about which adjective to use in your sentence.

Now let's move on to the second part of our lesson.

Adjectives that compare.

We can use adjectives to compare two or more nouns.

When we compare nouns, we notice what is the same and what's different.

So we're comparing them.

So for example, you might compare an elephant to a mouse.

Comparing nouns is just another way to describe them.

Let's have a look how we can compare and describe the elephant compared to the mouse.

Let me think.

The elephant is grey, and the mouse is grey.

The elephant is big, and the mouse is small.

The elephant is loud, and the mouse is quiet.

The elephant is wrinkly, and the mouse is soft.

So you can see there that these words are all adjectives describing the noun.

Some of them are the same, for example, both of these animals are grey, but some of them are different.

Big to small, loud to quiet, wrinkly to soft.

Have a think then.

When we compare nouns, we talk about what is the same and what is different.

Is that true or false? When we compare nouns, we talk about what is the same and what is different.

True, thumbs up.

False, thumbs down.

I'll give you five seconds.

Well done! That is true.

We compare nouns, and comparing means we are noticing what is the same and what is different, and we compare them using adjectives.

Adjectives most often compare our common nouns, such as an apple and a lemon.

You are going to have a think of some adjectives to compare these fruits.

The apple is "mm", and the lemon is "mm".

Let me give you some examples.

The apple is round, and the lemon is round.

So that's the same.

The apple is red, and the lemon is yellow.

Different.

Have a think about how they feel, how they taste, how they smell.

The apple is "mm", and the lemon is "mm." Pause the video, and off you go.

Excellent comparison, everybody.

And I loved hearing some new adjectives.

The apple is hard, and the lemon is squidgy.

The apple is sweet, and the lemon is sour.

The apple is smooth, and the lemon is bumpy.

So you can see that with those fruits, some of the descriptions are the same, and some of them are different, and we'd like to compare directly.

So if you are thinking about the colour of one, think about the colour of the other.

If you are thinking about the texture of one, think about the texture of the other.

And we can use adjectives to compare nouns then, in all sorts of different ways, if we do that.

For example, by size.

Listen out.

Enormous! Tiny.

Tall.

We can compare by shape.

Crooked.

Spiral.

Round.

We can compare by colour.

Bright, pale, colourful.

By taste.

Delicious, bitter, spicy.

By texture, which means how it feels.

Slippery, prickly, rough.

And also by smell.

Smoky, fresh, and sweet.

So when we directly compare, we can think about all of these things.

I'm sure you've heard of lots of those adjectives before, but maybe some of them you haven't, and you could pinch them for your own ideas.

You are now going to try and have a go at thinking of some adjectives to describe these two nouns by texture, which means you need to try and imagine how they would feel if you were holding them.

And they are a teddy that I've got here, and a, which I've also got here, a stone.

So you are going to describe them by texture, which means how they feel.

I'm showing you how my teddy feels, and I'm showing you how my stone feels.

The teddy is "mm", and the stone is "mm".

Only describing by texture.

Pause the video, and off you go.

Fantastic! I heard some amazing ideas.

Let's see what we thought of.

The teddy is soft, and the stone is hard.

The teddy is fluffy, and the stone is smooth.

The teddy is cuddly, and the stone is cold.

I loved the comparison by texture there.

Really great job, and that will help you get ready for these next tasks.

You are going to think about the size of a noun now.

So thinking about how we compare the size of a noun.

Which two adjectives could you use to compare the size of a noun? You have slippery, enormous, bright, or tiny.

I'm going to give you 10 seconds to point or say the adjectives that you could compare for the size of a noun.

Slippery, enormous, bright, and tiny.

10 seconds.

Off you go.

Well done if you got enormous! That talks about the size of how big something is, and tiny, to describe how small something is.

Slippery and bright are great adjectives.

Slippery would describe the texture, and bright would describe what something looks like, or the colour.

Well done.

Now thinking about the taste of something, which two adjectives compare the taste of something.

Out of delicious, round, spicy, and pale.

Well done if you got delicious and spicy.

You would describe the taste of something as delicious if you loved it, or spicy, if it felt quite spicy or hot in your mouth.

You wouldn't describe something tasting round, or as pale.

Round describes the shape of something, and pale describes the colour of something.

Well done.

Now you're ready for your final task of the lesson.

You are going to compare these two common nouns, an elephant and a parrot, using adjectives.

Remember, trying to think of how we compare, using the same type of description.

By texture, by size, by colour.

All of those things that you can be thinking of.

By noise, even.

You could use the word bank to help you, with words like massive, small, colourful, grey, feathery, wrinkly.

And make sure you compare in a full sentence.

The elephant is "mm", and the parrot is "mm".

You could use the word in the word bank, or you could think of your own adjectives to compare.

Think of as many sentences as you can.

Pause the video, and off you go.

Wow, I was blown away with your descriptions! Let's listen to some of the ones that you could have had.

Our elephant and our parrot.

The elephant is massive, and the parrot is small.

The parrot is feathery, and the elephant is wrinkly.

The elephant is grey, and the parrot is colourful.

Fantastic comparison, and I loved your use of adjectives.

In today's lesson, you have worked so hard.

You have learned that an adjective is a word that can compare nouns.

So comparing nouns is just another way to describe them.

Adjectives most often compare our common nouns, and we use adjectives to compare in lots of different ways.

Size, colour, shape, taste, and texture.

Comparing nouns using adjectives gives us more detail, and a picture in our head.

Thank you so much for learning with me today, and I look forward to seeing you again.

Bye!.