Commas and Coordinate Adjectives

What is the difference between coordinate and cumulative adjectives?

• Coordinate adjectives have to go in a specific order to make sense, but cumulative adjectives can be used in any order.

• Coordinate adjectives are separated by and, and cumulative adjectives are separated by a comma.

• Cumulative adjectives have to go in a specific order to make sense, but coordinate adjectives can be used in any order.

• Cumulative adjectives are separated by and, and coordinate adjectives are separated by a comma.

Are the blue adjectives cumulative or coordinate?
Try as they might, the hunters could not catch the quick, clever fox.

• Cumulative

• Coordinate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Coordinate Adjectives are adjectives that...

• use commas.

• do not use commas.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

How would you set up the commas in between the adjectives?

• wild, overgrown, unruly

• wild, overgrown unruly

• wild, overgrown, unruly,

• wild overgrown unruly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Are the two adjectives in this sentence Coordinate Adjectives (need commas) or Cumulative Adjectives (no commas)? The light gray cat slowly stalked the bird.

• Coordinate Adjectives

• Cumulative Adjectives

What are the TWO rules used to tell if there are Coordinate Adjectives in a sentence?

• Put "and" in between the two adjectives, AND switch the order of the adjectives.

• Put "or" in between the two adjectives, OR switch the order of the adjectives.

• Put "but" in between the two adjectives, OR switch the order of the adjectives.

• There are no rules.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Determine if the following sentence needs commas in between the adjectives:

Kelly lived in a luxurious Victorian home.

• luxurious, Victorian

• luxurious Victorian

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Determine if the following sentence needs commas in between the adjectives:

Her mother lived on the old decrepit farm across the creek.

• old, decrepit

• old decrepit

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.2B

Determine if the following sentence needs commas in between the adjectives:

The spoiled fat cats found the garden full of cool dark shadows.

• spoiled, fat

• The sentence is correct as it is.

• cool, dark

• spoiled, fat AND cool, dark

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.2B

Determine if the following sentence needs commas in between the adjectives:

Jack has not seen many large toads this year.

• many, large

• many large

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A