If you notice in the cartoon, they talk about adjectives of size and adjectives of materials. What are these? Well adjectives have many categories. We have adjectives to describe pretty much everything around us.
On English 1 you worked with adjectives to describe people like: eye color, mustache, beard, freckles, dimples etc. Look at the following description:
John Christopher Depp II, widely known as Johnny Depp (born June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky), is an American film actor. He appeared in the long-running police drama 21 Jump Street, and in a number of movies where he distinguished himself as a quirky lead actor. He is able to play a wide variety of roles, from comedy (Pirates of the Caribbean) to serious drama (Donnie Brasco), to action (Once Upon A Time In Mexico), and atmospheric thrillers (From Hell). He is also noted for his regular appearances in the films of director Tim Burton. Burton and Depp have collaborated on a total of three films to date: Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and Sleepy Hollow.
With his long-time companion, French singer Vanessa Paradis, he is the father of two children, Lily-Rose and Jack.
Appearance:
Height: 5’10” (1.78 cm)
Weight: 160 lbs (72 kg)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Taken from: http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/j/johnnydepp.html
Do you see those words in blue? Those are some of the adjectives inside that text. Can you see how important adjectives are? We have adjectives to describe how he is physically and they also describe more things in the text.
People won´t expect for you to know every single adjective. However, you are expected to know the basic ones, so you won´t think apples are blue like the bear in the cartoon.
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