The Funny Chick

Red hen has ten young chicks.

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bill. Her other chicks have small,
narrow bills. The funny chick does not
walk like a chick. It waddles. It walks
like a duck. It likes to play in the water.

Red hen feels sad when she looks

at her funny chick. When she calls out
her chicks, the funny chicks are always
Always the last one to come.
 Read there phrases.
Small chicks Wide bill Ten chicks
Funny chicken Sad hen Red hen
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Small tells the size of the chicks. Ten tells the
number of the chicks, wide tells the shape of
the bill, red tells the color of the hen, and
funny and sad tell how the chicken and hen
look.

These words describe something and are called

adjective

Describing words can make the story

interesting. They give us a picture of
how things or persons look like.
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Mice
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Are rather nice.
Their tails are long.
Their faces small.
They haven’t any
Chins at all.
Their ears are pink.
Their teeth are white.
They run about
 The house at night.
They nibble things
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And no one seems
To like them much.
But I think mice
Are nice.
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Read these sentences.
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Mice have long tails and small faces.
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Mice have pink ears and white teeth.
What are the words that describe in
these sentences?

Long describes the tail of the mice. It

tells what kind off face the mice have.

Small describes the face of the mice.

It tells what kind of face the mice have.

Pink describes the ears of the mice.

It tells the color of their ears.
 White describes the teeth
of the mice. It tells the color of
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Remember:
Words that describe persons, animals,
or objects are called adjectives. These
adjectives are sometimes called picture making
words. They give a clear picture on what the
persons, animals, or objects are like.