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Think and Answer • Critical Thinking

A. What did Heidi share with Peter when they sat down to eat? What do we come to
know about Heidi? Did they become friends? Do you think sharing wins friends?

B. Give two examples from the story that show that Heidi was kind and caring towards

the goats.

Grammar Spot
• Adjective–kinds
• Degrees of comparison

Adjectives

We already know that an adjective is a describing word that tells us more about a noun
or pronoun.

Examples: 1. Heidi saw lovely flowers on the slopes.
2. Heidi saw a beautiful place.
3. She heard the harsh cry of a bird.

The highlighted words ‘lovely’, ‘beautiful’ and ‘harsh’ in REMEMBER
the sentences are adjectives. Sometimes, we use two or

Kinds of Adjectives more adjectives together.
There are many kinds of adjectives. Let us find out more Example: She saw a tall, old

about them. lady in the market.

Type of Adjective Description Examples
1. Adjectives of They tell us about the qualities of There was bright sunshine
Quality nouns or pronouns. everywhere.

2. Adjectives of They tell us about the quantity of Heidi gave some cheese to
Quantity nouns or pronouns. Peter.

3. Adjectives of They tell us about the number of  Peter gave two pieces of
Number nouns or pronoun., e.g., some, bread to Heidi.
many.  The first house in this row

Number words like two, five, etc., has a garden.
are called cardinal numbers.
Number words like first, fifth and
last are called ordinal numbers.

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