Practice in Identifying Adjectives

Practice in Identifying Adjectives This activity will give you practice in perceiving adjectivesthe grammatical feature that adjusts (or qualifies the significance of) things. To become familiar with descriptive words in English, see: Adding Adjectives and Adverbs to the Basic Sentence UnitPractice in Turning Adjectives Into AdverbsSentence Building with Adjectives and AdverbsSentence Combining With Adjectives and Adverbs Guidelines The sentences in this activity have been adjusted from those in two passages of E.L. Doctorows epic Worlds Fair (1985). (To peruse Doctorows unique sentences, go to Ritual in Doctorows Worlds Fair.) Check whether you can distinguish all the modifiers in these 12 sentences. When youre done, contrast your reactions and the appropriate responses on page two. Grandmothers room I viewed as a dim cave of crude rituals and practices.She had two shaky old candlesticks.Grandma lit the white candles and waved her hands over the flames.Grandma kept her room clean and tidy.She had an amazing expectation chest secured with a shawl and on her bureau a hairbrush and comb.There was a plain recliner under a light so she could peruse her petition book.And on an end table close to the seat was a level box stuffed with a restorative leaf that was destroyed like tobacco.This was the highlight of her generally reliable and strange ritual.She expelled the top from this blue box and turned it on its back and utilized it to consume a touch of the leaf.It made small pops and murmurs as it burned.She turned her seat toward it and sat breathing in the slight wisps of smoke.The smell was sharp, as though from the black market. Here are the responses to the Exercise in Identifying Adjectives. Descriptive words are in strong print. Grandmothers room I viewed as aâ darkâ den ofâ primitiveâ rites and practices.She hadâ two flimsy old candlesticks.Grandma lit theâ whiteâ candles and waved her hands over the flames.Grandma kept her room clean and tidy.She had a veryâ impressiveâ hope chest secured with aâ shawlâ and on her bureau a hairbrush and comb.There was aâ plainâ rocking seat under a light so she could peruse her supplication book.And on an end table close to the seat was aâ flatâ box stuffed with aâ medicinalâ leaf that was destroyed like tobacco.This was the highlight of her most consistent and mysterious ritual.She expelled the top from thisâ blueâ box and turned it on its back and utilized it to consume a spot of the leaf.It madeâ tinyâ pops and murmurs as it burned.She turned her seat toward it and sat breathing in theâ thinâ wisps of smoke.The smell wasâ pungent, as though from the black market. See also: Exercise in Identifying Adverbs