Practice in Identifying Adjectives

Practice in Identifying Adjectives This activity will give you practice in perceiving adjectivesthe grammatical form that changes (or qualifies the significance of) things. To become familiar with modifiers 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 Directions The sentences in this activity have been adjusted from those in two sections of E.L. Doctorows epic Worlds Fair (1985). (To peruse Doctorows unique sentences, go to Ritual in Doctorows Worlds Fair.) Check whether you can recognize all the descriptors in these 12 sentences. When youre done, contrast your reactions and the appropriate responses on page two. Grandmothers room I viewed as a dim lair of crude customs and practices.She had two unstable old candlesticks.Grandma lit the white candles and waved her hands over the flames.Grandma kept her room clean and tidy.She had an exceptionally amazing expectation chest secured with a shawl and on her wardrobe a hairbrush and comb.There was a plain rocker 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 focal point of her generally steady and secretive 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 minor pops and murmurs as it burned.She turned her seat toward it and sat breathing in the slim wisps of smoke.The smell was impactful, as though from the black market. Here are the responses to the Exercise in Identifying Adjectives. Modifiers are in striking 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 wardrobe a hairbrush and comb.There was aâ plainâ rocking seat under a light so she could peruse her petition book.And on an end table adjacent to the seat was aâ flatâ box pressed with aâ medicinalâ leaf that was destroyed like tobacco.This was the focal point of her most consistent and mysterious ritual.She expelled the cover 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