Opening Adjectives
Identify the opening adjective or adjective phrase:
Comfortable, I lay on my back and waited for sleep.
Comfortable
Identify the delayed adjective or adjective phrase:
The Indian lay there on the floor of the cupboard, stiff and stark.
stiff AND stark
Identify the opening adverb:
Gently, the branches rustled.
gently
Identify the delayed adverb:
The hand of the dinosaur pushed aside the ferns, slowly.
slowly
Identify the adjective or adverb:
Quickly, he flung the rope with a hook towards them.
quickly
Identify the opening adjective or adjective phrase:
Rain-drenched and full of life, spring enveloped all of us.
Rain-drenched AND full of life
Identify the delayed adjective or adjective phrase:
Gwydion sat upright, tense as a bowstring.
tense as a bowstring
Identify the opening adverb:
Soon, he reached the thicket of pepper trees.
soon
Identify the delayed adverb:
In the fishpond, the hippo belched, very noisily.
very noisily
identify the adjective or adverb:
A woman of fifty or so, plump with frizzy gray hair, came toward them.
plump with frizzy gray hair
Identify the opening adjective or adjective phrase:
Cheerful and exuberant, he was the kind of fellow to slap a man on the back with a greeting.
Cheerful and exuberant
Identify the delayed adjective or adjective phrase:
I stared at the trees, aware of an eerie silence descending over the forest.
aware of an eerie silence descending over the forest
Identify the opening adverbs:
On and on, they walked, but the view did not vary.
On AND on
Identify the delayed adverb:
Someone was humming under her breath, high and sweetly.
high AND sweetly
Sassy and independent, she is the kind of cat to show that cats really do have personalities.
Sassy AND independent
Identify the opening adjective or adjective phrase:
Numb of all feeling, empty as a shell, still he clung to life.
Numb of all feeling AND empty as a shell
Identify the delayed adjective or adjective phrase:
The door swung wide then, and an elderly woman, frail and toothless, stepped out.
frail AND toothless
Instantly, obediently, Jonas had dropped his bike on its side on the path behind his family's dwelling.
instantly AND obediently
Identify the delayed adverb:
Alfred moved on, quickly, angry at the sudden sting in his eyes, and the sudden emptiness in his stomach.
quickly
Identify the adjective phrase or adverb:
Sitting beside the tree, Millie opened her packages slowly, careful to untie the ribbons, careful not to tear the paper.
adverb: slowly
adjective phrases: careful to untie the ribbons
careful not to tear the paper
Identify the opening adjective or adjective phrase:
Full of vivid colors, vibrant as a rainbow, soon the garden burst into bloom.
Full of vivid colors AND vibrant as a rainbow
Identify the delayed adjective or adjective phrase:
Through the window, I could see tree branches waving, strong yet flexible.
strong yet flexible
Identify the opening adverb:
Once daily, Jenny picked an armful of lovely flowers.
once daily
Identify the delayed adverb:
When the bell rang for recess, he put on his red jacket and walked alone, outside.
outside
locate the adjectives and adverbs
The roller coaster was intense and dominating, its thrills bursting at the seams, unexpectedly and successfully as only Disney can do.
adjectives: intense AND dominating
adverbs: unexpectedly AND successfully