Adjectives
How many adjectives and what are they?
The red race car zoomed around the wet track.
Two:
red and wet
Finish the pattern. Spelling counts!!:
shady, ____________, shadiest
shady, shadier, shadiest
Is the underlined word proper or common? Is it a noun or an adjective? You must get both correct!
I felt sick after I devoured the Mexican food last night.
Proper adjective
Where do the comma(s) go?
I ate an ic cream sundae that has chocolate vanilla and cherry mixed in one bowl.
I ate an ic cream sundae that has chocolate, vanilla, and cherry mixed in one bowl.
Name the NOUNS in this sentence:
I wish that I could build a snowman complete with a corn cob pipe and a button nose.
snowman
pipe
nose
How many adjectives and what are they?
I asked a difficult question that the talented professor could not answer without looking in our heavy textbook.
Three:
difficult, talented, heavy
Finish the pattern. Spelling counts!!:
difficult, ________________, _________________
difficult
more difficult
most difficult
Proper or common? Noun or adjective?
I hope that she can find the silver lining when she reaches Maine.
common adjective
Where do comma(s) belong?
Did the middle school really wear black green yellow and red?
Did the middle school really wear black, green, yellow, and red?
Find the VERBS:
There is a shooting star show planned for tonight at 8pm.
Verbs: is, planned
"This soup is disgusting! What's in it?" yelled the disrespectful, young man.
three:
disgusting
disrespectful
young
Finish the pattern. Spelling counts!!:
bad, ____________, _____________
bad
worse
worst
bad, badder, baddest- slang
Proper or common? Noun or adjective?
We love visiting family in Virginia.
Proper noun
Where do comma(s) belong?
The ice storm cold and relentless destroyed my plants.
The ice storm, cold and relentless, destroyed my plants.
Name the NOUNS in this sentence:
Tower Hill is a city school with almost 800 students.
Tower Hill
school
students
"I challenge you to a duel!" screamed the knight.
ZERO- unless you count the and a:)
Finish the pattern. Spelling counts!!:
hot, ________, ____________
hot
hotter
hottest
Proper or common? Noun or adjective?
Johnny ate a hotdog in one giant gulp.
proper noun
Commas?
The bright precocious lad giggled during church yesterday.
The bright, precocious lad giggled during church yesterday.
List six linking verbs
Am, is , are, was, were, been, being, seem, appears
The whistling wind danced along the picket fence.
Two:
whistling is an adjective in this sentence!!
and picket describes the fence
Finish the pattern. Spelling counts!!:
far, __________, ____________
This one is irregular
far, farther, the farthest
Proper or common? Noun or adjective?
Have you ever eaten at a Peruvian restaurant?
Proper adjective
Comma(s)?
The bull angry looked at me as steam billowed from his ferocious flared nostrils.
The bull, angry, looked at me as steam billowed from his ferocious, flared nostrils.
Name the NOUNS and the VERBS in this sentence:
The cat chased the rat, but it only caught its tail in a trap as it pounced on the rug.
nouns: cat,rat,tail,trap,rug
verbs: chased, caught, pounced