ENG 10 Grammar: 17.1 Adjectives (P. 22)

Exercise 1: Recognizing Adjectives

Identify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.

1. The dull walls and dingy carpet give the room a somber atmosphere.

• dull, dingy

• dull, carpet, somber

• dingy, somber

• dull, dingy, somber

Exercise 1: Recognizing Adjectives

Identify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.

2. The lonesome howl of a coyote came from the woods.

• howl

• lonesome, woods

• lonesome

• lonesome, howl, woods

Exercise 1: Recognizing Adjectives

Identify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.

3. With gray faces and hesitant steps, they approached the abandoned house.

• gray, abandoned

• hesitant, steps, abandoned

• gray, hesitant, abandoned

• abandoned

Exercise 1: Recognizing Adjectives

Identify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.

4. After a major accident on a highway, there may be few survivors.

• major, few

• major

• major, highway, few

• highway, few

Exercise 1: Recognizing Adjectives

Identify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.

5. On the last day of the month, you have an important medical appointment.

• last, appointment

• last, important, medical

• last, month, important, medical

• last, month, important, medical, appointment

Exercise 1: Recognizing Adjectives

Identify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.

6. There wasn't enough money in the wallet to pay the bill.

• There, wallet

• enough

• There, enough, wallet

• wallet, bill

Exercise 1: Recognizing Adjectives

Identify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.

7. If you add milk to the eggs, a dozen eggs will be enough to make bread.

• milk, enough

• milk, dozen, enough

• dozen

• dozen, enough

Exercise 1: Recognizing Adjectives

Identify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.

8. Bluefish give fisherman a good fight.

• good

• Bluefish

• fisherman

• Bluefish, good

Exercise 1: Recognizing Adjectives

Identify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.

9. The brilliant diamonds decorated red and callused hands.

• red, callused

• diamonds, red, callused

• brilliant, diamonds, red, callused

• brilliant, red, callused

Exercise 1: Recognizing Adjectives

Identify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.

10. The railing was silvery in the dim shadows.

• silvery

• silvery, dim

• railing, silvery, dim

• dim