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English Basics
Volume 3, Number 4, September 28, 1998
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An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
An adjective can indicate what kind of, how many, whose, or which.
The words a and an are called indefinite articles. The word the is a definite article. They are adjectives too.
Each sentence below contains one or more adjectives. Read each sentence carefully and underline the adjectives. The first four sentences have been done for you.
1.
I’m not going to
keep these empty plastic
bottles.
2. Nancy was angry
when Fred compared her cookies to old
mud pies.
3. Pretty yellow
birds decorated the ancient
walls.
4. A simple
explanation will prevent a terrible
punishment.
5. My best friend has an exciting
new idea!
6. Mary gazed into the cracked
mirror and said, “I really believe that green teeth are
attractive.”
7. Jason placed the leather boots
in that small closet.
8. Ryan gave me two useful gifts.
9. There is nothing like a good
book on a comfortable couch.
10. I told them that frozen pizza would
make a fine dessert.
11. Eighty awful alligators ate eighteen
aimless acrobats.
12. Herman became confused when he read the
secret map.
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