Sunday, 15 January 2012
Exercise: Adding Adjectives
Complete each sentence below with the adjective form of the italicized noun or verb. When you're done, email your answers to me (Harlina_isa@yahoo.com)
1. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina brought great destruction to the Gulf coast. It was one of the most _____ hurricanes in recent decades.
2. All of our pets enjoy good health. Our collie is exceptionally _____, despite its advanced age.
3. Your suggestion makes a great deal of sense. You have a very _____ idea.
4. Google made record profits last year. It is one of the most _____ companies in the world.
5. Dr. Kraft's job requires patience and skill. He is a _____ negotiator.
6. All through high school, Giles rebelled against his parents and teachers. Now he has three _____ children of his own.
7. Telling jokes that will not offend others can be difficult. Some comedians are deliberately _____.
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Exercise: Identifying Adjectives
The sentences in this exercise have been adapted from those in two paragraphs of E.L. Doctorow's novel World's Fair (1985). (To read Doctorow's original sentences, go to Ritual in Doctorow's World's Fair.)
See if you can identify all the adjectives in these 12 sentences. When you're done, email your answers to me (Harlina_isa@yahoo.com)
1.Grandma's room I regarded as a dark den of primitive rites and practices.
2. She had two wobbly old candlesticks.
3. Grandma lit the white candles and waved her hands over the flames.
4. Grandma kept her room clean and tidy.
5.She had a very impressive hope chest covered with a shawl, and on her dresser a hairbrush and comb.
6. There was a plain rocking chair under a lamp so she could read her prayer book.
7. And on an end table beside the chair was a flat box packed with a medicinal leaf that was shredded like tobacco.
8. This was the centerpiece of her most consistent and mysterious ritual.
9. She removed the lid from this blue box and turned it on its back and used it to burn a pinch of the leaf.
10. It made tiny pops and hisses as it burned.
11. She turned her chair toward it and sat inhaling the thin wisps of smoke.
12. The smell was pungent, as if from the underworld.
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Indefinite Adjectives
An indefinite adjective is similar to an indefinite pronoun, except that it modifies a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase, as in the following sentences:
Many people believe that corporations are under-taxed.
The indefinite adjective "many" modifies the noun "people" and the noun phrase "many people" is the subject of the sentence.
I will send you any mail that arrives after you have moved to Sudbury.
The indefinite adjective "any" modifies the noun "mail" and the noun phrase "any mail" is the direct object of the compound verb "will send."
They found a few goldfish floating belly up in the swan pound.
In this example the indefinite adjective modifies the noun "goldfish" and the noun phrase is the direct object of the verb "found":
The title of Kelly's favourite game is "All dogs go to heaven."
Here the indefinite pronoun "all" modifies "dogs" and the full title is a subject complement.credit: http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/
Interrogative Adjectives
An interrogative adjective ("which" or "what") is like an interrogative pronoun, except that it modifies a noun or noun phrase rather than standing on its own (see also demonstrative adjectives and possessive adjectives):
Which plants should be watered twice a week?
Like other adjectives, "which" can be used to modify a noun or a noun phrase. In this example, "which" modifies "plants" and the noun phrase "which plants" is the subject of the compound verb "should be watered":
What book are you reading?
In this sentence, "what" modifies "book" and the noun phrase "what book" is the direct object of the compound verb "are reading."credit: http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/
Demonstrative Objectives
The demonstrative adjectives "this," "these," "that," "those," and "what" are identical to the demonstrative pronouns, but are used as adjectives to modify nouns or noun phrases, as in the following sentences:
When the librarian tripped over that cord, she dropped a pile of books.
In this sentence, the demonstrative adjective "that" modifies the noun "cord" and the noun phrase "that cord" is the object of the preposition "over."
This apartment needs to be fumigated.
Here "this" modifies "apartment" and the noun phrase "this apartment" is the subject of the sentence.
Even though my friend preferred those plates, I bought these.
In the subordinate clause, "those" modifies "plates" and the noun phrase "those plates" is the object of the verb "preferred." In the independent clause, "these" is the direct object of the verb "bought."Note that the relationship between a demonstrative adjective and a demonstrative pronoun is similar to the relationship between a possessive adjective and a possessive pronoun, or to that between a interrogative adjective and an interrogative pronoun.
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