Adjectives as Modifiers
Adjectives answer 4-Questions: What kind? (blue) Which one?(this, that) How many?(one, several) How much? (no, enough) Adjectives usually come before the noun it modifies, but there are some cases where it can come after.
Example: the light, white and shining, fascinated her. She was tall and beautiful.
Directions: Copy each sentence below onto your paper. (skip a space between each line) Underline the noun(s). Draw an arrow pointing from each adjective to the noun it modifies. Then identify the adjective with the question that it answers. Please write neatly and in ink.
1. The many rings of Saturn glowed in the blurry photograph.
2. The tired, old man stumbled down the road.
3. Several book have been written about the last days of Roman power.
4. Willie Mays leaped for the high fly ball and made a brilliant catch.
5. Her third attempt was good, but her fourth and final try, she broke a ten-year record.
6. The house, dreary and uninviting, has not been lived in for seventeen years.
7. Irving Berlin wrote many wonderful songs.
8. The feathery fins of the angel fish drifted in the clear blue water.
9. The marble statue was pale and dramatic against the dark velvet curtains.
10. The crusty little turtle crawled across the deserted parking lot.
Adjectives answer 4-Questions: What kind? (blue) Which one?(this, that) How many?(one, several) How much? (no, enough) Adjectives usually come before the noun it modifies, but there are some cases where it can come after.
Example: the light, white and shining, fascinated her. She was tall and beautiful.
Directions: Copy each sentence below onto your paper. (skip a space between each line) Underline the noun(s). Draw an arrow pointing from each adjective to the noun it modifies. Then identify the adjective with the question that it answers. Please write neatly and in ink.
1. The many rings of Saturn glowed in the blurry photograph.
2. The tired, old man stumbled down the road.
3. Several book have been written about the last days of Roman power.
4. Willie Mays leaped for the high fly ball and made a brilliant catch.
5. Her third attempt was good, but her fourth and final try, she broke a ten-year record.
6. The house, dreary and uninviting, has not been lived in for seventeen years.
7. Irving Berlin wrote many wonderful songs.
8. The feathery fins of the angel fish drifted in the clear blue water.
9. The marble statue was pale and dramatic against the dark velvet curtains.
10. The crusty little turtle crawled across the deserted parking lot.