Adjectives+Practice

=Adjectives= An adjective is a word used to describe a noun or pronoun or to give a noun or pronoun a more specific meaning. Like nouns, adjectives can be proper or compound - that is, they can be made up of more than one word. Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns and always begin with a capital letter. A pronoun is used as an adjective if it modifies a noun. The chart below summarizes the kinds of pronouns used as adjectives and their use.

Possessive Adjectives - my, its, your, our, his, her, their Demonstrative Adjectives - this, that, these, those Interrogative Adjectives - which, what, whose Indefinite Adjectives - Singular: another, each, either, neither Indefinite Adjectives - Plural: both, few, many, several Indefinite Adjectives - Either: all, any, more, most, other, some

Exercise 1: Adding Pronouns used as Adjectives
Fill in each set of parenthesis with the kind of adjective given in parenthesis. Example: I know people sitting in the corner. **demonstrative** 1. students were still taking the test. **indefinite** 2. question do you want me to answer? **interrogative** 3. Is this coat or yours? **possessive** 4. There are books I want to read. **indefinite** 5. Jill and Vincent brought new puppy to my house. **possessive** 6. term paper is due next week. **possessive** 7. hat is on the table. **interrogative** 8. This article is more interesting than one. **demonstrative** 9. May I have piece of pie? **indefinite** 10. Are records yours or mine? **demonstrative**

Exercise 2: Using Proper Adjectives in Sentences.
In the space provided, write a sentence using each word below as an adjective. Example: Parisian > Mrs. Townson wore a **Parisian** gown.

1. French 2. Alaskan 3. Latin American 4. Himalayan 5. Spanish 6. Canadian 7. Roman 8. Elizabethan 9. European 10. Emersonian

Exercise 3: Identifying Adjectives
Write all the adjectives that modify each underlined noun or pronoun in the following paragraph. Example: Collections of great art treasures have been preserved in many places around the world. (great, art)

Dresden, an East German (1) __city__, houses some of the greatest art (2) __treasures__ in the world. From the sixteenth (3) __century__ to the eighteenth century, the Saxon (4) __electors__ collected art from the four (5) __corners__ of the globe and brought them to this (6) __location__. Though the Saxon (7) __reign__ was short-lived, the treasures have not been; most (8) __pieces__ even survived the Allied (9) __bombing__ during World War II. Today the public can view delicate Oriental (10 __porcelain__ and sensitive, moving (11) __paintings__ of great (12) __artists__. The Green Vault holds precious (13) __metals__ and jewels, the work of the best European (14) __artisans__. One display contains shining diamond boot (15) __buckles__ and jeweled shirt (16) __buttons__. To estimate the (17) __value__ of these (18) __treasures__ would prove virtually impossible; (19) __many__ are priceless. For example, at one auction, eight Meissen china (20) __pieces__ sold for $313,720. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.