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WORDS WITH CHARACTER

WORDS WITH CHARACTER. ADJECTIVES. What Is An Adjective?. An adjective describes the quantity or quality a noun. big small adorable expensive ugly clumsy jealous poor different. Placement. An adjective is usually placed immediately before a noun. Examples: angry people

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WORDS WITH CHARACTER

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  1. WORDS WITH CHARACTER ADJECTIVES

  2. What Is An Adjective? An adjective describes the quantity or quality a noun. big small adorable expensive ugly clumsy jealous poor different

  3. Placement • An adjective is usually placed immediately before a noun. Examples: angry people stale sandwiches ill child

  4. Some adjectives, however, can only be used after a verb and never before a noun. Examples: The boy was asleep on the sofa. ✔ The asleep boy was on the sofa. ✗ • Adjectives can also be placed at the end of a sentence instead of before a noun. Example: She played the violin beautifully.

  5. EXERCISE 1: Choose the correct adjectives to place before each noun in the text given below. Each word can only be used once. tiny unique spectacular big cool soft colourful two-room calm white

  6. We spent a (1) ______ weekend at the beach recently. We arrived at lunch-time on Friday and checked into our (2) ______ chalet, surrounded by (3) ______ beds of daisies and petunias. We walked bare-footed on the (4) ______ and (5) ______ sand, and collected a few (6) ______ seashells. We stopped to inspect some (7) ______ crabs hiding in the sand. Soon, the (8) ______ sea began to swell as (9) ______ waves began rushing towards the shore. We went into the (10) ______ water and swam to our heart’s content.

  7. Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with a suitable adjective from the list below. ajar awake aghast alike ablaze alive afraid alone aflame unable • Safiuddin looked ______ when he came face to face with his parents at the cinema. • Zheng was ______to speak up in case he was punished. • At night, the town was ______ with bright glittering lights. • Her grandmother was so sick that she was ______ to even eat.

  8. The whole town comes ______ during the festive season. • Cinderella sat ______ at home, minding the kitchen. • When the baby is ______, she bawls at the top of her voice. • The two cousins look ______ in their identical dresses. • When we reached home, we found the door ______. • A student who was smoking set the place ______.

  9. Exercise 3: Write your own sentences using the following adjectives. curly greedy abandoned bawdy aloof decisive joyous jittery imaginary light

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