| Activity Sheet: Adjectives Adjectives are describing words. They tell: What kind: tall, thin boy, heavy, drenching rain, etc. What colour: golden sand, black hair, etc. How many: two animals, several men, etc. Which one: this chicken, that farm, the third day, etc. Excercise 1 Select adjectives from the following sentences and make a list of them. Fat, black and red feathered chickens scratched the earth, looking for insects to eat. The fox moved with quick, lithe movements and caught the first chicken. A row of tempting, green cabbages sat in the brownish earth of the vegetable patch. The thoughtless fox lifted up his head and produced a high-pitched howling noise, causing startled men to run from their tasks to find out the source of the terrible singing. The indignant farm workers gave the unfortunate camel a hard beating. Exercise 2 From the list of adjectives given, choose the most appropriate to fill the blanks left in the following sentences. forgiving, sore, fast-flowing, thieving, beaten, patient, cowardly, kind, weary, deep, slow The _________ and _________ camel made his _________ way back to the river. There, by the water's edge was the _________ fox, waiting for his _________, _________ companion. The river was _________ and _________, and the fox could not swim. He took for granted that he had a _________, __________ and _________ friend, and asked for a lift across the river. Excercise 3 Supply adjectives for each of the given nouns. Try to use a different word each time. friends, water, lunch, song, wind, sand, tree, heat, story. Exercise 4 Which word in each of the following groups is not an adjective? gulped, tasty, enjoyable, delicious ponderous, lumbered, clumsy, slow speedily, rapid, quick, swift brilliant, sunshine, bright, scorching |