careful late sad young

Uni t 3 careless little short white

Adjectives early

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se 1

Circle the adjective that makes more sense in the sentence.

Adjectives are words that describe
nouns. They tell the size, color, or 1. I often go to a green/late movie.
quality of something: a big room,
the red car, four interesting books. 2. Their little/right boy is six years old.
Here are some commonly used
adjectives: 3. The wrong/young teacher is very smart.
beautiful fast
tall 4. We took the fast/loose train to New York.

big funny 5. The old/funny story made me laugh.

terrible
black handsome 6. Do you know that handsome/early man?
thirsty 7. She had an early/careless breakfast.
boring interesting
8. I saw the long/terrible accident.
ugly
9. The new house has boring/white doors.

10. The green/short boy is my cousin.

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 Just like nouns, adjectives can follow the predicate. They most often come after forms of the
verbs to be and to become :
My sister was very sad.
The horse suddenly became thirsty.
My grandfather is old.

exerci 3-
se 2
Look at the example sentences. Change each sentence so that the adjective follows the predicate.
EXAMPLE: The white house is on the hill.
The house on the hill is white.

1. The sad song was from Mexico.

The song from Mexico was sad.

2. The funny story is about a clown.

The story about a clown is funny.

3. The careless waiter is out of work.

The waiter out of work is careless.

4. The ugly snake is from Egypt.

The snake from Egypt is ugly.

5. The beautiful woman is from Spain.

The woman from Spain is beautiful.

exerci 3-
se 3
Fill in the blank with any adjective that makes sense. You may choose from the list given at the beginning of
the unit.

1. David wrote a poem for her.

2. Do you like the cake?

3. I cannot find an book.

4. Where does the lawyer live?

5. Marisa needs a job.

6. The man found a wallet

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7. Kareem is a friend of mine.

8. There is a test tomorrow.

9. When can you come to our farm?

10. That is a question.