Joanna Rose A.

Landicho

BSE 4-A

Activity 1: Identifying Adjectives

Directions: Copy each underlined noun or pronoun in the following paragraph and write all of
the adjectives, if any, that modify it. Be prepared to point out any nouns, pronouns or verbs used
as adjectives.

Example: Collections of great art treasures have been preserved in many places around the
world.

Answer: places-many

1. City- An East German

2. Treasures- The greatest art
3. Century- the sixteenth,
4. Electors-The Saxon
5. Corners- Four
6. Saxon-The
7. Reign- Short-Lived
8. Pieces- Most
9. Bombing- During world war II
10. Porcelain- delicate, Oriental
11. Paintings- Sensitive
12. Artists- Great
13. Metals- Precious
14. Artisans- Best European
15. Buckles- one display
16. Buttons- Jeweled Shirt
17. Value- The
18. Treasures- virtually impossible
 19. Many- priceless
20. Pieces- Eight Meiseen China

Activity 2 Putting Adjectives in Order

Directions: Put the adjectives following each underlined noun in the proper order and write the
entire phrase on your paper.

Example: jacket - down-filled, new , winter, a

Answer: a new down-filled winter jacket

1. sports car – British, that, small, red

Answer: That small red British Sports Car

2. road – dirt, a, winding, narrow

Answer: A Narrow dirt winding road

3. vase – lovely, this, hand-painted, Japanese

Answer: This lovely hand-painted Japanese vase

4. insects – flying, iridescent, many

Answer: Many iridescent flying insects

5. coin – bronze, ancient, the Roman

Answer: The ancient bronze Roman coin

6. mouse – field, frightened, the, brown, tiny

Answer: The Frightened tiny brown field mouse

7. shirt – green, the, silk

Answer: The green silk shirt

8. kitten – Siamese, blue-eyed, little, a

Answer: A Little, Blue-eyed Siamese kitten
9. library – red, new, brick, our
Answer: our new red brick library
10. stories –mystery, exciting, several
Answer: Exciting several mystery stories