ADJECTIVES

List 10 adjectives that appear in the following fictional passage, which describes a

scene on a British heath during the last century. Do not include the words a, an, and

the.

Literature: A Long Road

Before him stretched the long, laborious road, dry, empty, and white. It was

quite open to the heath on each side, and bisected that vast, dark surface. The old man

frequently stretched his eyes ahead to gaze over the tract that he had yet to traverse. At

length he discerned, a long distance in front of him, a moving spot. Its rate of advance

was slow.... When he drew nearer he perceived it to be a van, ordinary in shape, but

singular in color. The driver walked beside it; and, like his van, he was completely red.

From The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

ADJECTIVES

1. Long 6. Open
2. Laborious 7. Old
3. Dry 8. Long
4. Empty 9. Slow
5. White 10. Red
Write an adjective to complete each of the following sentences. Be sure that your

completed sentences make sense.

1.The game was held on a large field.

2.It was near the edge of a deep river.

3.The dogs, always anxious, waited for the trial to begin.

4.Wearing denim jackets, the trainers gave orders in the freezing cold.

5.Soon the judge waved his red handkerchief to begin the trial.