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Mastering Opening Adjectives in Sentences

This document provides guidance on using opening adjectives in sentences. It defines opening adjectives as adjectives or adjective phrases that begin a sentence to describe the subject. Examples of single-word and phrasal adjectives are given. Important notes specify that a comma should follow the opening adjective and it must describe the subject. A practice identifies the best adjective or phrase to complete sample sentences.

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Mastering Opening Adjectives in Sentences

This document provides guidance on using opening adjectives in sentences. It defines opening adjectives as adjectives or adjective phrases that begin a sentence to describe the subject. Examples of single-word and phrasal adjectives are given. Important notes specify that a comma should follow the opening adjective and it must describe the subject. A practice identifies the best adjective or phrase to complete sample sentences.

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Sentence-Composing Toolbox:

Use it to build better sentences

Opening Adjective

Adapted from Grammar for High School: A Sentence-Composing Approach


By Don and Jenny Killgallon
Opening Adjective
Definition:
An adjective at the beginning of a sentence

An adjective is An adjective phrase


any descriptive begins with an
word that that can adjective and then
fit into this blank: continues the
Sam is a __________ description.
student.
Examples of adjectives: Examples of adjective phrases:
happy, sad, angry, sneaky, •happy to be home
polite, discouraged •angry about his bad grade
•polite to everyone but her mother
•sad because her pet died
Examples of opening adjectives
d je c tive
pe n ing a
O

Happy, the young actress accepted


the audience’s cheers.

e phrase
jecti v
ing a d
Open

Disappointed that they lost, the


team trudged off the field.
IMPORTANT NOTES
1. Put a COMMA after the opening adjective,
whether it is a single word or a phrase.

Happy the young actress accepted the


audience’s cheers.

2. The adjective or adjective phrase MUST


describe the subject of the sentence.

Disappointed that they lost, the team


of the
trudged off the field. u bj e ct
t e am ”.
h e s is “
T nce
n te
se
Opening Adjectives: Practice
Choose the best adjective/adjective phrase to complete the sentence.

1. ____________, the bearded old man pounded his fist on the table
and shouted at the cowering waiter.
a. Sleepy, b. Angry, c. Thankful, d. Agreeable,

2. _____________, the ancient book caused her to sneeze.


a. Heavy as a sledgehammer, c. Dusty as farmland in a drought,
b. Weak as a month-old baby, d. Shiny as a new penny,

YOU TRY IT: On separate paper,


•write two sentences with opening adjectives
• and two sentences with opening adjective phrases
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