SENTENCE-BUILDING.
Place the following adjectives in two columns, one headed descriptive, and the other definitive, then build simple sentences in which they shall be employed as modifiers. Find out the meaning of each word before you use it.
Round, frolicsome, first, industrious, jolly, idle, skillful, each, the, faithful, an, kind, one, tall, ancient, modern, dancing, mischievous, stationary, nimble, several, slanting, parallel, oval, every.
Build simple sentences in which the following descriptive adjectives shall be employed as attribute complements. Let some of these attributes be compound.
Restless, impulsive, dense, rare, gritty, sluggish, dingy, selfish,
clear, cold, sparkling, slender, graceful, hungry, friendless.
Build simple sentences in which the following descriptive adjectives shall be employed.
Some of these adjectives have the form of participles, and some are derived from proper nouns.
+CAPITAL LETTER—RULE.—An Adjective derived from a proper noun must begin with a capital letter+.
Shining, moving, swaying, bubbling, American, German, French, Swiss,
Irish, Chinese.