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Practice 5C: More Adjectives. Underline all the adjectives.
1. E s th er w a s a s w e e t a n d i n n o c e n t y o u n g w o m a n .
2. A ba d m a n w a n t s t he m .
3. E s t h e r' s p e o p l e w e re n o t afr aid n o w .
4. E s t h e r w a s a b r a v e q u e e n.
5. T h e k in g s aid , " I h ad a s t ran g e d re am . "
6. T h e k in g ' s m e n w e r e afr aid .
7. G o d s e n t a b ig s t o rm .
8. T h i s k in g w a s a s p e c ia l k in g .
9. H e w a s a l it t le b a b y .
10 . T h e y to o k th e b e s t g i f ts .

Articles
The words a, an, and the are the most frequently used adjectives. They are called articles. (Do not confuse an
with and.)
1. indefinite articles - a and an
The articles a and an are called indefinite articles because they refer to someone or something as
simply one among similar items.
a) Use a before words that begin with a consonant sound: a house, a clock, a unicorn (note: consonant
sound "y").
b) Use an before words that begin with a vowel sound: an ox, an elephant, an hour.

2. definite article - the
The article the refers to someone specifically or to something distinguished from others.
a) When a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound? (general)
b) When the tree in my back yard falls, it will make a sound. (distinguished from any tree)
c) What is the difference between an Asian elephant and an African elephant?
d) I think the Asian elephant at my zoo is smaller than the African elephant at your zoo.
e) The tree in my yard is five years old.
f) I asked the math teacher a question.

Practice 5D: Articles. Write a or an in the blank.

1. Paul lives in house. Paul lives in the house on the corner.
2. The sky is as vast as ocean. However, the ocean is vast.
3. yellow flower grew in my back yard. The yellow flower came from my garden.
4. unicorn is a fictitious creature. The unicorn jumped across my yard.
5. I was hoping to see elephant. I was hoping to see the elephant at the zoo.
Adverbs

An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It answers one of the following questions:
where? when? how? how often? to what extent?
Many words that end in -ly are adverbs. Negative words (not, never) are usually adverbs.

Examples:

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