Question

Questions 7â€"12: List the adjectives you find in the following sentences. After each adjective, write the noun it modifies. Be sure to include articles as adjectives. A strange light shone in the western sky. Our friend took a small boat down the turbulent river. By late August, the brief northern summer had ended. Stinging snow and strong winds lashed the brave rescuers. Quick and efficient workers cleared the long runway. Violent storms have affected the radio signals.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

A is an article. It limits the number of strange lights

strange: adjective modifies light

the: article modifies sky

western adjective modifies sky

our: you get conflicting answers to this one. I think it is an adjective (modifying friend) but some people say it is a limiter of some kind.

a: article limits the noun to one

small: adjective modifies boat

the article again confining the number of rivers to one

turbulent: adjective modifies river.

late adjective modifies August

brief: adjective modifying summer

northern: adjective modifying summer..

Stinging: adjective modifying snow

strong: adjective modifying winds

the: article restricts rescuers

brave: adjective, also modifies rescuers.

Answer 2

Answer: A good answer should contain the following:

Answers 1–6: Adjectives are in bold, while pronouns are in italics.

Answers 7–12: Adjectives are in bold, while the nouns they modify are in italics.

Many (adjective, modifies people) people, especially those (demonstrative pronoun) who grew up before the age of the personal computer, don’t understand how computers store information.

That (adjective, modifies information) information is stored in electronic files. Those (adjective, modifies files) function much like file folders.

Each (adjective, modifies file) file is given a name. The name given to each (indefinite pronoun), its (adjective, modifies filename) filename, should represent the information found in the file.

What (interrogative pronoun) is the difference between the way a computer stores information and that (demonstrative pronoun) used to store information in a conventional filing cabinet?

That (adjective, modifies explanation) explanation isn’t as clear as the one (demonstrative pronoun) all (indefinite pronoun) of us heard at the lecture yesterday.

Which (adjective, modifies flowers) flowers are the most beautiful? These (adjective, modifies lilies) lilies are very nice, but they’re less interesting than those (demonstrative pronoun).

strange (light); western (sky)

Our (friend); a, small (boat); turbulent (river)

late (August); brief, northern (summer)

Stinging (snow); strong (winds); brave (rescuers)

Quick, efficient (workers); long (runway)

Violent (storms); radio (signals)

Explanation: Penn Foster