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Adjectives that tells more about a person,

place, or thing.

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1. We watched many colorful creatures swim through the dark water.
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2. A few tilefish were building small burrows. created@ NETS only altered@ NET

3. Suddenly one strange and unusual fish swam by us.

4. Eugenie swam over to the mysterious fish.

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5. It looked like a jawfish with a big head and four dark patches on its back.

6. Was this rare fish a new species?

7. We put the tiny fish in a large bucket of cold seawater.

8. Eugenie has made several amazing discoveries.

B.  Complete each sentence with an adjective that tells what kind or how many.

1. The small, mysterious fish was named after David.

2. The fish had a big, large head.

3. The fish lived in a sandy, small, long burrow at the bottom of the ocean.

4. The tiny fish turned out to be a new species.

5. David took underwater, several, many photographs that appeared in magazines.

C.  Write two sentences. Use adjectives that tell what kind and  
how many in each sentence.
1. Answers will vary.

2.

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RETEACHING: An adjective is a word

Adjectives that tells more about a person,

place, or thing.

A.  Write an adjective to complete each sentence.  LPLN-UNI-RBand0001-SE

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1. The big, hungry dog ate most of the cat’s food.
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2. The fuzzy, orange, little cat found a nearly empty bowl.
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TS 3. The cat ate what remained of her missing, tasty meal.

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4. The cat pushed the plastic, red dish over to where a

red-headed, young girl was sitting.
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5. The girl refilled the dish with more, tasty, good food.

B.  Read each sentence. Circle the adjective that describes each  
underlined noun.

1. The gray cat saw the shaggy dog sitting in the dark corner.

2. The cat saw some cat food on the dog’s droopy mouth.

3. The cat slipped out of the little kitchen and went into the quiet backyard.

4. She started digging in the soft dirt under a shady tree.

5. The dog looked out the enormous window and saw the cat with a large bone.

C.  Write two sentences that tell what happened next.  

Use vivid adjectives in your writing.

1. Answers will vary.

2. Answers will vary.

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Adjectives
Fill in the bubble next to the word in each sentence that is an adjective.
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1. I had an important decision to make 6. I admired the noisy parrot.
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  important   noisy
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  decision   parrot
  morning
7. I watched a gigantic turtle on a rock.
2. I wanted to buy an appropriate pet for   gigantic
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my sister.   turtle
  wanted   rock
  buy
8. Several gerbils ran on a wheel.
  appropriate
  Several
3. First, I looked at a striped lizard.   gerbils
  First   wheel
  striped
9. I finally decided to get a saltwater
  lizard
aquarium.
4. Then, I considered getting two   decided
hamsters.   saltwater
  considered   aquarium
  two
10. I’m sure my family will enjoy the
  hamsters
colorful fish.
5. The white hamster was named   sure
George.   family
  white   colorful
  hamster
  George

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A. 1. colorful , dark ; many
2. small ; few
3. strange , unusual ; one
4. mysterious
5. big , dark ; four
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6. rare , new
08-12-98 7. tiny , large , cold
8. amazing ; several
B. Sample answers are given.
1. small, mysterious
2. big, large
3. sandy, small, long
TS 4. new
5. underwater, several, many
C. Answers will vary.

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A. Sample answers are given.
1. big, hungry
2. fuzzy, orange, little
3. missing, tasty
4. plastic, red; red-headed, young
5. more, tasty, good
B. 1. gray, shaggy, dark 4. soft, shady
2. some, droopy 5. enormous, large
3. little, quiet
C. Answers will vary.

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1. a 3. b 5. a 7. a 9. b
2. c 4. b 6. b 8. a 10. c