pm 11. Write the words on your list in the blanks. Some of your completions might be a
little odd and funny. Read your completed passage aloud in a group or to the rest of the
class.
One day dan 01 A girl was walking in the city. Her name was
1. She was carrying a package for her grandmother. It
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contained some , some , and
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alan , among other things.
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As she was walking down the street, alan thief stole
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her package. The girl pulled out her cell phone and called
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the police, who caught the thief a nearby building and
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renuned her package to her. She took it immediately to her
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grandmother, who was glad to get the package because she really needed some new
EXERCISE 17. Using nouns as adjectives. (Chart 6-9) o.
Direcnbns: Underline and identify the nouns (N). Use a noun in the first sentence as an
adjective in the second sentence.(a) I have afl- garden.
@) The shoe stow also sells socks.
(c) INCORRECT: a&um garden
(d) INCORRECT: the shou swrsN E(- This is about grammar. It's a qva~wav book*
Somenmes words that are usually used as nouns are
used as adjectives. For example,flower is usually a
noun, but in (a) it is used as an adjective to modify
garden. When a noun is used as an adjective, it is
singular in form, NOT plural.- My garden has vegetables. It is a
- The program is on television. It's e
- The soup has beans. It is
When one noun modifies another noun, the spoken stress is usually on the first noun: aammmar book.168 CHAPlER 6