Unit 5, Adjectives 119Copyright © by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
GrammarUnit 5: Adjectives
Lesson 30
Adjectives and Proper AdjectivesA word that describes persons, places, or things is an adjective. An adjective
usually answers one of three questions about the noun or pronoun it modifies.
What kind? Please use the drawing paper.
How many? Wanda had three sisters.
Which one? That seat is taken.
Usually the adjective comes just before the noun it modifies. However, when the
noun is the subject followed by a linking verb, its adjective follows the linking
verb as part of the predicate. These adjectives are called predicate adjectives.
The puppy became frisky.
A proper adjectiveis an adjective formed from a proper noun. Sometimes the
proper adjective is the same word as the noun that forms it. At other times it has
a special ending. All proper adjectives begin with a capital letter.
the Wyoming foothills Chinese checkersExercise 1 Draw an arrow from each adjective in italics to the noun or pronoun it
modifies.
The first robots were built in the Middle Ages.
1.Some early robots can still be seen today.
2.In Venice, Italy, two human-sized robots dressed in medieval clothing strike the clock
tower bell every hour.
3.In Germany, figures dance and play musical instruments under a church clock.
4.Although their movements are simple, they are entertaining.
5.These robots get their power from clock parts.
6.Today robots work on land, in outer space, or on the ocean floor.
7.Japanese scientists are creating a crablike robot to work underwater.