Question

Check the eight adjectives in the following passage.


Drifting fog moves
softly inland
along the
narrow
river valleys and
blankets the
thick forest in
chill mist. Soon it will
completely envelop the
quiet
little farms which
dot the
picturesque countryside.

Answer 1

Adjectives are descriptive words....and their modify nouns or pronouns.
1. Drifting....it is describing the fog.
2. narrow...it is describing valleys.
3. river...it is describing valleys.
4. thick...it is describing forest.
5. chill...it is describing mist.
6. quiet ...it is describing farms.
7. little....it is describing farms.
8. picturesque...it is describing countryside.

Answer 2

Adjectives are words that modify, describe or gives further information about nouns and pronouns. While a noun is a word that names a thing, a person, an animal, a place, an idea, a feeling, and others, a pronoun is a word that can replace a noun, like he which can replace the noun Marcus, for example.

The eight adjectives in the passage are the following:

1. Drifting: It describes the noun “fog.”

2. Narrow and 3. River: They both describe the noun “valleys”

4. Thick: It describes the noun “forest”

5. Chill: It describes “mist”.

6. Quiet and 7. Little: They both describe the noun “farms”

8. Picturesque: It describes the noun “countryside”