Word Game
Adjectives describe or modify the meaning of nouns and pronouns to make them more specific.
Examples
• The astonished hiker sat on the wooden bench staring at the arresting colors of the stunning sunset.
astonished = adjective being used to describe the hiker
hiker = noun
wooden = adjective being used to describe the bench
bench = noun
arresting = adjective being used to describe the colors
colors = noun
stunning = adjective being used to describe the sunset
sunset = noun
arresting definition: catching the attention; provoking interest
Here is another example:
With the upcoming test, we are all worried.
worried = adjective being used to modify the pronoun
we = pronoun
Directions:
- Select the adjective word group.
- It’s extremely important that you know how to correctly pronounce a word.
- Google a word that you don’t know how to pronounce. Usually, there will be a megaphone next to the Googled word. Click on the megaphone to listen to the word’s correct pronunciation.
- Use Google or a dictionary to learn each adjective word definition.
- Write (2) compound sentences for each of the (3) three listed adjectives.
A compound sentence is (2) two (or more) independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or semicolon.
Example/Practice Game
A. fauna • fealty • fallacy (nouns)
B. felicitously • fiendishly• fretfully (adverbs)
C. fatigue • feign • forfeit (verbs)
D. facetious • flagrant • fiduciary (adjectives)
Here is an example of how your answer should be written:
Correct Answer
D. This is the adjective word group.
• The president’s flagrant behavior led to an impeachment. (Simple Sentence)
• The CEO has a fiduciary commitment to the company, so she must work hard to guarantee financial success. (Compound Sentence)
• After hearing the overwhelming evidence, the jury determined the defendant’s comments were facetious. (Complex Sentence)
• When the teacher noticed the student’s flagrant disregard of the rules, he sent her to the principal’s office, and she received detention. (Compound-Complex Sentence)
Now, it’s time to play the game.
Game 1
Directions:
A. palpable • paramount • perpetual
B. periodically • pragmatically • profusely
C. parable • pariah • partition
D. patronize • pan • perpetuate
Game 2
A. versatility • vitality • veracity
B. valiantly • vehemently • viscerally
C. vague • vehement • Victorian
D. vary • vilify • vie
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