LESSON XXXIII.
Reading edition
Parse all the adjectives in the following sentences:
1.Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
2.This is a wonderful scene.
3.Let my little story answer this question.
4.It was lazy, idle work, lying in the tent all day long.
5.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
6.From a shoal of richest rubies
Breaks the morning clear and cold,
And the angel on the village spire,
Frost-touched, is bright as gold.—Aldrich.
7.Every hour that fleets so slowly,
Has its task to do or bear;
Luminous the crown and holy,
When each gem is set with care.—Adelaide Procter.
Model. These kind girls brought me some flowers.
These, a pronominal adjective; demonstrative; modifying the noun girls.
kind, a qualifying adjective; positive degree; (kind, kinder, kindest), modifying the noun girls.
some, a pronominal adjective; indefinite; modifying the noun flowers.