Exercise 220

Review the uses of adjectives (§ 103). Give the construction of the adjectives in the following sentences:

1. The bags are heavy.

2. Alfalfa made Kansas prosperous.

3. They had money enough and all seemed well.

4. Then good Saint Peter grew angry, . For he was hungry and faint, And surely such a woman was enough to provoke a saint.

5. She teaches a large Sunday-school class.

6. A lovely garden full of flowers lay before her.

7. Jo's cheeks turned scarlet when the merry crowd laughed at her blunder.

8. The tree is near the house.

9. The fright drove the man mad.

10. Your eyes are like the diamond bright.

11. The farmer who harvests only the ears of his corn crop wastes a by-produce worth many dollars.

Exercise 221. Review

What is a limiting adjective clause (§ 118)? A purely descriptive adjective clause (§ 119)? Write three sentences to illustrate each. What must a limiting adjective be? A purely descriptive adjective?

Exercise 222

Put the adjectives used as direct adjuncts into two groups, limiting and purely descriptive adjectives.

1. His youngest sister is in Chicago.

2. His brave father went to the war. 3. Truthful boys are respected.

4. The baby clapped her little hands in glee.

5. This book is mine.

6. Bring me two books.

7. Bring me the red book.

8. The white snow was falling in large flakes.

9. The old soldier took down his trusty sword.

Under what circumstances would old be limiting? Under what circumstances would trusty? Are these words more likely to have been used as limiting or as purely descriptive adjectives?