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Activity 2

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the adjective in the appropriate degree.

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Mean

Meaner

Narrowest

Happier

Greatest

Answer Key for Activity 2

1. Meanest

2. Narrow

3. Narrower

4. Happy

5. Happiest

6. Closer

7. Closest

8. Great

9. Greater

Activity 3

In a paragraph of at least five sentences describe in detail the favorite function of your smart

phone or laptop, so that your readers, students at SJSU, will be intrigued enough by its

functionality to consider purchasing one for themselves. As you compose, think consciously

about the adjectives you might use to include a rich array of details and effects: proper adjectives

and descriptive adjectives, comparative and superlative adjectives, attributive adjectives and

predicative adjectives. Play with both the forms and placement of the adjectives you use to make

the sale!

Circle the adjectives in your paragraph and draw an arrow to the noun or pronoun they modify.

References

Klammer, Thomas, Muriel Schulz, and Angela Della Volpe. Analyzing English Grammar. 5

ed.

New York: Pearson Education. 2007. Print.

Lundsford, Andrea. The Everyday Writer. 4

ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins. 2010. Print.

Adjectives, Spring 2011. Rev. Fall 2014.

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