Question

adjectives
2f an adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun.
to modify a word means to describe the word or to make its meaning more definite. an adjective modifies a word by telling what kind, which one, or how much or how many.

what kind?	curly hair, narrow path, fresh fruit, heavy rain
how much? or how many?	twelve birds, much help, less time, some marbles

note some authorities prefer to call possessive forms of pronouns (such as my, his, and their) and demonstrative pronouns (such as this and these) adjectives. follow your teachers instructions.
an adjective may come before or after the word it modifies.
examples many sailboats gathered at the harbor entrance.
michael sounded cheerful and enthusiastic on the telephone.
the most frequently used adjectives are a, an, and the. these adjectives are articles. a is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound. an is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound. the indicates that a noun refers to someone or something in particular.
examples how is a frog different from a toad?
an artist displayed an example of her work.
the coat on the chair is mine.
exercise 9 identifying adjectives and the words they modify
underline the adjectives in the following sentences, and draw an arrow to the word each adjective modifies. do not include a, an, and the.
ex. 1. sharks are one of the oldest animals on this planet.

1. some of the biggest and fiercest fish on earth are sharks.

Explanation:

First, identify adjectives (excluding a, an, the) that describe nouns/pronouns, then link each to the word it modifies.

1. "Biggest" describes the type of fish, "fiercest" also describes the type of fish.

Answer:

• Underline biggest, draw an arrow to fish
• Underline fiercest, draw an arrow to fish