Curated OER
Where's The Adjective? Which One?
In this adjective instructional activity, students underline adjectives that tell "which one" in a set of 10 sentences. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
Curated OER
Attributive and Predicative Adjectives
For this attributive and predicative adjective worksheet, students identify adjectives that can be used as an attributive and a predicative adjective. Students also identify the adjectives which have the same meaning when used...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Concise Language: Unnecessay Modifiers
This slideshow lesson focuses on identifying unnecessary modifiers and removing them from your writing. Rule of thumb: if the adjective does not tell the reader something the noun absolutely cannot, eliminate it. It provides student...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Nouns
This page focuses on nouns including definitions, types of nouns (person, place, thing/idea), common vs proper nouns, types of common nouns (concrete, abstract, collective), nouns as subjects, nouns as objects, nouns as subjective and...
University College London
University College London: Noun or Adjective?
Determine whether bold word is a noun or an adjective. Answers explained. Site by University College London.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Do Adjectives Modify?
This blog article explains that adjectives modify nouns and provides examples. It also discusses predicate adjectives.
Other
Critical Reading: The Noun Phrase
Part of a larger site on "The Fundamentals of Critical Reading and Effective Writing," this section on the noun phrase discusses pre-modifiers, post-modifiers, pronouns, construction of phrases, and more.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercise in Compound Nouns and Modifiers
An interactive exercise consisting of a paragraph with forty uses of compound nouns and modifiers. Students decide if each compound is written correctly or incorrectly.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Possessive Forms
As you learn possessive forms, you will also learn about gerunds, present participles, compound nouns and more. This is a very complete resource tool for this subject.
Other
Adverbs That Modify Adjectives
This tutorial shows how adverbs modify adjectives and other adverbs. It also has a 10-question printout quiz.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Articles, Determiners and Quantifiers
Have you ever wondered about the purpose of such small words as a, this, the and the like? These words are articles, determiners and quantifiers that precede and modify nouns.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Writing Concise Sentences
Why write five paragraphs when you can say what you want to say in two? Learn how to make the most of your words and sentences to get your point across without being too wordy.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Prepositional Phrase
Defines and provides examples of seven different types of phrases. The following types of phrases are included: absolute, appositive, gerund, infinitive, noun, participial, and prepositional. L.9-10.1b Phrases/Clauses
Other
Exploring English: Hyphen Rules
This site contains a brief outline of the uses of the hyphen and provides examples.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: 100 1000 (Part 1)
Practice spelling the Spanish numbers 100-1000. Transform the numerals to numbers that you place in front of the names of different zoo animals. Great practice with changing the endings on hundreds and the number one to match the nouns...
Other
Using English: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
A comprehensive A-Z index of grammar terms with explanations and examples. Each entry provides links to activities and other resources available on the site for more practice on that aspect of grammar. Suggested activities are often...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ordering Adjectives From General to Specific
Adjectives modify nouns. In using more than one adjective to describe a noun, we need to make sure they are in the correct order-from general to specific. [0:40]
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Cardinal Numbers: 1 10
This site is a lesson on the cardinal numbers 1-10 with an explanation of how to change the number one to match the nouns it modifies. A quiz follows the lesson to test the student's comprehension of these cardinal numbers.
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Cardinal Numbers: 31 1000
This site is a lesson on the cardinal numbers 31-1000 with an explanation of how to change the hundreds to match the nouns they modify.A quiz follows the lesson to test the student's comprehension of these cardinal numbers.
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Ordinal Numbers
This online lesson is on the use of the ordinal numbers 1st through 10th with an explanation of how they change to match the nouns they modify. A quiz follows the lesson to test the student's comprehension of ordinal numbers.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Gerund Phrase
This grammar tutorial for understanding the gerund phrase demonstrates how to use gerund phrases properly in sentences.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Are Adjectives?
This blog article explains what adjectives are, what they can do in sentences, and provides examples of each.