CHAPTER 6, USING ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS CORRECTLY Page 61

  • EXERCISE
    6A. Practice working with adjectives. Rewrite the following sentences to
            correct problems with adjectives, as necessary. In some cases, you may
            also have to use different articles and to add or remove commas. If a
            sentence is correct, mark it C.

    1. We traveled to a city old and beautiful where a sense of history
        filled the lovely streets and dark.
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________

    2. The governor promised to introduce several crimes bills during
        the next session of the legislature.
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________

    3. They spotted three apples trees as they drove along the road and
        decided to pick several ripes fruit to eat later that day.
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________

    4. The circular, small auditorium where a Spanish modern drama
        was to be performed had been part of a tile-roofed, old, brick
        church.
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________


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