Objectives:

1. Identify figures of speech

used in sentences

2. Identify adjectives

3. Identify kinds of adjectives

4. Identify different functions

of noun

Test A. Identify

figures of speech

used in the

following

sentences.

1. The sad waters of the icy wasteland

streamed through barren

landscape.

2. She was

fairly certain

that life was a

fashion show.

3. The

handshake felt

like warm

laundry.

4. When the tree

branch broke,

Miley fell from

the limb like a

robin’s egg.

5. His squeaky

shoes told his

parents he was

leaving.

6. His cotton

candy words

did not appeal

to her taste.

TEST B. Identify the nouns used as adjectives in

each of the following

sentences.

1. We painted the wood shutters a bright red.

2. We have several Russian friends now.

3. We drove Vicki's car to the movies.

4. They planted a beautiful flower garden in the park.

5. Don't take up too much of the members' time.

TEST B.1. Identify the pronouns used

as adjectives in each of the following

sentences.

1. Which toy will the child

choose?

2. This chair is too big for

the room.

3. Most people would

not like mustard with

fries.

4. The general directed his men in battle.

5. These books must be returned to the library today.

TEST B.2. Identify the adjectives and their kind in each of the following sentences. Do not include the articles.

1. The flat desert

stretched before him.

2. The sleek gray horse galloped

across the pasture.

3. Every qualified person can enter the contest.

4. She looked sick to me.

5. Great flocks of large birds migrate here in the spring.

TEST C. Identify the function of the

underlined nouns.

1. Our groomer gave the dog a

bath.

2. Your cousins named their

daughter Rainbow!

3. The child finally swallowed the sour-tasting medication.

4. The mother warned her children

not to go into the woods.

5. John Smith, the colonial captain,

founded Jamestown in 1607.