Interactive Guide Grade 6

Language of God, Level E

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(Lesson from Unit I—Parts of Speech)

Even More Adjectives

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Adjectives are often placed next to the nouns they modify, but they can be found anywhere in a sentence. No matter where it is located, a word is an adjective if it describes a noun.

' Your fudge brownies were delicious .' In this sentence, the adjectives 'Your,' 'fudge,' and 'delicious' all modify the noun 'brownies.'

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Circle all the adjectives in the following sentences, including articles and possessive adjectives.

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1. On Saturday of Holy Week, my family has a special tradition. We paint eggs!

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2. First, we boil the eggs for three minutes in a saucepan on the stove.

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3. Next, after the eggs have cooled, we place them on a layer of newspapers on the table.

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4. Using tongs, we dip the eggs in colored water of different shades: red, blue, yellow, green, purple, and orange.

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5. Sometimes we dip the egg in two colors: one color for the top and one for the bottom.

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6. We also draw pictures on the eggs using crayons.

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7. My favorite egg this year had a blue cross on the top and yellow dye on the bottom.

8. My brother Jason made an egg with a rabbit on the front in brown , and red dye on the back.

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9. My sister Sheila made her egg with a daisy on top and green dye on the bottom.

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10. On Sunday, we like to eat our decorated eggs for breakfast.

11. Our masterpieces don’t last very long, but they are fun to make!

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