See if you can improve these sentences by adding an adjective
before the noun in the sentence. The line shows where an adjective
should be.
The _______ alien got down from his ______ spaceship
eagerly. The ________ alien looked around but could not see
anything. The ship had created a _________ dust cloud on the
ground as it landed and this was now making visibility difficult.
Slowly the _________ dust settled and he began to see where
he was. Hundreds of _______, _______ trees appeared
slowly and it soon became clear he was near a _________
forest. As he was green too he felt at home.
He began to walk through the ________ trees and smell
the ________, _________ air. He felt glad to be alive.
Surely this, the most _________ planet he had ever visited.
After a few minutes he came to a ________, _______ lake
where he looked at his _________ reflection in the
_________ water. He had never seen himself before. He
jumped back, frightened.
“Who was this stranger?” he thought to himself. He felt
some of the _________ water in his hand. It felt strange to
the touch. This was nothing like he was used to back home on
planet Zarg.
Change the boring
verbs (in red)
and ordinary
adjectives (in blue)
1.
Paul was sad ( _______ ) when the football burst.
2.
Bill felt mad ( _______ ) with his little ( _______ ) sister.
3.
Ann went ( _______ ) into the big, dark ( _______,
_______ ) cave.
4.
She has a nice ( _______ ) face and nice ( _______ ) hair.
5.
We saw ( ________ ) the old ( ______ ) bus go up the big
( ________ ) hill.
6.
The thief took ( _______ ) a new watch, and then ran
( ________ ) away.
7.
She saw a scared ( ________) kitten holding ( ________ )
on to the branch and went ( ________) to rescue it.
8.
When the vampire got up ( ________ ) from the coffin, Jim
was scared ( _________) He got a stake and tried to hit
( _________ ) him.