Learning about noun groups
1. Good writers use scary words when they want to frighten their readers.
They often combine adjectives and nouns to make noun groups. Which are
the nouns and which are the adjectives in these scary noun groups?
NOUN GROUP
NOUN?
ADJECTIVES?
a strange low sound
the eerie sound
the high-pitched wailing
the low, shivery, quivery
moan
the dreadful, spinetingly wails
the low, dirge-like sound
2. You see a face in the dark. Create three noun groups to describe it so it’s
really scary. You might find a picture to help you.
NOUN
ADJECTIVES
NOUN GROUP
Worksheet 4
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FEBRUARY 2012