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Daily Grammar Lessons – Adjectives Lesson 9

Here is the final lesson of our lessons on adjectives. Keep following along because we have a lot more on the way. This is a great way to improve you English. As much as you need to listen and speak English, we feel that learning how to be grammatically correct will vastly improve your english and get you closer to losing your accent and speaking better English.

DAILY GRAMMAR – - – - by Mr. Johanson



Lesson 9
Parts of Speech – Adjectives

Use the article an before a word beginning with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) or a vowel sound (words beginning with a silent h as heir, hour). Words that start with eu or u that are pronounced with a long u or pronounced like "you", use the article a before them.

Examples: an egg, an hour, an orange, an idea, a house, a mouse, a river, a boy, a ukulele, a eucalyptus tree.

Instructions: Use the correct article before the following words.

1. girl



2. man



3. horse



4. apple



5. honor



6. restaurant



7. industry



8. eye



9. car



10. flower



When you are using separate nouns, be sure to use the articles (a, an, or the) before each noun. If only one thing or person is meant, do not repeat the article.

Examples: I need a secretary and a bookkeeper. ( two persons)
I need a secretary and bookkeeper. (one person)
She lost the black and white kitten. (one kitten)
She lost the black and the white kitten. (two kittens)

Instructions: Choose the correct form in these sentences.

11. Mrs. Jones is __________________.



12. Jane wanted ________________ for the committee.



13. Jack was wearing _______________ shirt.



14. Joan wants to be ________________ .



15. Jim brought ________________ .



Use this or that with kind or sort because both are singular; use these or those with kinds or sorts because both are plural.

Examples: this or that kind of stocks, these or those kinds of stocks, this or that sort of people, these or those sorts of people

Instructions: Choose the correct word (this, that, these, those) for each of the blanks in these sentences.

16. ___________ sort of computer is much better.



17. Paul bought __________ kind of car.



18. I like __________ sorts of cars better



19. ___________ kinds of problems are hard.



20. What did ____________ sorts of shoes cost?



Do not use the pronoun them for the adjectives these or those.

Correct: Give me those papers.

Correct: Give me them.

Incorrect: Give me them papers.

Instructions: Choose the correct word (these, those, them) for the blanks in the following sentences.

21. _________ questions are good ones.



22. I will show ___________ the answers.



23. Are __________ clothes on sale?



24. ________ actors and singers at Old Tucson were good.



We enjoyed _________ very much.








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May 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Daily Grammar, Daily Grammar Lessons, Grammar

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