quiz 17, Unit 14, pp. 172-179 Flashcards
What are the questions that adjectives answer?
what kind, which one, how many, how much, whose
What two parts of speech do adjectives modify?
nouns, pronouns
What sentence part follows a linking verb and describes the subject?
predicate adjective
Noun, Pronoun, or Adjective:
About 1440, a GERMAN man named JOHANN GUTENBERG invented the movable type PRINTING press.
German - adj.
J. Gutenberg - n.
printing - adj.
Noun, Pronoun, or Adjective:
HIS method of PRINTING made books less expensive and faster to produce.
his - adj.
printing - n.
Noun, Pronoun, or Adjective:
SOME of the RENAISSANCE ITALIANS did not like the new invention.
some - pro.
ren. - adj.
Italians - n.
Noun, Pronoun, or Adjective:
These ITALIAN scholars preferred their HANDWRITTEN manuscripts to books.
Italian - adj.
hand. - adj.
Noun, Pronoun, or Adjective:
However, many GERMANS welcomed the new invention, realizing that IT would allow COMMON people to purchase books.
Germans - n.
It - pro.
common - adj.
Noun, Pronoun, or Adjective:
GUTENBERG’S invention changed the course of WORLD history.
Guten - adj.
world - adj.
