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adjectives a beautiful little girl who was not stupid

Adjectives go before, not after nouns.

a long jo u rn e y (NOT a journey long) lo u d m usic (NOT music oud)
l
Adjectives do n ' t c h a n g e for si n g u l a r and plu r a l.
a fast car fast cars (NOT fasts cars)
Before nouns, we do n' t usually put and between adjectives.

a big bad wo lf (NOT a big and-bad -w olf)
Co l o u r adjectives usually come af t e r o t h e r s .

beautiful red apples (NOT red-beautifuf apples)

Put in the adjectives and write the story.

One day, a time ago, (long fine) ► Ovot fti/ve d ay, a loi/vy tivwz ago
a girl (beautiful little) 1
in a coat (red) 2
was walking through a forest [dark) 3
with a bag {big) 4
of apples {red wonderful) 5
to see her grandmother, {old) 6

Under a tree {tall green) 7
she saw a wolf (big bad) 8
with teeth. (white long) 9

^ Put the words in the correct order and continue the story.

'good little, girl morning', said 1 'Good

big the bad wolf. 2 .........
'going you where are 3 .........
that with bag heavy 4 .........
day this fine on?' 5 .........
'going my see to grandmother I'm old' 6 .........
girl the said little. 7 ..........
'lives small she in house a 8 .........

new the supermarket near.' 9 .........

0 Put in adjectives from the box to finish the story.

big friendly stupid little

'OK,'said the wolf in a i ........................voice.
'I'll see you later.' 'I don't think so,'said
the 2 ........................girl, who was not

3........................She took a 4........................
pistol out of her bag and shot the wolf dead.

(from an idea by James Thurber)

'I don't think so,'said the little girl.

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