He waited at the corner a few minutes, hiding behind a hedge for what seemed like forever. Just as he was starting to think abou
t going home, he heard footsteps and knew it was too late. His hands, moist from worry, hung at his sides and a thread of sweat raced down his armpit. He peeked through the hedge. She was wearing a sweater with a checkerboard pattern. A red purse was slung over her shoulder. He could see her looking for him, standing on tiptoe to see if he was coming around the corner.
—“Broken Chain,”
Gary Soto
Which words are precise adjectives? Check all that apply.
hiding
moist
sweater
checkerboard
red
see
Adjectives are the words in the English grammar which are used to describe a particular noun. They tell certain properties about the noun that how is it like. The property maybe a quality or a quantity.
In the following passage, the adjectives are moist and red. Moist tells about the quality of hand that they were moist. Red is a quality of the purse telling about the color of the sweater.
