Question

Choose the adjectives in the following sentence. In this case, do not count the articles a, an, and the. The number in the parentheses indicates how many adjectives the sentence contains.At six seconds from zero, the orbiter's three engines lit with bright red flames. (5)

Answer 1

The five adjectives in the sentence presented above are “six”, “orbiter's”, “three”, “bright”, and “red”. The explanation is the following:

“six”: The definite numeral adjective “six” modifies the noun “seconds”.

“orbiter's” and “three”: The genitive case “orbiter’s” is used as an adjective, together with the definite numeral adjective “three”, to modify the noun “engines”.

“bright” and “red”: The adjectives “bright” and “red” are used to modify the noun “flames”.