Polly Bemis: A Chinese American Pioneer

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LANGUAGE - PARTS OF SPEECH - ADJECTIVES

In this paragraph from the story, Polly Bemis: A Chinese American Pioneer, underline the adjectives.

In September 1890, an angry man believed that Polly's friend Charlie had cheated him in a gambling game. He got a pistol and shot Charlie in the face, missing his eye but shattering his cheekbone. A doctor who came many miles from Grangeville could not help Charlie. Most people thought he would die, but not Polly. She nursed him back to health.

Write the adjectives on the lines below
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Use 3 of the above adjectives in 3 sentences that you make up.
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