Dresden houses some of the greatest art treasures in the world. For centuries, Saxon electors collected art from around the globe and brought them to Dresden. Many of the pieces survived World War 2 bombings. Today, the public can view delicate Oriental porcelain, sensitive paintings by great artists, and treasures in the Green Vault made of precious metals and jewels by European artisans such as diamond boot buckles and jeweled shirt buttons. The value of these treasures is virtually impossible to estimate as many are priceless.

1. EXERCISE: Identifying Adjectives
Copy each underlined noun or
pronoun in the following paragraph
and write all of the adjectives, if any,
that modify it.
Example: Collections of great art
treasures have been preserved in
many places around the world.

2. Places—many
Dresden, an East German (1) city, houses some of the
greatest art (2) treasures in the world. From the sixteenth (3)
century to the eighteenth century, the Saxon (4) electors
collected art from the four (5) corners of the globe and brought
them to his (6) location. Though the Saxon (7) reign was short-
lived, the treasures have not been; most (8) pieces even survived
the Allied (9) bombing during World War II. Today, the public can
view delicate Oriental (10) porcelain and sensitive, moving (11)
paintings of great (12) artists. The Green Vault holds precious
(13) metals and jewels, the work of the best European (14)
artisans. One display contains shining diamond boot (15) buckles
and jeweled shirt (16) buttons. To estimate the (17) value of
these (18) treasures would prove virtually impossible; (19) many
are priceless. For example, at one auction, eight Meissen china
(20) pieces sold for $313,720.