Groups of nouns like the following may be made, and the pupils may be
required to mention as many qualities as possible belonging to each of the
things named:--

chalk
ice
brooks
clouds
water
snow
ocean
music

Pupils may mention animals properly described by the following
adjectives:--

timid
fleet
cunning
ferocious
gentle
graceful
sagacious
venomous

Careless persons and those that have a meager list of adjectives at command
overwork and abuse such words as--

_nice, awful, horrid, splendid, elegant, lovely_.