Adjectives that tell "What Kind"
Proper Adjectives
What is the linking verb?
100

Sea lions have ____________ flippers. 

two, three, long  

What is long?  

100

Do you like Mexican food? 

What is Mexican?  

100
The cafeteria was loud.  

What is was?

200

The whale has a ____________ brain.

small, pea-sized, huge  


What is huge?  

200

The American flag is a symbol of our democracy.  

What is American?

200

The candles on the shelf were pink.  

What is were?  

300

The leatherback sea turtle has a __________ shell.  

rubbery, diamond, striped  



What is rubbery?  

300

Bratwurst is a type of German food.  

What is German?

300

The stool was very hard.  

What is was?

400

Humpback whales sing ______________ songs.  

beautiful, popular, strange 

What is strange?  

400

He loves fortune cookies from the Chinese restaurant.  

What is Chinese? 

400

The bread was very stale.  

What is was? 

500

The blowfish is a foot long ____________ fish.  

orange, pink, red

What is pink?  

500

What is your favorite type of Italian cuisine?  

What is Italian?

500
All the closets were extremely messy.  

What is were?  

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