Adjectives & Articles
These three words are the only articles
A, an, the
Demonstrative adjectives demonstrate or _______
What is show
Adverbs modify these three parts of speech
Verbs, adjectives, adverbs
Name one possessive pronoun that is used as an adjective.
What is: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Proper adjectives begin with this type of letter
What is capital
The article "A" always comes before a word with this sound
What is consonant
Interrogative adjective interrogate or _________
What is question
When adverbs modify verbs, they answer one of these four questions
When, where, in what way, to what extent
Find the possessive adjective.
This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins.
Compound adjectives are made up of two words, either combined together or put together with this punctuation mark
What is a hyphen
Name the two adjectives in the sentence below. Name the word those adjectives are modifying.
He had a nice little breakfast in the kitchen.
What is nice, little; breakfast
Determine whether the underlined word is an adjective or pronoun. If it's an adjective, determine whether it's demonstrative or interrogative.
What else do you suppose a burglar is to do?
What is adjective, interrogative.
In the sentence below, there is one adverb. Name: the adverb, the word it's describing, and the part of speech that's being described (verb, adjective, adverb)
When he did sleep, he had very nasty dreams.
What is: very / nasty / adjective
Fill in the blank: An antecedent is a noun that __________.
What is "a pronoun stands for/takes the place of"
Name the compound adjective
Instead there was a very old-looking dwarf on the step with a white beard and a scarlet hood.
What is old-looking
In the sentence below, determine how many articles occur.
And it is a deal of a way even from the other side of them to the Lonely Mountain in the East where Smaug lies on our treasure.
What is five
Find the demonstrative adjective.
Old Smaug had lived there long enough now to find out anything there is to know about those caves.
What is those
Name the adverb in the sentence; determine which of the four questions it answers
At the southern end the doubled waters poured out again over high waterfalls and ran away hurriedly to unknown lands.
What is hurriedly (in what manner)
Find the possessive adjective, then determine the antecedent.
Thereupon the twelve dwarves jumped to their feet and made tall piles of all the things.
What is their, dwarves
Find the proper adjective and the word it's modifying.
Bilbo was sadly reflecting that adventures are not all pony-rides in May sunshine.
What is May / sunshine
Adjectives answer one of four possible questions. Name one of those questions
What kind, which one, how many, how much
Determine whether the italicized word is an adjective or a pronoun. If it's an adjective, include in your answer what word is being modified.
You used to upset things badly in these parts once upon a time.
What is adjective, parts
Name the adverb in the sentence. Determine which of the four questions it answers.
The hobbits had almost forgotten what he looked like.
What is almost (to what extent)
1. Find the possessive adjective
2. Name the noun it is modifying
3. Name the antecedent
"At yours and your family's!" replied Bilbo, remembering his manners this time.
What is his, manners, Bilbo
Name the proper adjective and the word it's modifying.
We were so happy to see Shakespearean actors on stage!