Adjectives
Adjectives answer these questions.
What is 'What kind' and 'How many'?
Articles are special adjectives that include__________
What are a, an, the?
Adverbs describe _________ and answer the question _____, ________, or ________. They often end in -____.
What is verbs, how, when or where and -ly?
When you compare 2 things using -er and -est, it is called_______.
What is comparative?
Use the correct form of the word in parenthesis.
The railroad brought near and far together ______ than ever before. (well)
What is better?
An adjective is a word that describes a _____________.
What is a noun?
Demonstratives are pronouns that can be used as adjectives and answer the question which one? These include_____________
What are this, that, these, and those?
These are common negative adverbs.
What are not, never, nowhere, and rarely?
When you compare more than 2 things using more, most, less, and least it is called __________/
What is superlative?
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
(Good, Well) weather in the Arctic inland reaches highs of 70 degrees F to 100 degrees F.
What is Good?
State the adjective and the noun it describes in the following sentence:
Thunderstorms are small compared to hurricanes.
What is small and describes thunderstorms?
This is an adjective that is formed from a proper noun and is always capitalized.
What is a proper adjective?
This shows time, place, position.
What is a prepostion?
Use the correct comparative or superlative form of the word in parenthesis to complete the sentence.
Today's trains are definitely (reliable) than those of the past.
What is more reliable?
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
People can be injured (bad,badly) by an avalanche.
What is badly?
State the adjective and the noun it describes in the following sentence:
Underneath clouds, dry air absorbs rain.
What are dry and describes air?
In the following sentence, state all the adjectives, including articles, demonstratives, and proper adjectives. State the noun it describes.
That hurricane caused this tornado.
What are that hurricane and this tornado?
Tell whether the word in italics is a preposition or adverb.
He continued successfully to connect railroads together until they reached Chicago.
What is adverb?
Use the correct comparative or superlative form of the word in parenthesis to complete the sentence.
They are among the (safe) forms of transportation available.
What is safest?
Use the correct form of the word in parenthesis to complete the sentence.
The railroad was the _________ transportation available in its time. (good)
What is best?
Hailstones can weigh over sixteen ounces.
What are sixteen and describes ounces?
In the following sentence, state all the adjectives, including articles, demonstratives, and proper adjectives. Name the noun it describes.
Those towns have warning sirens.
What are those towns and warning sirens?
Tell whether the word in italics is a preposition or adverb.
At age sixteen he launched his career by starting a ferry service between Staten Island and New York City.
What is a preposition?
State the correct comparative or superlative form of the word in parenthesis to complete the sentence.
If you want to arrive quickly, taking a train is one of the (rapid) ways to travel.
What is most rapid?
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
The ice fisherman did not feel (good, well) after being on the ice for several hours.
What is well?