Identifying Adjectives
Sentence: The small dog barked at the mailman.
Question: Which word describes the dog?
What is small?
The tall giraffe reached the leaves at the top of the tree.
Question: Which word does tall describe?
What is giraffe?
______ people possess the amazing ability to sing.
(many, positive)
What is many?
A penguin waddled across the icy ground.
Question: Is the underlined word an article or a possessive?
What is an article?
Sentence: We tried some Italian pasta for dinner.
Question: Which word is a proper adjective?
Answer: What is Italian?
Sentence: She wore a shiny bracelet to the party.
Question: Which word tells what kind of bracelet she wore?
What is shiny?
Many curious children explored the science museum.
Question: Which word does curious describe?
What is children?
I found the _______ lightbulb and put it in my kitchen.
(bright, superlative)
The penguin’s feathers keep it warm in the freezing temperatures.
Question: Is the underlined word an article or a possessive?
What is possessive?
Sentence: She wore a beautiful Japanese kimono.
Question: Which word is a proper adjective?
Answer: What is Japanese?
Sentence: A loud storm woke the tired campers during the night.
Question: Name all off the adjectives that describe people or things in this sentence.
What are a, loud, the, and tired.
The fragrant flowers in the garden attracted butterflies.
Question: Which word does fragrant describe?
What are flowers?
Some desert plants survive in ________ conditions than others. (dry, comparative)
What is drier?
The students read a fascinating book about the rainforest, and then they discussed the in small groups.
Question: Is the underlined word an article or a possessive?
What is an article?
Sentence: The students read a book about Shakespearean plays.
Question: Which word is a proper adjective?
Answer: What is Shakespearean?
Sentence: “Manufacturers also produce imitation pearls, which are often coated beads.”
Question: Which word describes “pearls”?
What is imitation?
The hikers returned home exhausted after the long trek.
Question: Which word does exhausted describe?
Who are hikers?
Some snakes are ________ than frogs. (dangerous, comparative)
What is more dangerous?
Each chick followed its mother carefully across the ice.
Question: Is the underlined word an article or a possessive?
What is possessive?
Sentence: He enjoys Victorian architecture when he visits old cities.
Question: Which word is a proper adjective?
Answer: What is Victorian?
Sentence: Several brave firefighters rescued the frightened kitten.
Question: What words describe the firefighters and the kitten? (you need them all)
What are several, brave, the, and frightened?
The old house at the end of the street appeared abandoned in the moonlight.
Question: Which word does abandoned describe?
What is house?
The second runner finished the race ________ than the first. (good, comparative)
What is better?
Sentence: The keys on the counter aren’t ours; they’re the teachers’.
Question: What kind of adjective is the underlined word? (Hint: its two words)
What is an independent possessive?
Sentence: The scientist studied Darwinian theory for his research project.
Question: Which word is a proper adjective?
Answer: What is Darwinian?