Definitions
Describe it
Comparisons
Few vs Little
Phrases and Clauses
100
These words points out definite persons, places, things, or ideas.
What is a descriptive adjective?
100
These are the adjectives in the following sentence: This treeless area springs to life only in the summer.
What are "this," "treeless," and "the"?
100
This degree shows a quality of a noun or pronoun.
What is positive?
100
This form of few or little best completes the following sentence: The rise in snakes means that there will be _?_ young birds next year.
What is fewer?
100
This is the definition of a phrase.
What is a group of words that doesn't contain a subject and a verb and functions as a single part of speech?
200
These words are used to ask questions.
What are interrogative adjectives?
200
These are the adjectives in the following sentence: "These carved figures of animals are abstract and strange."
What are "these," "carved," "abstract," and "strange"?
200
This degree is used to compare two items or two sets of items.
What is comparative?
200
This form of few or little best completes the following sentence: Even the _?_ effort can have significant results on saving land for these endangered species.
What is least?
200
This is the definition of a clause.
What is a group of words that does contain subject and verb and may or may not contain a complete thought?
300
These words refer to any or all of a group.
What are indefinite adjectives?
300
The adjective "fun" is this kind of adjective in the following sentence: "Actors' voices make cartoons fun."
What is an object complement?
300
This degree is used to compare three or more items or sets.
What is superlative?
300
This form of few or little best completes the following sentence: There were _?_ dimes than nickels.
What is fewer?
300
This is the adjective phrase(s) in the following sentence and what word does the phrase modify: The small tree in the plastic pots should be planted here.
What is "in plastic pots" and it modifies "tree"?
400
Adjectives can act as these which follow a linking verb or these which follow a direct object?
What is a subject complement or object complement?
400
What kind of adjective are the adjectives "cold" and "icy" in the following sentence: People consider Alaska's climate cold and icy.
What is an object complement?
400
This form of the adjective "young" would best complete the following sentence: My grandmother is several years _?_ than my grandfather.
What is younger?
400
This form of few or little best completes the following sentence: My mentor had _?_ advice to offer on this particular subject.
What is little?
400
This is the adjective clause in the following sentence and the word it modifies: That park is the place where many children gather on bicycles.
What is "where many children gather on bicycles" and it modifies "place."
500
Adjectives answer to these questions.
What is which one, what kind, what color, how many, how much, whose?
500
This is the kind of adjective that "expensive" is in the following sentence: Seeing the movies can be expensive.
What is a subject complement?
500
This form of the adjective "exciting" best completes the following sentence: When we discovered a box of old photographs in the attic, it was _?_ than opening a birthday present.
What is more exciting?
500
This form of few or little best completes the following sentence: He applied the _?_ effort, and it showed in his performance.
What is least?
500
This is the adjective clause in the following sentence and the word it modifies: We think our students, who come from many cultures, will learn a lot tonight.
What is "who come from many cultures" and students?