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Position
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Comparative and Superlative
Few or Little?
Phrases and Clauses
100
Tell whether each adjective comes BEFORE the noun, is a SUBJECT COMPLEMENT, or is an OBJECT COMPLEMENT: Bats are unusual and mysterious creatures.
unusual - before mysterious - before
100
Identify the adjectives in the sentence and tell whether it is DESCRIPTIVE, DEMONSTRATIVE, INTERROGATIVE, or INDEFINITE. What songs by Ella Fitzgerald do you know?
what - interrogative
100
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjective: sunny
sunnier, sunniest
100
The adjectives few, fewer, abd fewest compare ________ nouns.
count
100
True or false: A prepositional phrase can also be an adjective phrase if it modifies a noun.
TRUE
200
Tell whether each adjective comes BEFORE the noun, is a SUBJECT COMPLEMENT, or is an OBJECT COMPLEMENT: Bats are swift and furry mammals that fly.
swift - before furry - before
200
Identify the adjectives in the sentence and tell whether it is DESCRIPTIVE, DEMONSTRATIVE, INTERROGATIVE, or INDEFINITE. This question may be easy for students who study music.
this - demonstrative easy - descriptive
200
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjective: good
better, best
200
The adjectives little, less, and least compare ________ nouns.
non-count
200
Identify the ADJECTIVE PHRASE in the sentence below and the noun it modifies: Bikes from the 1800s did not look like modern bikes.
from the 1800s, modifies bikes
300
Tell whether each adjective comes BEFORE the noun, is a SUBJECT COMPLEMENT, or is an OBJECT COMPLEMENT: Bats sleep during the day and become active during the night.
active - subject complement
300
Identify the adjectives in the sentence and tell whether it is DESCRIPTIVE, DEMONSTRATIVE, INTERROGATIVE, or INDEFINITE. All fans of jazz music are familiar with the music of Ella Fitzgerald.
all - indefinite jazz - descriptive familiar - descriptive
300
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjective: delicious
more/less delicious; most/least delicious
300
There is ____________ rainfall in Utah than in Oregon.
less
300
Identify the ADJECTIVE PHRASE in the sentence below and the noun it modifies: Currently, more people in China cycle than in the rest of the world together.
in China, modifies people of the world, modifies rest
400
Tell whether each adjective comes BEFORE the noun, is a SUBJECT COMPLEMENT, or is an OBJECT COMPLEMENT: Despite some bad habits, these birdlike creatures are useful.
bad - before birdlike - before useful - subject complement
400
Identify the adjectives in the sentence and tell whether it is DESCRIPTIVE, DEMONSTRATIVE, INTERROGATIVE, or INDEFINITE. Many people called her the "First Lady of Song".
many - indefinite
400
Complete the following sentence with the correct form of the adjective given in parentheses. The (interesting) thing we did in Chicago was to visit the Sears Tower.
most interesting
400
Connecticut has __________ national parks than Nebraska does.
fewer
400
What words signify the start of an adjective clause?
who, whom, whose, that, where, when
500
Tell whether each adjective comes BEFORE the noun, is a SUBJECT COMPLEMENT, or is an OBJECT COMPLEMENT: Bats make outdoor life bearable by consuming great numbers of insects.
outdoor - before bearable - object complement great - before
500
Identify the adjectives in the sentence and tell whether it is DESCRIPTIVE, DEMONSTRATIVE, INTERROGATIVE, or INDEFINITE. In the 1920s Duke Ellington did radio broadcasts from New York with his band, and these broadcasts made him famous throughout the country.
radio - descriptive these - demonstrative famous - descriptive
500
Complete the following sentence with the correct form of the adjective given in parentheses. Do you think going to school year round is a (bad) idea than extending the school day by 2 hours?
worse
500
Lake Erie has ____________ miles of coastline than Lake Superior.
fewer
500
Identify the ADJECTIVE CLAUSE in the following sentence and whether it is restrictive or non-restrictive: The right to vote was just one of the women's rights that Elizabeth Cady Stanton promoted.
that Elizabeth Cady Stanton promoted restrictive