Adjectives

Descriptive
Possessive
Proper

​Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.

Possessive Adjectives

​These adjectives show ownership or possession.

Example: my, your, our, his, her, its, their.

This your book.
This is my shirt.

Note: Possessive pronouns are hers, his, mine ,theirs, ours, yours, its

Multiple Choice

Select the possessive noun in each sentence.

Our car is ancient.

• car

• ancient

• our car

• our

Multiple Choice

I want to borrow his book.

• want

• his

• book

• I

Multiple Choice

He wanted some of my jam.

• my

• he

• jam

• some

Multiple Choice

Their house is made of bamboo.

• house

• bamboo

• Their

• house

He is an intelligent person. 'Intelligent' describes the pronoun, he.

• Describe a pronoun

A beautiful girl. 'Beautiful' describes the Noun,girl.

• Describes a noun

Descriptive Adjectives

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

He is a handsome boy.

• he

• handsome boy

• boy

• handsome

Multiple Choice

That is a sporty car.

• sporty

• that

• is

• car

Multiple Choice

We live in a big, white house.

• house

• big

• big, white

• white

Multiple Choice

The energetic girl joined the team.

• joined

• energetic

• girl

• team

Multiple Choice

He is a cautious driver.

• is

• driver

• He

• cautious

Multiple Select

The brilliant boy gave an inspirational speech.

• brilliant

• boy, speech

• inspirational

• brilliant, inspirational

Multiple Choice

The dry season has caused many bush fires.

• season

• The dry

• dry, bush

• caused

Proper Adjectives

A proper adjective is derived from a proper noun . For example: Chinese man, English teacher, Italian food.

1. They like British cars.
2. I watch American football.

Multiple Choice

The names of many St. Lucian places have a unique history.

• St .Lucian

• unique

• names

• history

Multiple Choice

The German leaders are very strict.

• leaders

• strict

• The German leaders

• German

Multiple Choice

Trinidadian people are very hospitable.

• hospitable

• Trinidadian

• people

• Trinidadian people

Open Ended

Write a short paragraph using descriptive, possessive and proper adjectives. Ensure that you punctuate correctly.