Unit 4 Adjective Study Guide

Adjective Study Guide

By Kristin Belluscio

Adjective Types on the Quiz

​You will be tested on:

• identifying the words adjectives modify

• using and capitalizing proper adjectives

• using pronouns as adjectives

• differentiating between comparative and superlative adjectives

​chocolate

sugar

stale

fresh​

What kind?

​pink

smooth

beautiful

Which one?

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​one, two, three, etc

all

several

a few

etc

How many?

​measurement

some

more

less​

How much?

Adjectives appear before nouns or after verbs that describe states of being (am, is, are, was, were).

Example: After the heavy rain, the roof was leaky.

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Multiple Choice

What are adjectives?

• Words that describe verbs.

• Words that describe nouns.

• A person, place, thing or idea.

• Words that are numbers.

Multiple Choice

Select the adjective:

The chubby baby clapped his hands and smiled.

• The

• chubby

• hands

• smiled

Multiple Choice

Select the noun the adjective describes:

The chubby baby clapped his hands and smiled.

• The

• chubby

• hands

• baby

Multiple Choice

Select the adjective:

The dark sky showed us that rain was coming.

• dark

• sky

• rain

• coming

Multiple Choice

Select the noun the adjective describes:

The dark sky showed us that rain was coming.

• dark

• sky

• rain

• coming

Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns. They usually identify people, places, languages, or groups, and they are ALWAYS capitalized.

• Ex. On my vacation in Italy, I ate only Italian food.

Multiple Choice

What is the proper adjective?

My favorite sandwich is made with American cheese.

• favorite

• American

• sandwich

Multiple Choice

What is the proper adjective?

Sue loves to eat at the Cuban sandwich shop near my house.

• my

• Cuban

• sandwich

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct proper adjective.

My grandfather fought in the _____ war.

• Korean

• Korea

Possessive Adjectives

Showing what is mine, yours, theirs, his/hers

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

• My name is David

• Your favorite color is yellow

• His computer is ugly

• Her phone number is 5537237905

• Its name is Peanut

• Our television is beautiful

• Their last name is Gonzales

Multiple Select

(I)_______ favorite country is Mexico

• Her

• My

• His

• Their

Multiple Select

(we) _______ telephone number is 5576348921

• our

• your

• her

Multiple Select

(Miriam) ______ adress is 39 street

• Its

• Her

• Their

Adjectives - Comparative and Superlative

By Sanket Jain

Multiple Choice

What comparative adjective would you add to this sentence:

Your car is __________ than mine.

• big

• biggest

• bigger

• biggerest

Multiple Choice

What comparative adjective would you add to this sentence:

The girl was running __________ than her dog.

• fastest

• fasterest

• fast

• faster

Multiple Choice

What superlative adjective would you add to this sentence:

The butterfly was the __________ to fly away.

• quick

• quickest

• quicker

• quickerest

Multiple Choice

What superlative adjective would you add to this sentence:

The orange is the __________ of the fruits.

• juiciest

• juicy

• juicier

• juice

Multiple Choice

In superlative degree, there is comparision between 3 or more nouns.

• True

• False

Poll

How do you feel about adjectives?

Make sure you practice this Quizizz often before the quiz!

• I feel happy.

• I feel sad.

• I feel exhausted.