Adjectives

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the significance of adjectives in language?

• They help us describe nouns and pronouns, making our language more specific and interesting.

• They are used only to name people, places, or things.

• They are always placed after the noun they describe.

• They are used only in questions.

Open Ended

In what ways do adjectives provide information about nouns?

What words to adjectives describe?

Adjectives can describe nouns or pronouns.

1. Our neighbors have a smart dog.

2. That dog is smart.

3. It is smart.

4. The neighbor's little dog is courageous.

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the sentence below:

My family and I saw a good movie on Saturday.

• family

• movie

• Saturday

• good

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the sentence below?

One of the characters was a green monster.

• green

• characters

• one

• monster

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the sentence below?

He was friendly.

• He

• was

• friendly

• ?

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun or pronoun that the adjective describes in the sentence below.

Another main character was a donkey.

• another

• character

• was

• donkey

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun or pronoun that the adjective describes in the sentence below.

The man loved his clever animal.

• clever

• animal

• man

• his

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun or pronoun that the adjective describes in the sentence below.

The donkey talked and told jokes that were silly.

• donkey

• talked

• jokes

• silly

Multiple Choice

Select all the adjectives from the following list that describe how something looks: colorful, hot, quiet, rotten, sweet.

• colorful

• hot

• quiet

• rotten

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains an adjective that describes how something feels?

• The soup Dad made tastes delicious.

• The campfire smells smoky.

• My sleeping bag feels cozy.

• The moon looks sparkling.

Open Ended

Write your own sentence about camping. Use two adjectives from the list below.

cozy, soft, smoky, full, delicious, sparkling.

Open Ended

How do adjectives help us better understand nouns in sentences?

Multiple Choice

What are the three main types of information that adjectives provide about a noun?

• What kind, How many, Which one

• Where, When, Why

• Who, What, Where

• How, Why, When