Identifying Adjectives

What is the adjective in the following sentence:

This was untrue.

• This

• was

• untrue

What are the adjectives in the following sentence:

He lashed the horses unmercifully with his long whip, and with wild cries of encouragement urged them on to further exertions.

• lashed, urged

• long, wild

• unmercifully, wild, further

What are the adjectives in the following sentence:

She was only extemporizing but a stirring warmth flowed from her as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.

• She, stirring,heart

• stirring, breathless, thrilling

• extemporizing, warmth

What are the adjectives in the following sentence:

Miss Baker and I exchanged a short glance consciously devoid of meaning.

• Miss Baker, I

• short, devoid

• exchanged, consciously

What are the adjectives in the following sentence:

A subdued impassioned murmur was audible in the room beyond and Miss Baker leaned forward, unashamed, trying to hear.

• subdued, murmur, unashamed

• impassioned, forward, trying

• subdued, impassioned, audible, unashamed

What are the adjectives in the following sentence:

I saw that turbulent emotions possessed her, so I asked what I thought would be some sedative questions about her little girl.

• emotions, possessed,

• sedative, thought, girl

• turbulent, sedative, little

What are the adjectives in the following sentence:

The crazy coach rocked on its great leather springs, and swayed like a boat tossed on a stormy sea.

• crazy, great, stormy

• coach, leather, boat

• rocked, swayed, tossed

What are the adjectives in the following sentence:

He was a very active lad, fair-haired, freckled, with a touch of the Dane or Norwegian about him.

• Dane or Norwegian, lad

• He, him

• active,fair-haired, freckled

What are the adjectives in the following sentence:

Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom’s, and she laughed with thrilling scorn.

• eyes, Tom, she

• defiant, thrilling

• flashed, laughed

What is the adjective in the following sentence:

The crimson room bloomed with light.

• Inside

• crimson

• bloomed