ADJECTIVES describe nouns

What do adjectives modify (describe)?

• verbs

• adverbs

• nouns

• adjectives

What word does the underlined word describe?

Japanese scientists are creating a crablike robot to work underwater.

• scientists

• crablike

• robot

• work

What word does the underlined word describe?

This robot can take a great deal of underwater pressure.

• robot

• deal

• underwater

• pressure

What word does the underlined word describe?

Robots are important to space exploration.

• Robots

• important

• exploration

• are

What word does the underlined word describe?

American spacecraft landed robots on Mars in 1977.

• spacecraft

• landed

• Mars

• 1977

What word does the underlined word describe?

These robots tested Martian soil and atmosphere.

• robots

• tested

• soil and atmosphere

• these

What word does the underlined word describe?

The Soviet Union used robots in 1978 to take the first pictures of the surface of Venus.

• Soviet Union

• robot

• pictures

• surface

How many adjectives are in the following sentence? (Do NOT include the articles "a, an, the.")

The pictures showed rust-colored rocks and an orange sky.

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How many adjectives are in the following sentence? Do not include the articles "A," "an," and "the."

Many androids or humanoids are run by remote control.

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How many adjectives are in the following sentence? Do not include the articles "A," "an," and "the."

Large companies often use these robots to deliver American mail.

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