Adjectives VL

Adjectives are used to describe,

• verbs

• nouns

• adverbs

Remember that a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Which word in the following sentence is the noun? The dog slept.

• slept

• the

• dog

Which word in the following sentence is the noun? I like pumpkins.

• pumpkins

• I

• like

Adjectives are words that are used to help describe or give description to people, places and things.

• True

• False

Which word is the adjective in the sentence? The mother is nice.

• mother

• nice

• is

• the

Which 2 words are adjectives in the following sentence? The hairy black cat walked across the street.

• the street

• hairy black

• the cat

• walked across

• cat walked

When using an English dictionary. What is the abbreviation (short for) adjective ?

• n

• adj

• vtr

• vi

When using an Italian dictionary. What is the abbreviation (short for) adjective?

• vtr

• nf

• agg

• vi

sweet = sugary taste

• dolce

• secco

• piccante

• salato

bitter

• succoso

• unto

• amaro

• secco