Middle School Adjectives

Adjectives are used to _____________ nouns and pronouns.

• modify

• activate

• predict

• announce

Adjectives define and give characteristics to nouns and pronouns.

• True

• False

Adjectives modify only verbs and other adjectives.

• True

• False

Adjectives only modify nouns or pronouns.

• True

• False

Nouns, which are modified by adjectives, are:

• person, place, thing, idea

• person, place, thing

• person, place, thing, chracters

• person, place, thing, thoughts

Identify the nouns in this sentence: Before Scarlet could get to the path, she had to get a map first.

• Scarlet, path, map

• Scarlet, get, had

• Scarlet, get, first

• Scarlet, path, her

What is(are) the adjective(s)? The administrator asked the teachers if they would like to have a yearly planner or a monthly planner?

• yearly, monthly

• asked, like to have

• teachers, yearly

• asked, would, monthly

Select all of the adjectives: Mr. Gordon spoke to the unruly students about how few of them completed their assignments.

• Mr. Gordon

• spoke

• unruly

• few

• assignments

Select all of the adjectives: The early game starts at 5:30 p.m. but the late game does not start until 7:45 p.m.

• game

• early

• starts

• late

• start

The adjective "this" indicates something that is close to you.

• True

• False