Other Words Used as Adjectives

Which two pronouns are used as adjectives in the following sentence: Why do your fingerprints leave their marks on objects?

• your

• leave

• their

• marks

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which noun and pronoun are used as adjectives in the following sentence: The fingers have skin ridges on their surface.

• fingers

• skin

• ridges

• their

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which noun and pronoun are used as adjectives in the following sentence: These ridges are coated with both sweat and body oil.

• ridges

• coated

• These

• body

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which two words are being modified (described) in the following sentence: When a criminal touches a surface with his fingers, these ridges leave an impression.

• fingers

• ridges

• these

• criminal

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

Which two words are being modified (described) in the following sentence: These impressions are often not visible to the human eye.

• These

• visible

• impressions

• eye

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

Which noun and pronoun are used as adjectives in the following sentence: But detectives in a crime investigation use special chemicals to reveal those fingerprints.

• detectives

• crime

• chemicals

• those

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which noun and pronoun are used as adjectives in the following sentence: Police can also reveal these clues by using laser light.

• these

• also

• light

• laser

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which two words are being modified (described) in the following sentence: The first criminal convicted on fingerprint evidence was Alfred Stratton.

• first

• criminal

• fingerprint

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

Which pronoun and two nouns are used as adjectives in the following sentence: He left his fingerprint on a cash box at the crime scene.

• He

• his

• cash

• crime

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which three words are being modified (described) in the following sentence: Many criminals do not make this mistake anymore, because they wear latex gloves.

• criminals

• mistake

• latex

• gloves

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A