Adjectives

What is an adjective?

• a word that describes a noun or pronoun

• an action

• person, place, or thing

• an adverb

What is the adjective in this sentence? The green monster ran upstairs

• monster

• green

• ran

• upstairs

What is the adjective in the sentence? The shallow water rose quickly.

• rose

• shallow

• quickly

• The

What is a comparative adjective?

• Compares two things

• Compares more than two things

What is the comparative adjective in this sentence? The apple is larger than that apple

• The

• apple

• larger

• is

What is the comparative adjective in this sentence? He ran faster than his brother.

• He

• ran

• brother

• faster

What is a superlative adjective?

• Compares one thing

• Compares only two things

• Compares three or more things

What is the superlative adjective in this sentence? The box of cereal is the cheapest one in the store.

• box

• store

• cheapest

• in

What is the superlative adjective in this sentence? That was the easiest test we took all year.

• easiest

• test

• all

• year

What is a proper adjective?

• a person. place, or thing

• made from a proper noun and is usually capitalized

• a proper noun

• none of these choices