Adjective and Adverb Quiz Review

Identify the adjective in the following sentence.

In 1985, approximately 3,000 white whales chased a group of fish into a narrow place near the Bering Sea.

• white

• group

• near

• None

Identify the adjective in the following sentence.

That idea proved to be a lifesaver for the whales, who began to follow the ship.

• That

• lifesaver

• who

• None

Identify the adjective in the following sentence.

Finally, a scientist, who knew that whales were musical animals, decided to play music over loudspeakers.

• Finally

• play

• over

• None

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word in the sentence.

Chichen Itza is a Mayan temple center located in southern Mexico.

• article

• proper noun

• common noun

• proper adjective

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word in the sentence.

The magnificent Mayan structures are scattered throughout the Yucatan.

• article

• proper noun

• common noun

• proper adjective

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word in the sentence.

This culture, an advanced one, disappeared sometime during the tenth century.

• article

• proper noun

• common noun

• proper adjective

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word in the sentence.

This year, Benito decided to play soccer.

• adjective

• pronoun

• noun

• none of the above

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word in the sentence.

He feels good about this.

• adjective

• pronoun

• noun

• none of the above

Identify the adverb in the sentence.

Their walk cools them down completely.

• Their

• cools

• completely

• None

Identify the part of speech of the word modified by the underlined adverb.

The new movie impressed me greatly.

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

• none