Parts of Speech Quiz

What is an adjective?

• A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

• A word that takes the place of a noun.

• A word that tells what a noun is doing.

• A person, place, thing, or idea.

There are four demonstrative adjectives. What are they?

• Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and Thor

• Who, What, When, Where

• A, An, The

• This, That, These, Those

What do interrogative adjectives do?

• They tell which one.

• They tell how many.

• They knit you new socks when your feet are cold.

• They ask questions about nouns.

Which boxes did you put in the van?

• Interrogative Adjective

• Descriptive adjective

• Demonstrative Adjective

• Distributive adjective

Choose the type of adjective of the underlined word. The car reduced its speed on the slippery road.

• possessive adjective

• descriptive adjective

• proper adjective

• distributive adjective

Those people are waiting for the doctor.

• Demonstrative Adjective

• Descriptive Adjective

• Possessive Adjective

• Interrogative Adjective

I saw three men break into the bank.

• Demonstrative Adjective

• Descriptive Adjective

• Distributive Adjective

• Quantitative Adjective

That seat is very uncomfortable.

• Quantitative Adjective

• Proper Adjective

• Demonstrative adjective

• Descriptive Adjective

In this sentence identify the adjective: My cake should have sixteen candles.

• cake

• candles

• sixteen

• have

The _____ beggar ate _____ bowls of rice.

• hunger, two

• dirty, all

• hungry, three

• hungered, many