Journeys Grammar Test Adjectives

Which ADJECTIVE describes the noun soil in the sentence below?
The skilled gardeners planted the prickly evergreen bush in sandy soil.

• skilled
• prickly
• evergreen
• sandy

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Which ADJECTIVE describes the noun music in the sentence below?
The noisy brass band played interesting music for four hours.

• noisy
• brass
• interesting
• four

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Which NOUN does the adjective heavy describe in the sentence below?
The cowboy bought a heavy coat for winter at the mountain lodge.

• cowboy
• coat
• winter
• lodge

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which NOUN does the adjective two describe in the sentence below?
Melanie lost two books while she was working on her history report.

• Melanie
• books
• history
• report

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

What change should be made in the sentence below?
Juan was wearing his black new pants and his best white shirt for the annual jazz band concert.

• Change black new to new black
• Change best white to white best
• Change annual jazz to jazz annual
• Change jazz band to band jazz

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CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

What change should be made in the sentence below?
Tanya carried a big yellow umbrella and small three shopping bags as she walked down the busy city sidewalk.

• Change big yellow to yellow big
• Change small three to three small
• Change three shopping to shopping three
• Change busy city to city busy

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CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

What change should be made in the sentence below?

I read an exciting true story about two brave survivors of a sea dangerous voyage to a remote tropical island.

• Change exciting true to true exciting

• Change two brave to brave two

• Change sea dangerous to dangerous sea

• Change remote tropical to tropical remote

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CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

What is the BEST way to combine the sentences below?
Mom made a pie. It was delicious. It was made of pumpkin. She made it in a pie pan. The pan was large. It was made of glass.

• Mom made a pumpkin delicious pie in a large glass pie pan.
• Mom made a pumpkin delicious pie in a large pie glass pan.
• Mom made a delicious pumpkin pie in a glass large pie pan.
• Mom made a delicious pumpkin pie in a large glass pie pan. 

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

What is the BEST way to combine the sentences below?
We went on a camping trip. It was long. I wore jeans. They were blue and old. I wore wool socks. They were warm.

• On our camping long trip, I wore old blue jeans and wool warm socks.
• On our camping long trip, I wore blue old jeans and warm wool socks.
• On our long camping trip, I wore old blue jeans and warm wool socks.
• On our long camping trip, I wore blue old jeans and wool warm socks.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

What is the BEST way to combine the sentences below?
The last vacation Mr. Gonzalez took was in the summer. He rode a train. The train was old. It was powered by steam. It went across a bridge. The bridge was sturdy. It was made of iron.

• On his last summer vacation, Mr. Gonzalez rode an old steam train across a sturdy iron bridge.
• On his last summer vacation, Mr. Gonzalez rode a steam old train across an iron sturdy bridge.
• On his summer last vacation, Mr. Gonzalez rode an old steam train across an iron sturdy bridge.
• On his summer last vacation, Mr. Gonzalez rode an old steam train across a sturdy iron bridge.

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CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A