Adjective Pretest

Which adjectives can you use to describe this picture?

• scared and lonely
• brave and insecure
• heroic and brave
• brave and sad

Adjectives modify or describe nouns or pronouns.

• true

• false

Which question below is NOT something an adjective can tell us?

• How many?
• Which one?
• What kind?
• Where or when?

Identify the adjectives in this sentence.
Did you find a brown wallet?

• you
• find
• brown
• wallet

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Many people prefer this brand of cereal.

• Many
• people
• brand
• cereal

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The students and teacher were sleepy.

• students

• and

• seemed

• sleepy

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The Jewish community is celebrating Hanukkah.

• Jewish
• community
• celebrating
• Hanukkah

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I collect Mexican dolls and illustrated books.

• dolls, books
• I, Mexican 
• Mexican, illustrated
• collect, and

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This melon tastes sweeter than that one.

• This, that
• this, melon
• this, than
• than, one

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This pizza is so delicious!

• This, so
• This, pizza
• This, delicious
• so, delicious