Middle School Adjectives

An adjective is a word that modifies a

• verb

• adverb

• noun

• pronoun

An adjective usually is placed ________ a noun, but they can also be placed _______ a noun or pronoun in a sentence.

• before, after

• after, before

What is the noun used as the adjective?

World religions, complex and serious are sometimes very confusing.

• world

• complex

• serious

• confusing

What are the descriptive adjectives?

The tunnel, long and dark, frightened us.

• tunnel

• long

• dark

• frightened

Which is the possessive adjective?

Pictures, bright and beautiful, filled his book.

• Pictures

• bright

• his

• book

Choose the adjectives.

He was quiet and contemplative as he worked.

• He

• quiet

• contemplative

• worked

What is the proper adjective?

They created a bold menu for their Japanese restaurant.

• They

• a

• bold

• Japanese

What is the word "the" in this sentence?

He is the actor in the play.

• indefinite article

• definite article

• interrogative adjective

What is the word, "which" in this sentence?

Which pair of shoes will you wear in the snow?

• demonstrative adjective

• indefinite article

• interrogative adjective

• compound adjective

Which is the noun used as an adjective?

Anxious and excited, she sat in the movie theater.

• Anxious

• excited

• movie

• theater