Proper Adjective

Read the sentence. Choose the proper adjective for the underlined proper noun.

I am taking a class on the literature of Shakespeare.

• Shakespeare

• Shakespearean

• England

• English

Read the sentence. Choose the proper adjective for the underlined proper noun. Cheese from Switzerland has holes in it.

• holes

• cheese

• swiss

• Swiss

Read the sentence. Choose the proper adjective for the underlined proper noun.

We love the ceramics we bought in Peru.

• peruvian

• peru

• Peru

• Peruvian

Read the sentence. Choose the proper adjective for the underlined word.

The museum had a tribal mask shipped from Africa.

• African

• Africa

• african

• africa

Read the following sentence. Find the error in the sentence.

The coffee was made from fresh ground colombian coffee beans.

• coffee

• colombian

• fresh

• beans

Proper adjectives are usually formed using the endings

• ish and an

• ese and ish

• an and ese

• an, ish and ese

A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun. Type TRUE or FALSE.

A proper adjective begins with a common letter.

• true

• false

Have you ever eaten Polish food? Type the proper adjective.

This bahamian conch will be tasty in a salad. The correct proper adjective should be

• Bahamian

• Bahamas

• bahamian