Adjectives

What is an adjective?

• A word that describes or modifies a noun

• A word that describes a verb

• A word that describes an adverb

• A word that describes a conjunction

Which of the following words are articles?

• a, an, the

• this, that, these

• where, what, whose

• stronger, faster, wiser

What type of adjective describes a noun's quantity, quality, color, or size?

• Descriptive Adjective

• Demonstrative Adjective

• Interrogative Adjective

• Comparative Adjective

Which of the following is a demonstrative adjective?

• this

• where

• stronger

• friendly

What is the purpose of an interrogative adjective?

• To ask questions about nouns or pronouns

• To describe a noun's color

• To compare two nouns

• To show superiority between nouns

Which of the following is a comparative adjective?

• faster

• strongest

• this

• where

What is a superlative adjective used for?

• To show superiority between three or more nouns

• To describe a noun's texture

• To ask questions about nouns

• To indicate a particular noun

Which of the following is an example of a coordinate adjective?

• The friendly, brown dog

• Fido went into his green dog house

• this, that, these

• stronger, faster, wiser

What is a non-coordinate adjective?

• Adjectives that cannot be switched or rearranged

• Adjectives that describe a noun's size

• Adjectives that compare two nouns

• Adjectives that ask questions about nouns

Which of the following is the superlative form of "large"?

• largest

• larger

• large

• most large