6th Grade- Chapter 5 Test- Adjectives (Definitions)

A word that describes, or modifies, a noun or a pronoun.

• Adjective

• Personal adjective

• Proper adjective

• Predicate adjective

A _________ adjective follows a linking verb and modifies the _________ of a sentence.

What kind of adjectives are formed from proper nouns?

• Subject adjectives

• Articles

• Demonstratives

• Proper adjectives

What questions do adjectives ask?

• What kind?

• How much?

• How many?

• Which one?

Articles are words that make up a special group of adjectives. These words are ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   , and ​ (c)   .

• a
• an
• the
• and
• then
• they

Name the three demonstrative adjectives.

Demonstrative adjectives point out something and modify nouns by answering the questions ​ (a)   or ​ (b)  

• which one?
• which ones?
• how much
• what kind
• why
• who
• what
• where
• when

Which demonstrative adjectives go with singular nouns?

• This

• That

• These

• Those

Which demonstrative adjectives go with plural nouns?

• This

• That

• These

• Those

The form of an adjective that compares one person or thing with another is

• superlative

• common

• proper

• comparative