Coordinate Adjectives Worksheet

What are coordinate adjectives?

• Words that equally describe a noun and can be separated by 'and'

• Words that describe only one aspect of a noun

• Adjectives that cannot be reversed in order

• Adjectives that are always separated by semicolons

Which of the following is a characteristic of coordinate adjectives?

• Their order can be reversed without changing the meaning

• They must always be used in pairs

• They are never separated by commas

• They only describe people

Which of the following sentences contains coordinate adjectives?

• The air was thick and wet.

• The big red balloon floated away.

• She wore a blue dress.

• He ran quickly.

Which of the following is NOT true about coordinate adjectives?

• They cannot be reversed in order

• They can be separated by 'and'

• They are separated by commas

• They equally describe a noun

Choose the pair of coordinate adjectives from the options below.

• loud, insistent

• blue, sky

• quick, fox

• happy, dog

Which sentence demonstrates the reversal of coordinate adjectives without changing the meaning?

• A dense, warm fog / A warm, dense fog

• A blue sky / A sky blue

• A tall building / A building tall

• A fast car / A car fast

Which of the following is an example of cumulative adjectives?

• A big red balloon

• A warm, dense fog

• A clever, conniving businessman

• A loud, insistent voice

If you can reverse the order of two adjectives and the phrase still makes sense, what does this indicate?

• The adjectives are coordinate

• The adjectives are cumulative

• The adjectives are possessive

• The adjectives are comparative

Why can't cumulative adjectives be connected with "and"?

• Because they do not modify the noun separately

• Because they are always possessive

• Because they are always coordinate

• Because they are always at the end of a sentence

Which of the following is true about cumulative adjectives?

• They cannot appear in a different order

• They can be separated by commas

• They can always be reversed

• They always use "and"