WorksheetsIdentifying Adjectives
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the adjective in the following sentence:
This was untrue.
This
was
untrue
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
He lashed the horses unmercifully with his long whip, and with wild cries of encouragement urged them on to further exertions.
lashed, urged
long, wild
unmercifully, wild, further
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
She was only extemporizing but a stirring warmth flowed from her as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.
She, stirring,heart
stirring, breathless, thrilling
extemporizing, warmth
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
Miss Baker and I exchanged a short glance consciously devoid of meaning.
Miss Baker, I
short, devoid
exchanged, consciously
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
A subdued impassioned murmur was audible in the room beyond and Miss Baker leaned forward, unashamed, trying to hear.
subdued, murmur, unashamed
impassioned, forward, trying
subdued, impassioned, audible, unashamed
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
I saw that turbulent emotions possessed her, so I asked what I thought would be some sedative questions about her little girl.
emotions, possessed,
sedative, thought, girl
turbulent, sedative, little
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
The crazy coach rocked on its great leather springs, and swayed like a boat tossed on a stormy sea.
crazy, great, stormy
coach, leather, boat
rocked, swayed, tossed
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
He was a very active lad, fair-haired, freckled, with a touch of the Dane or Norwegian about him.
Dane or Norwegian, lad
He, him
active,fair-haired, freckled
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom’s, and she laughed with thrilling scorn.
eyes, Tom, she
defiant, thrilling
flashed, laughed
What is the adjective in the following sentence:
The crimson room bloomed with light.
Inside
crimson
bloomed
What is the adjective in the following sentence:
‘She’s a nice girl,’ said Tom after a moment.
after
nice
girl, moment
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
They were driven by a tall man, with a long brown beard and a great black hat, which seemed to hide his face from us.
They, man, beard
driven, hide
tall, long, brown, great, black
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
The strange driver evidently heard the words, for he looked up with a gleaming smile.
strange, gleaming
driver, he
heard, looked
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic—
eyes, Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
blue, gigantic
yes, blue
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness or forgot them and moved away.
wild, eternal
set, fatten, sank, forgot
Evidently, away
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
Once there appeared a strange optical effect.
there, effect
appeared
strange, optical
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
The only building in sight was a small block of yellow brick sitting on the edge of the waste land...
only, small, yellow, waste
building, block, brick
sight, edge
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
This was all so strange and uncanny that a dreadful fear came upon me, and I was afraid to speak or move.
strange, uncanny, dreadful, afraid
This, fear, me
came,speak, move
What is the adjective in the following sentence:
Again I could not but notice his prodigious strength.
Again
notice
prodigious
What are the adjectives in the following sentence:
She said that he was very earnest, and had a beautiful nature.
said, had
earnest, beautiful
nature
