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Check Your Adjectives

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the descriptive adjective (modifies noun/pronoun) in the following sentence:

Strong cedars grow throughout the forest.

a)

Strong

b)

throughout

c)

the

2.

Identify the descriptive adjective (modifies noun/pronoun) in the following sentence:

Alaska has a great variety of climates.

a)

great

b)

variety

c)

climates

3.

Identify the descriptive adjective (modifies noun/pronoun) in the following sentence:

Warm summer days fly by.

a)

Warm

b)

summer

c)

by

4.

Identify the descriptive adjective (modifies noun/pronoun) in the following sentence:

Young children run to the playground.

a)

run

b)

children

c)

Young

5.

Identify the descriptive adjective (modifies noun/pronoun) in the following sentence:

Colorful flags fluttered in the breeze.

a)

flags

b)

Colorful

c)

breeze

6.

Tell whether the underlined adjective comes before the noun or after the noun. Greek urns (vases) were found in Asia.

a)

Before the noun

b)

After the noun

7.

Tell whether the underlined adjective comes before the noun or after the noun. Leaves, orange and yellow, begin to fall in October.

a)

before the noun

b)

After the noun

8.

Tell whether the underlined adjective comes before the noun or after the noun. Beijing, foggy and busy, is China's largest city.

a)

before the noun

b)

after the noun

9.

Tell whether the underlined adjective comes before the noun or after the noun. Historic Boston is my favorite place to visit.

a)

before the noun

b)

after the noun

10.

Tell whether the underlined adjective comes before the noun or after the noun. Sweet cherries only grow in the summer.

a)

before the noun

b)

after the noun

11.

Complete the following sentence with fewer or less.

There are _____ trees in the world's rain forests every year.

a)

fewer

b)

less

12.

Complete the following sentence with fewer or less.

Despite the efforts of environmentalists, rain forest cover much _____ area every year.

a)

less

b)

fewer

13.

Complete the following sentence with fewer or less.

The loss of trees actually results in _____ rain for an area.

a)

fewer

b)

less

14.

Complete the following sentence with fewer or less.

There is _____ rich soil on the floor of the rain forest than in other places.

a)

fewer

b)

less