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Identifying Adjectives: Into Thin Air

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

Identify all adjectives (including articles and predicate adjectives) in the following sentence: The 40-year-old Fischer was a strapping, gregarious man with a blond ponytail and manic energy

a)

40-year-old, gregarious, blond, manic

b)

the, 40-year-old, a, strapping, gregarious, a, blond, manic

c)

a, strapping, gregarious, a, blond, manic

d)

the, gregarious, blond, manic

2.

Sporting a long black ponytail and a gold tooth, he was flashy, self-assured, and very appealing to the clients, not to mention crucial to their summit hopes.

a)

long, black, gold, crucial, summit.

b)

a, long, black, a, gold, flashy, self-assured, appealing, crucial, their, summit.

c)

a, black, gold, flashy, self-assured, appealing, crucial , their

d)

a, black, gold, flashy, self-assured, appealing, crucial, summit.

3.

But two other clients on Fischer's team speculate that Lopsang was short-roping her because she'd promised him a hefty cash bonus if she reached the top.

a)

two, other, Fischer's, speculate, short-roping, hefty, a, cash.

b)

two, other, Fischer's, a, hefty, cash, the

c)

two, other, Fischer's, short-roping, cash.

d)

other, Fischer's, speculate, short-roping, hefty, cash.

4.

But it was one of many little things -- accruing slowly, compounding imperceptibly, building steadily toward critical mass.

a)

many, little, critical

b)

many, little, slowly, imperceptibly, steadily, critical

c)

things, slowly, imperceptibly, steadily, critical

d)

little, critical

5.

A quiet, moody young man who regarded Lopsang as a showboat and a goldbrick, Ang Dorje had been working extremely hard, well beyond the call of duty, for six long weeks.

a)

quiet, moody, showboat, goldbrick, extremely, well, six, long

b)

quiet, moody, showboat, goldbrick, extremely, well

c)

a, quiet, moody, young, a, six, long

d)

quiet, moody, young

6.

Clients huddled at the base of this obstacle for nearly an hour while Beidleman, standing in for the absent Lopsang, laboriously ran the rope out.

a)

the, this, absent, laboriously, the

b)

the, this, an, absent, the

c)

the, this, an, absent, laboriously

d)

this, an, absent, laboriously, out

7.

A stiff breeze raked the ridge crest, blowing a plume of spindrift into Tibet, but overhead the sky was an achingly brilliant blue.

a)

a, stiff, ridge, a, the, achingly, brilliant, blue

b)

a, stiff, ridge, a, the, an, brilliant, blue

c)

stiff, ridge, the, brilliant, blue

d)

a, stiff, breeze, ridge, a, the, brilliant, blue

8.

Climbing along the blade of the summit ridge, sucking gas into my ragged lungs, I enjoyed a strange, unwarranted sense of calm.

a)

the, the, summit, my, ragged, a, strange, unwarranted

b)

along, the, the, summit, my, ragged, a, strange, unwarranted

c)

summit, my, ragged, strange, unwarranted

d)

the, the, summit, my, ragged, a, strange, unwarranted, sense

9.

"Yeah, it's turned out to be a pretty good expedition," he replied. "I only wish we could have gotten more clients to the top."

a)

out, a, good, more, the

b)

good, more

c)

a, pretty, good, more, the

d)

a, good, more, the

10.

He had climbed Everest in 1993 without supplemental oxygen and wasn't overly concerned about going without.

a)

supplemental, without

b)

without, concerned

c)

supplemental, concerned

d)

had, without, supplemental, overly, without