Identify adjectives

Key Notes:

An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun.

  • The faded brown belt hung over the back of the chair.
  • Robbie carried several books to the attic.

An adjective can appear before or after the word it modifies.

  • Nell planted the fragile seedlings tenderly.
  • The seedlings were fragile.

Adjectives that come after the word they describe are usually connected by a linking verb, like to be, to seem, to appear or to look.

  • He seemed eager for the post to arrive.

Learn with an example

➡️ Select the three adjectives. Don’t select any articles (a, an, or the).

➡️ The stray cat had a beautiful tawny coat that glistened -from a distance.

  • The first adjective is stray, which modifies the noun cat.
  • The second adjective is beautiful, which modifies the noun coat.
  • The third adjective is tawny, which modifies the noun coat.

➡️Select the three adjectives. Don’t select any articles (a, an, or the).

➡️The new restaurant near the shopping centre is fancy, and it can be expensive. 

  • The first adjective is new, which modifies the noun restaurant.
  • The second adjective is fancy, which modifies the noun restaurant.
  • The third adjective is expensive, which modifies the pronoun it.

➡️Select the three adjectives. Don’t select any articles (a, an, or the).

➡️The detective found the one clue that she had been looking for inside a torn white envelope.

  • The first adjective is one, which modifies the noun clue.
  • The second adjective is torn, which modifies the noun envelope.
  • The third adjective is white, which modifies the noun envelope.

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