Identifying Adjectives

Identifying Adjectives

Adjective Exercise

Read each sentence and click on each word that is an adjective. Please ignore articles (the, a, an), possessive pronouns, and demonstrative pronouns. These words do act like adjectives, but for the sake of this exercise, please ignore Articles & Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns.

Everyone knows that Mike doesn't like that silly girl.
1. Everyone
2. knows
3. that
4. Mike
5. doesn't
6. like
7. that
8. silly
9. girl.
The first artist I would pick is the incredible Leonardo da Vinci.
1. The
2. first
3. artist
4. I
5. would
6. pick
7. is
8. the
9. incredible
10. Leonardo da Vinci
This class is long and boring.
1. This
2. class
3. is
4. long
5. and
6. boring.
The dark, plush carpet was light red.
1. The
2. dark,
3. plush
4. carpet
5. was
6. light
7. red.
The English teacher really has a chip on his shoulder.
1. The
2. English
3. teacher
4. really
5. has
6. a
7. chip
8. on
9. his
10. shoulder.
The fancy dress was ruined by the end of the wedding.
1. The
2. fancy
3. dress
4. was
5. ruined
6. by
7. the
8. end
9. of
10. the
11. wedding.
The smart girl quickly did her homework.
1. The
2. smart
3. girl
4. quickly
5. did
6. her
7. homework.
The angry dog barked at the running man.
1. The
2. angry
3. dog
4. barked
5. at
6. the
7. running
8. man.
The parents felt proud because their kind daughter helped their needy neighbor.
1. The
2. parents
3. felt
4. proud
5. because
6. their
7. kind
8. daughter
9. helped
10. their
11. needy
12. neighbor.
Mr. Smith is a jealous husband who suspects his comely wife is cheating on him.
1. Mr. Smith
2. is
3. a
4. jealous
5. husband
6. who
7. suspects
8. his
9. comely
10. wife
11. is
12. cheating
13. on
14. him.
Those two had a bitter divorce.
1. Those
2. two
3. had
4. a
5. bitter
6. divorce.
The lively party finally came to a wonderful end.
1. The
2. lively
3. party
4. finally
5. came
6. to
7. a
8. wonderful
9. end.
The maintenance man is here to fix the broken furnace.
1. The
2. maintenance
3. man
4. is
5. here
6. to fix
7. the
8. broken
9. furnace.
A few students came in for help.
1. A
2. few
3. students
4. came
5. in
6. for
7. help.
This fat bookbag doesn't fit in my skinny locker.
1. This
2. fat
3. bookbag
4. doesn't
5. fit
6. in
7. my
8. skinny
9. locker.
My grandmother makes delicious pie.
1. My
2. grandmother
3. makes
4. delicious
5. pie.
His hair always feels greasy.
1. His
2. hair
3. always
4. feels
5. greasy.
The class sounds too noisy.
1. The
2. class
3. sounds
4. too
5. noisy.
I cannot fit into that teeny-tiny costume.
1. I
2. cannot
3. fit
4. into
5. that
6. teeny-tiny
7. costume.
The early bird gets the worm.
1. The
2. early
3. bird
4. gets
5. the
6. worm.