Identifying Adjectives

Identifying Adjectives - 02

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.

Many students have problems with this tricky homework.
1. Many
2. students
3. have
4. problems
5. with
6. this
7. tricky
8. homework.
The teacher is absurd if he thinks we are going to do this crazy work.
1. The
2. teacher
3. is
4. absurd
5. if
6. he
7. thinks
8. we
9. are
10. going
11. to do
12. this
13. crazy
14. work.
Do you know where the public bathrooms are?
1. Do
2. you
3. know
4. where
5. the
6. public
7. bathrooms
8. are?
The embarrassed mother apologized for her selfish child.
1. The
2. embarrassed
3. mother
4. apologized
5. for
6. her
7. selfish
8. child.
It is unusual when we don’t have homework.
1. It
2. is
3. unusual
4. when
5. we
6. don't
7. have
8. homework.
This beautiful home is disappointing because the basement is moldy.
1. This
2. beautiful
3. home
4. is
5. disappointing
6. because
7. the
8. basement
9. is
10. moldy.
The baby remained finicky throughout the long night.
1. The
2. baby
3. remained
4. finicky
5. throughout
6. the
7. long
8. night.
The enthusiastic crowd couldn’t sit still even for a brief announcement.
1. The
2. enthusiastic
3. crowd
4. couldn't
5. sit
6. still
7. even
8. for
9. a
10. brief
11. announcement.
The gourmet restaurant served fresh seafood.
1. The
2. gourmet
3. restaurant
4. served
5. fresh
6. seafood.
I picked up two free magazines.
1. I
2. picked
3. up
4. two
5. free
6. magazines.
The juicy lemon was quite sour.
1. The
2. juicy
3. lemon
4. was
5. quite
6. sour.
Those comments were completely unnecessary.
1. Those
2. comments
3. were
4. completely
5. unnecessary.
Johnny was in an upbeat mood today.
1. Johnny
2. was
3. in
4. an
5. upbeat
6. mood
7. today.
The music sounds very hypnotic.
1. The
2. music
3. sounds
4. very
5. hypnotic.
Dad became grouchy after the Cubs lost again.
1. Dad
2. became
3. grouchy
4. after
5. the
6. Cubs
7. lost
8. again.
Have a few bite-sized brownies while we wait.
1. Have
2. a
3. few
4. bite-sized
5. brownies
6. while
7. we
8. wait.
That was a powerful book.
1. That
2. was
3. a
4. powerful
5. book.
Holden refused to wear the itchy shirt.
1. Holden
2. refused
3. to wear
4. the
5. itchy
6. shirt.
I wish she would stop talking to her imaginary friends.
1. I
2. wish
3. she
4. would
5. stop
6. talking
7. to
8. her
9. imaginary
10. friends.
The kids are very energetic today.
1. The
2. kids
3. are
4. very
5. energetic
6. today.