ADJECTIVE EXAMINATION

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1. His piece of cake is (big, bigger, biggest) than mine.
2. My baby sister is so (cute, cuter, cutest).
3. Everyone knows that Marcie is the (smart, smarter, smartest) in math.
4. That was the (heavy, heavier, heaviest) rock I can lift.
5. My big brother is (strong, stronger, strongest) than me.
6. The history was (hard, harder, hardest) than I expected.
7. The Antarctic is the (cold, colder, coldest) continent on Earth.
8. Our homework last night was (easy, easier, easiest).
9. It’s a lot (warm, warmer, warmest) in Florida than Maine during winter.
10. That chili was way too (hot, hotter, hottest) for me.
11. He’s a (young charming, charming young) doctor.
12. I plan on wearing my (long black, black long) coat.
13. She was wearing a (green beautiful, beautiful green) dress.
14. This is a (French well-known, well-known French) painting from the 18 th century.
15. The (poor little, little poor) bird! I’m going to help it!
16. She prepared a (Mexican wonderful, wonderful Mexican) dinner for us.
17. Nagoya is an example of a (modern Japanese, Japanese modern) city.
18. He brought himself a (new big, big new) truck.
19. Pass to me the (plastic round, round plastic) bowl.
20. The (two first, first two) years were fantastic.
21. I really enjoyed her colorful descriptions of the wildlife. Colorful is (adverb, adjective)
22. Which words are sound adjectives? (loud, quiet, soothing),(rough, smooth, cold),(red,
green, yellow)
23. Taking flight is more difficult for large birds than smaller ones. (superlative, positive,
comparative)
24. Some would say that birds are the most musical of all animals. (comparative,
superlative)
25. Thomas likes to play basketball, (it, he, they) plays it very well.
26. The steep hike up that rail was the (difficultiest, most difficult) I ever did.
27. Since it may rain, it is a (good, better, best) to bring an umbrella.
28. He threw the hard rock into the river. The adjective is (throw, hard, rock)
29. The boy wore a blue shirt to school. The adjective is (boy, wore, blue)
30. Tonny is the (funnyiest, funniest) person I know.
31. An adjective gives more information about the verb. (true, false)
32. Of all the hurricanes in American history, Hurricane Katrina is probably the
(destrcuctiviest, more destructived, most destructive).
33. The weather feels much (more coolest, cooler, cool) today.
34. It is the speediest two-legged animal on Earth. (positive, superlative)
35. Some people think it is least attractive of all birds. (positive, superlative)
36. This – use to refer to a singular noun that is close to you. (distributive, demonstrative)
37. Our team has a (fewer, least) time to practice than last week.
38. Which words are touch adjectives? (light,dark,clear),(rough,bumpy,smooth),
(salty,spicy,sweet)
39. A predicate adjective can be single adjective, or it can be a phase that includes an
adjective and any modifiers. (true, false)
40. Superlative adjective use to compare 3 or more things, or to state that something is
most. (true, false)