Adjectives Overview Handout

DIRECTIONS: Underline the nouns and circle the adjectives in each sentence.

HINT: Nouns name people, places or things. Adjectives describe nouns.

1. **Our neighbors live in a big house.

**(Our and Their are
possessive adjectives, but
2. It is wooden and old. we did not study those in
this lesson.)  
3. They have an adorable baby now.

4. **Their beautiful daughter is already 5 years old.

5. She is a brilliant pianist.

6. I liked the Mexican food last night.

7. Her dog is black and white.

8. Canada is a vast land.

9. Don’t sit in that broken chair!

10. The considerate student was talking to the busy teacher.

11. The attic was very dusty until I cleaned it.

12. The French fries at the restaurant were greasy.

13. The new kitten was very playful.

14. The piano player was very talented.

15. Jack ate the whole pizza by himself.

16. Margo studied ancient history at her university.

17. The grumpy old man lives next door to me. (next door is an adverb)

18. We saw a massive elephant at the zoo.

19. The wide road was covered in icy rain.

20. The bag was heavy, so Karl couldn’t lift it up.