KS3 Adjectives - Quiz about Using Describing Words

English Quiz - Adjectives 01 (Questions)

A Quiz about Using Describing Words

This KS3 English quiz takes a look at adjectives. Adjectives are "describing words". In the phrase "the red balloon" the word "red" is an adjective and the word "balloon" is a noun. Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns.

Adjectives can tell you what an object looks like, what its size is and how it feels to the touch. They can describe people and places in the same way. In the sentence "It was a warm, sunny, breezy day", the adjectives modifying the noun "day" are "warm", "sunny" and "breezy". In the sentence "He examined the old weather-beaten chest", the adjectives modifying the noun "chest" are "old" and "weather-beaten".

Adjective also describe feelings. The words "sorrowful", "miserable", "excited", "placid" and "jolly" are adjectives. Sometimes you'll see that adjectives might not be next to the noun which they modify. In the sentence "She was thrilled to win the prize", the adjective "thrilled" modifies the pronoun "she".

Try and use a variety of adjectives to make your writing more descriptive and more interesting.

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The road comprised large houses and a tiny shop.

[ ]	comprised, and
[ ]	houses, shop
[ ]	large, tiny
[ ]	road, large

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The old book had lost its original cover long ago.

[ ]	book, cover
[ ]	lost, long
[ ]	old, original
[ ]	The, its

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The long transporter delivered the new car today.

[ ]	delivered, today
[ ]	long, new
[ ]	The, the
[ ]	transporter, car

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
This bag is heavy but that bag is light.

[ ]	bag, bag
[ ]	heavy, light
[ ]	is, is
[ ]	This, that

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
That chair is wooden but this chair is plastic.

[ ]	chair, chair
[ ]	is, is
[ ]	That, this
[ ]	wooden, plastic

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The quick brown fox jumped over the slow white dog.

[ ]	jumped, over, the, dog
[ ]	quick, brown, slow, white
[ ]	The, fox, the, dog
[ ]	The, jumped, over, the

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
A small grey mouse frightened the timid little child.

[ ]	A, mouse, the, child
[ ]	A, the, timid, child
[ ]	mouse, frightened, the, child
[ ]	small, grey, timid, little

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The colourful bird perched on the highest leafy branch.

[ ]	bird, perched, branch
[ ]	colourful, highest, leafy
[ ]	perched, on, highest
[ ]	The, the, branch

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
An interesting article appeared in our local newspaper.

[ ]	An, our
[ ]	article, newspaper
[ ]	in, our
[ ]	interesting, local

10.

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
Cheap biscuits are good but expensive ones are better.

[ ]	are, good, are, better
[ ]	biscuits, are, ones, are
[ ]	biscuits, but, are, better
[ ]	Cheap, good, expensive, better

English Quiz - Adjectives 01 (Answers)

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The road comprised large houses and a tiny shop.

[ ]	comprised, and
[ ]	houses, shop
[x]	large, tiny
[ ]	road, large

The road comprised LARGE houses and a TINY shop

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The old book had lost its original cover long ago.

[ ]	book, cover
[ ]	lost, long
[x]	old, original
[ ]	The, its

The OLD book had lost its ORIGINAL cover long ago

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The long transporter delivered the new car today.

[ ]	delivered, today
[x]	long, new
[ ]	The, the
[ ]	transporter, car

The LONG transporter delivered the NEW car today

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
This bag is heavy but that bag is light.

[ ]	bag, bag
[x]	heavy, light
[ ]	is, is
[ ]	This, that

"Heavy" and "light" are adjectives

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
That chair is wooden but this chair is plastic.

[ ]	chair, chair
[ ]	is, is
[ ]	That, this
[x]	wooden, plastic

"Wooden" and "plastic" are adjectives

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The quick brown fox jumped over the slow white dog.

[ ]	jumped, over, the, dog
[x]	quick, brown, slow, white
[ ]	The, fox, the, dog
[ ]	The, jumped, over, the

You can use several adjectives to describe a noun

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
A small grey mouse frightened the timid little child.

[ ]	A, mouse, the, child
[ ]	A, the, timid, child
[ ]	mouse, frightened, the, child
[x]	small, grey, timid, little

A SMALL GREY mouse frightened the TIMID LITTLE child

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The colourful bird perched on the highest leafy branch.

[ ]	bird, perched, branch
[x]	colourful, highest, leafy
[ ]	perched, on, highest
[ ]	The, the, branch

The COLOURFUL bird perched on the HIGHEST LEAFY branch

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
An interesting article appeared in our local newspaper.

[ ]	An, our
[ ]	article, newspaper
[ ]	in, our
[x]	interesting, local

An INTERESTING article appeared in our LOCAL newspaper

10.

Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
Cheap biscuits are good but expensive ones are better.

[ ]	are, good, are, better
[ ]	biscuits, are, ones, are
[ ]	biscuits, but, are, better
[x]	Cheap, good, expensive, better

CHEAP biscuits are GOOD but EXPENSIVE ones are BETTER