Types of Adjective Exercise

Level: Intermediate

In this types of adjective exercise you have to choose which kind of adjective is in capitals. 

Refer back to this types of adjective lesson before taking the exercise if you are unsure. 

Types of Adjective Exercise

Instructions

Choose which type of adjective the word in capitals is.

1. He has THREE cars.
Demonstrative Adjective
Numeral Adjective
Proper Adjective
Correct!
Wrong!

This is a definite numeral adjective. Numeral adjectives tell us about how many, how much, or what order.

2. My bedroom is LARGER than his.
Comparative Adjective
Superlative Adjective
Positive Adjective
Correct!
Wrong!

Comparative adjectives make comparisons between two or more people or objects or they are used to indicate change.

3. WHICH cake to you prefer?
Participle Adjective
Compound Adjective
Interrogative Adjective
Correct!
Wrong!

Interrogative adjectives are question words that modify nouns or noun phrases. They can't stand on their own (unlike interrogative pronouns) and so they are classed as adjectives.

4. BOTH of the boys are in trouble.
Distributive Adjective
Possessive Adjective
Predicate Adjective
Correct!
Wrong!

Distributive adjectives are used to refer to members of a group as individuals.

5. He seems WORRIED.
Participle Adjective
Distributive Adjective
Indefinite Adjective
Correct!
Wrong!

If participles modify nouns, they are adjectives ('worried' is modifying 'he'). Participles are words that usually end in -ed or -ing and derive from verbs.

6. She has the WORST haircut I've ever seen.
Demonstrative Adjective
Comparative Adjective
Superlative Adjective
Correct!
Wrong!

Superlative adjectives are used to point to a noun that has the most extreme quality or attributes amongst three (or more) other nouns.

7. His story was HEART-BREAKING.
Proper Adjective
Compound Adjective
Participle Adjective
Correct!
Wrong!

Compound adjectives join more than one word into a single lexical unit, which then modifies a noun. They are usually (though not always) separated by a hyphen or joined by quotation marks.

8. Shall we go to an INDIAN restaurant tonight?
Predicate Adjective
Proper Adjective
Interrogative Adjective
Correct!
Wrong!

Proper adjectives are the adjective form of proper nouns. A proper noun begins with a capital letter and is the name of a particular person, place, organisation, or thing.

9. I won't be able to finish all of THIS food.
Attributive Adjective
Distributive Adjective
Demonstrative adjective
Correct!
Wrong!

Demonstrative adjectives include the words: this, that, these, those. These types of adjective are used to point out which person or thing is being referred to.

10. The accident was OUR fault.
Possessive Adjective
Participle Adjective
Article Adjective
Correct!
Wrong!

Possessive adjectives are used with nouns to talk about possession and ownership. They are: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

More Adjective Quizzes:



Join Us and get Free Grammar Tips into your Inbox!



New! Comments

Any questions or comments about the grammar discussed on this page?

Post your comment here.