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Adjective Practice H.

W 1

A. Write the adjective that describes the underlined noun.


1. Sherlock Holmes was a famous detective in England.
2. He was the hero in many stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
3. Holmes solved baffling mysteries.
4. Dr. Watson was Holmes’s faithful assistant.
5. Sherlock Holmes always wore a special hat.

B. Draw a line under the adjective. Circle the noun it describes.


11. One student will be Sherlock Holmes in the play.
12. We are making a fancy costume for him.
13. Will you sew a checked hat?
14. He has many lines to learn soon.
15. Who will play the evil Dr. Moriarty?

C. Underline the article or articles in each sentence.


1. Let’s go to the mailbox.
2. I have a feeling that today is my lucky day.
3. Look, you have a letter and a package.
4. Maybe I won an award or a contest!
5. The letter isn’t inside an envelope.

D. Write each sentence. Choose the correct article.


11. Do you think there’s (a, an) animal inside this box?
12. I don’t think it’s (a, an) elephant.
13. Look inside (a, the) air hole.
14. I think I see (a, an) eye, or maybe two.
15. Do you hear (a, an) noise inside?
E. Complete each sentence with a or an.
21. I went to the library to get _______book about iguanas.
22. The book said that_______ iguana likes to eat lettuce.
23. Iguanas are vegetarians, so they wouldn’t like _____hamburger.
24. ____photograph in the book showed iguanas that eat seaweed.
25. They live on ______ island off the coast of Ecuador.

F. Write the adjective that compares in each sentence.


1. Who is the greatest American inventor?
2. Thomas Alva Edison was smarter than most people.
3. He may have been the smartest inventor ever.
4. He had the quickest mind of American inventors at the time.
5. Schools today are larger than Edison’s school

G. Choose the correct adjective.


11. Music on the stage sounded (clearer, clearest) than music on a gramophone.
12. Music on the stage sounded (brighter, brightest) of all.
13. Is swing music (older, oldest) than rock and roll?
14. Is folk music (harder, hardest) to play than pop music?
15. Woody Guthrie seemed the (kinder, kindest) of all the folk singers.

H. Use the correct form of the adjective in parentheses ( ).


21. Charlie’s electric guitar____ is than mine. (loud)
22. His voice is the_____ of anyone in the band. (high)
23. Maggie was ______than I when she began piano lessons. (young)
24. Her piano has the ______ tone I’ve ever heard. (nice)
25. Is this song ___________than the last one? (long)
I. Underline the adjective that compares. Then write the adjective it was formed from.
1. These trees are larger than the other trees in the woods.
2. Those wildflowers are the prettiest I’ve ever seen.
3. Those are the biggest leaves in the forest.
4. The wettest part of a woodlands is a swamp.
5. A marsh is saltier than a swamp.

J. Choose the correct adjective.


11. Which swamp is the (bigger, biggest) of all?
12. Some of the (rarer, rarest) frogs live in swamps.
13. Most swamps are (tinier, tiniest) now than before.
14. Great Dismal Swamp is the (larger, largest) swamp I’ve visited.
15. Bald cypresses grow in (drier, driest) areas than water lilies.
16. I think its mosquitoes are (nastier, nastiest) of all.

K. Use the correct form of the adjective in parentheses ( ).


21. A drained swamp may be the_____ land of all. (ugly)
22. Someday a lack of water may be our ______problem. (big)
23. Water from a swamp is the ______water of all. (tasty)
24. Swamps may be the______ way to get rid of pollution. (easy)
25. People who pollute are the_______ people I know. (rude)

L. Read each adjective. Write the form of the adjective you would use to compare two nouns. Then write the form
you would use to compare more than two nouns.
1. foolish _____________ ______________ 6. Talented______________ ____________________
2. nervous _____________ ________________ 7. Entertaining _________________ ___________________
3. amazing _____________ ______________
M. Write more or most to complete each sentence.
11. The Fun House is the_______ enjoyable place in the park.
12. The laughing lady is the__________ hilarious of all.
13. Michelle is _____________curious about her than I am.
14. Doesn’t she have the _____________foolish grin on her face?
15. Steep slides are____________ thrilling than rolling barrels
N. Use the correct form of the adjective in parentheses ( ).
21. The games at the fair are ___________than the games we play at home. (challenging)
22. What is the _________________amusement park in the world? (famous)
23. This carousel is _________________than any other. (spectacular)
24. Thomas is ________________than Hillary about the rides. (nervous)
25. This fair is the______________________ fair we’ve ever visited. (expensive)

0. Write the form of the word good or bad used to compare.


1. I think my city is the best city of all.
2. Our traffic is worse than the traffic in Silver City.
3. Our town has the best parks and swimming pools.
4. I think Chicago’s Art Institute is the best museum of all.
5. It has better paintings than the paintings in our museum.

P. Choose the correct word.


11. Let’s vote on the (better, best) Midwestern city.
12. Do you think Dayton has (worst, worse) weather than St. Louis?
13. I think its river is the (better, best) in the Midwest.
14. Which city has the (worse, worst) traffic of all?
15. I think winter is (worse, worst) in Omaha than in Minneapolis.

Use the correct form of the adjective.


21. Neil is a tourist _________than I am. (good)
22. He thinks that airports are the______________ places of all. (good)
23. These maps are the maps________________ I’ve seen. (bad)
24. I think driving is the _________________way to travel. (good)
25. Yohji says bus travel is ________________than train travel. (bad)

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