Adjectives

What is an adjective?

• A word that modifies a verb.

• A word that describes a noun.

• A person, place, thing, or thing.

• A word that replaces a noun.

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The old shoe was full of mud.

• shoe

• was

• old

• of

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The old dog ran to catch the ball.

• dog

• old

• catch

• ran

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The tall man bumped his head.

• the

• man

• tall

• bumped

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The sleepy boy fell asleep.

• sleepy

• boy

• fell

• asleep

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Harry picked up his yellow pencil off the floor.

• yellow

• off

• picked

• floor

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The girl cleaned her messy room.

• girl

• room

• cleaned

• messy

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The dirty dishes sat in the sink.

• dirty

• dishes

• they

• sat

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I love to sleep on my soft pillow.

• I

• love

• pillow

• soft

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My father is a funny man.

• funny

• father

• my

• is