8th Grammar Exam 2 Review

Wooded tent stakes have been replaced by plastic or metal ones.

Choose all the adjectives in the given sentence.

• wooded, tent, plastic, metal

• tent, replaced, metal

• plastic, metal

• wooded, stakes

This, that, these, and those can be used both as adjectives and as pronouns.

• true

• false

Adjectives modify . . . .

• nouns and pronouns
• verbs and adjectives
• nouns
• nouns and verbs

True or False: Two tests to see whether adjectives need a comma between them are to reverse their positions and place an "and" between them. If the sentence still makes sense, place a comma between the adjectives.

• True

• False

Which is correct?

• Susie enjoyed her fun surprise party.

• Susie enjoyed her fun, surprise party.

Which is correct?

• They were afraid to enter the old abandoned house.

• They were afraid to enter the old, abandoned house.

We are lucky to have access to clean safe water.

• Coordinate (need a comma)

• Not Coordinate (no comma needed)

Ella hung up the lime green curtains in her room.

• Coordinate (need a comma)

• Not Coordinate (no comma needed)

What is the difference between coordinate and cumulative adjectives?

• Coordinate adjectives have to go in a specific order to make sense, but cumulative adjectives can be used in any order.
• Coordinate adjectives are separated by and, and cumulative adjectives are separated by a comma.
• Cumulative adjectives have to go in a specific order to make sense, but coordinate adjectives can be used in any order.
• Cumulative adjectives are separated by and, and coordinate adjectives are separated by a comma.

The kind gentle giant helped Jack down the beanstalk.

• Coordinate
• Not coordinate