Journeys Grammar Test Adjectives

Which ADJECTIVE describes the noun soil in the sentence below?
The skilled gardeners planted the prickly evergreen bush in sandy soil.

• skilled
• prickly
• evergreen
• sandy

Which ADJECTIVE describes the noun music in the sentence below?
The noisy brass band played interesting music for four hours.

• noisy
• brass
• interesting
• four

Which NOUN does the adjective heavy describe in the sentence below?
The cowboy bought a heavy coat for winter at the mountain lodge.

• cowboy
• coat
• winter
• lodge

Which NOUN does the adjective two describe in the sentence below?
Melanie lost two books while she was working on her history report.

• Melanie
• books
• history
• report

What change should be made in the sentence below?
Juan was wearing his black new pants and his best white shirt for the annual jazz band concert.

• Change black new to new black
• Change best white to white best
• Change annual jazz to jazz annual
• Change jazz band to band jazz

What change should be made in the sentence below?
Tanya carried a big yellow umbrella and small three shopping bags as she walked down the busy city sidewalk.

• Change big yellow to yellow big
• Change small three to three small
• Change three shopping to shopping three
• Change busy city to city busy

What change should be made in the sentence below?

I read an exciting true story about two brave survivors of a sea dangerous voyage to a remote tropical island.

• Change exciting true to true exciting

• Change two brave to brave two

• Change sea dangerous to dangerous sea

• Change remote tropical to tropical remote

What is the BEST way to combine the sentences below?
Mom made a pie. It was delicious. It was made of pumpkin. She made it in a pie pan. The pan was large. It was made of glass.

• Mom made a pumpkin delicious pie in a large glass pie pan.
• Mom made a pumpkin delicious pie in a large pie glass pan.
• Mom made a delicious pumpkin pie in a glass large pie pan.
• Mom made a delicious pumpkin pie in a large glass pie pan. 

What is the BEST way to combine the sentences below?
We went on a camping trip. It was long. I wore jeans. They were blue and old. I wore wool socks. They were warm.

• On our camping long trip, I wore old blue jeans and wool warm socks.
• On our camping long trip, I wore blue old jeans and warm wool socks.
• On our long camping trip, I wore old blue jeans and warm wool socks.
• On our long camping trip, I wore blue old jeans and wool warm socks.

What is the BEST way to combine the sentences below?
The last vacation Mr. Gonzalez took was in the summer. He rode a train. The train was old. It was powered by steam. It went across a bridge. The bridge was sturdy. It was made of iron.

• On his last summer vacation, Mr. Gonzalez rode an old steam train across a sturdy iron bridge.
• On his last summer vacation, Mr. Gonzalez rode a steam old train across an iron sturdy bridge.
• On his summer last vacation, Mr. Gonzalez rode an old steam train across an iron sturdy bridge.
• On his summer last vacation, Mr. Gonzalez rode an old steam train across a sturdy iron bridge.