Different Types of Adjectives + Comparatives & Superlatives

What kind of adjective is used in the sentence:

"She wore a beautiful dress?"

• Demonstrative

• Descriptive

• Proper

• Quantitative

Answer explanation

“Beautiful” describes the quality of the dress, so it is a descriptive adjective.

Which of these are possessive adjectives?

• his

• my

• their

• who

• some

Answer explanation

These show ownership or possession (e.g. his book, my pen).

Identify the numeral adjective

• few

• blue

• second

• exciting

Answer explanation

“Second” shows the order/position and is a numeral adjective.

Which of these are demonstrative adjectives?

• these

• what

• their

• that

• five

Answer explanation

“Each” refers to every individual separately and is distributive.

What is the function of "whose" in the sentence:

"Whose bag is this?"

• Possessive

• Descriptive

• Quantitative

• Interrogative

Answer explanation

“Whose” is asking a question about possession; it’s interrogative.

Identify the proper adjective

• red

• some

• English

• clever

• Japanese

Answer explanation

Adjectives from proper nouns (like countries) are called proper adjectives.

In the sentence "What a beautiful painting!", what is "What"?

• Exclamatory

• Demonstrative

• Proper

• Interrogative

Answer explanation

“What” is used to express strong emotion; it’s exclamatory.

Choose the descriptive adjectives

• third

• tall

• angry

• their

Answer explanation

“Tall” and “angry” describe qualities, so they are descriptive.

Which of the following is a quantitative adjective?

• our

• some

• which

• tall

Answer explanation

“Some” describes an indefinite quantity or amount.

"Several people attended the meeting." — What type is "several"?

• Quantitative

• Numeral

• Proper

• Possessive

Answer explanation

“Several” refers to an unspecified number and is quantitative.