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Year 2 English · Adjectives

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which word is an adjective?
- ☐ (a) jump
- ☐ (b) soft
- ☐ (c) pillow
2. In 'The muddy dog ran inside.', which word describes the dog?
- ☐ (a) muddy
- ☐ (b) ran
- ☐ (c) inside
3. Which adjective tells about colour?
- ☐ (a) loud
- ☐ (b) heavy
- ☐ (c) purple
4. Which sentence gives the most detail?
- ☐ (a) I ate a good apple.
- ☐ (b) I ate a crisp, juicy apple.
- ☐ (c) I ate an apple.
5. In 'The sand was hot.', which word is the adjective?
- ☐ (a) sand
- ☐ (b) was
- ☐ (c) hot
6. Type the adjective in: 'A tall tree grew there.'
7. Type the noun that the adjective describes: 'We found a shiny shell.'
8. Type the adjective in: 'The old bus rattled along.'

Answer sheet

1. soft — 'Soft' describes what something is like.
2. muddy — 'Muddy' tells us what the dog is like.
3. purple — 'Purple' is a colour.
4. I ate a crisp, juicy apple. — 'Crisp' and 'juicy' tell us exactly what the apple was like.
5. hot — 'Hot' describes the sand. It comes after the verb 'was'.
6. tall — 'Tall' describes the tree.
7. shell — 'Shiny' describes the shell.
8. old — 'Old' describes the bus.