Underline the adjectives in the following sentences.

Adjectives are describing words. They tell us something about a noun. Adjectives usually go before the noun modified by them. Sometimes they also go after the verb be.

1. There I met a very old man.

2. The shopkeeper was a short man with a bald head.

3. I don’t want to listen to your silly advice.

4. You have never offered me any help.

5. That was really kind of you.

6. We should help the poor and the needy.

7. Emily Dickens is a famous poet.

8. Mark Twain was an American writer.

9. Mary is my best friend.

10. Who is the tallest boy in your class?

11. Stella is very pretty.

12. I had a tough time finding a solution to the problem.

13. She lives in a rented apartment in Mumbai.

14. He then did a clever thing.

15. It was a stupid decision.

Answers

1. There I met a very old man.

2. The shopkeeper was a short man with a bald head.

3. I don’t want to listen to your silly advice.

4. You have never offered me any help.

5. That was really kind of you.

6. We should help the poor and the needy.

7. Emily Dickens is a famous poet.

8. Mark Twain was an American writer.

9. Mary is my best friend.

10. Who is the tallest boy in your class?

11. Stella is very pretty.

12. I had a tough time finding a solution to the problem.

13. She lives in a rented apartment in Mumbai.

14. He then did a clever thing.

15. It was a stupid decision.