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Advanced Practice Exercises - Adjectives and Adverbs
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1
Click on the correct list of participles from the following sentence:
Bored, Frederico pokes at his baked beans, fried zucchini, and boiled ham.
A)bored/pokes/baked/fried
B)Frederico/beans/zucchini/ham
C)bored/baked/fried/boiled
2
Click on the correct list of participles from the sentence that follows.
The child was like a clinging vine, arms wrapped around his father and eyes closed tightly.
A)child/vine/father
B)clinging/wrapped/closed
C)like/around/tightly
3
Click on the correct list of participles from the sentence that follows:
Their parents warned them about buying a home in a town governed by people associated with organized crime.
A)parents/home/people
B)warned/about/buying
C)governed/associated/organized
4
Click on the correct list of participles from the following sentence:
Fearing for his life and burdened with a heavy pack, the soldier crawled across the mine-filled valley.
A)fearing/burdened/mine-filled
B)life/pack/valley
C)heavy/crawled/across
5
Click on the correct list of participles from the following sentence:
The exhausted nurses rushed to the side of an incoming patient, badly burned at a backyard barbecue.
A)exhausted/incoming/burned
B)rushed/badly/backyard
C)nurses/patient/barbecue
6
Click on the correct list of participles from the sentence that follows:
Credited for drafting the British North America Act and appointed as the first prime minister, John Alexander Macdonald, known as a Father of Confederation, is seen as one of the most colourful figures in Canadian history.
A)credited/appointed/colourful
B)credited/first/appointed
C)credited/appointed/known
7
Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows:
Taught never to argue with customers, Mary Beth quietly picked up the expensive vase that the clumsy young man had broken.
A)taught/customers/vase/man
B)never/to argue/picked/had broken
C)taught/expensive/clumsy/young
8
Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows.
Sirloin steak, Caesar salad, and mashed potatoes make a great dinner.
A)steak/salad/potatoes
B)sirloin/Caesar/mashed/great
C)sirloin/salad/dinner
9
Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows:
The ocean in Atlantic Canada, though chilly in June, is warm enough for swimming in July and August.
A)though/enough/swimming
B)new/chilly/warm
C)June/July/August
10
Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows.
Cape Cod offers luxurious resorts, inviting restaurants, and excellent shopping.
A)luxurious/inviting/excellent
B)resorts/restaurants/shopping
C)luxurious/resorts/shopping







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