CBSE Class 5 English Adjectives and Proper Adjectives Worksheet

A word that describes persons, places, or things is an adjective. An adjective usually answers one of three questions about the noun or pronoun it modifies.

What kind?                Please use the drawing paper.
How many?               Wanda had three sisters.
Which one?               That seat is taken.

Usually the adjective comes just before the noun it modifies. However, when the noun is the subject followed by a linking verb, its adjective follows the linking verb as part of the predicate. These adjectives are called predicate adjectives.

The puppy became frisky.

A proper adjective is an adjective formed from a proper noun. Sometimes the proper adjective is the same word as the noun that forms it. At other times it has a special ending. All proper adjectives begin with a capital letter.

the Wyoming foothills               Chinese checkers
 

Exercise 1 Draw an arrow from each adjective in italics to the noun or pronoun it modifies.

The first robots were built in the Middle Ages.

1. Some early robots can still be seen today.

2. In Venice, Italy, two human-sized robots dressed in medieval clothing strike the clock tower bell every hour.

3. In Germany, figures dance and play musical instruments under a church clock.

4. Although their movements are simple, they are entertaining.

5. These robots get their power from clock parts.

6. Today robots work on land, in outer space, or on the ocean floor.

7. Japanese scientists are creating a crablike robot to work underwater.

8. This robot can take a great deal of underwater pressure.

9. The abilities of this robot are awesome.

10. Robots are important to space exploration.

11. American spacecraft landed robots on Mars in 1977.

12. These robots tested Martian soil and atmosphere.

13. The Soviet Union used robots in 1978 to take the first pictures of the surface of Venus.

14. The pictures showed rust-colored rocks and an orange sky.

15. The pictures were truly breathtaking.
 

Exercise 2 Underline each adjective.

Robots with human shape are called “androids” or “humanoids.”

1. Many androids or humanoids are run by remote control.

2. True robots run on computer power.

3. Some robots perform household chores.

4. However, household robots are rare.

5. Household robots are also expensive.

6. Household robots could easily cost as much as new houses.

7. Future robots will answer doorbells, clear the dinner table, and keep the kitchen cupboard full.

8. Industrial robots are already quite common.

9. In automobile factories, robots paint cars.

10. On assembly lines, robots are run by computers.

11. Large companies often use these robots to deliver mail.

12. Industrial robots are usually strong.

13. They can use various tools.

14. In one Japanese factory, robots are building other robots.

15. One advantage of robots is that they never become tired.