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Identifying Adjectives
At the Beach...

Reading Level 1

Directions: Read each of the following sentences. Identify the word that is used as an adjective. Circle your response.

1. 	Deja took one look at the cloudless sky and started packing a bag for the beach.	

a)	Deja	b)	house	
c)	cloudless	d)	beach	

2. 	Tammy walked along the shore and picked up pretty shells.	

a)	Tammy	b)	pretty	
c)	shore	d)	walked	

3. 	It is dangerous to leave glass in the sand.	

a)	dangerous	b)	sand	
c)	glass	d)	leave	

4. 	Don and Dan were looking for flat rocks to skip.	

a)	skip	b)	looking	
c)	rocks	d)	flat	

5. 	"Today is a good day to go to the beach," said Deja's mom.	

a)	beach	b)	good	
c)	Today	d)	said	

6. 	Deja felt the warm sand between her toes.	

a)	warm	b)	felt	
c)	sand	d)	Deja	

7. 	Jerome ran along the shore and tried to get his purple kite into the air.	

a)	air	b)	shore	
c)	along	d)	purple	

8. 	The waves crashed against the rocky shore.	

a)	waves	b)	crashed	
c)	rocky	d)	against	

9. 	Kiara sat under the sun's bright rays and tanned her skin.	

a)	tanned	b)	skin	
c)	under	d)	bright	

10. 	Deja threw the ball to her dog Coco, but Coco was too tired to chase it.	

a)	tired	b)	threw	
c)	chase	d)	it	

11. 	Kiara loved the smell of suntan oil but not how greasy it felt.	

a)	smell	b)	greasy	
c)	felt	d)	loved	

12. 	Jerome stepped on a sharp rock and hurt his foot.	

a)	hurt	b)	sharp	
c)	stepped	d)	rock	

13. 	The seagulls squawked and pecked at the stale bread.	

a)	stale	b)	breadcrumbs	
c)	squawked	d)	seagulls	

14. 	Kiara tried to wipe the sand off her sticky skin.	

a)	wipe	b)	sand	
c)	skin	d)	sticky	

15. 	Jerome feared that little fish might bite his toes if he went in the water.	

a)	feared	b)	bite	
c)	little	d)	water	

16. 	Don waded into the water until he it got too cold for him.	

a)	water	b)	waded	
c)	cold	d)	him	

17. 	Kiara and Don buried their dad up to his neck in the wet sand.	

a)	wet	b)	dad	
c)	buried	d)	neck	

18. 	As Jerome chased his kite down the shore, he almost fell in a shallow hole.	

a)	shore	b)	chased	
c)	kite	d)	shallow	

19. 	Don built a castle out of sand using old plastic bottles.	

a)	sand	b)	old	
c)	bottles	d)	castle	

20. 	Deja didn't want the water to ruin her perfect hair.	

a)	hair	b)	ruin	
c)	perfect	d)	water	

21. 	Deja didn't know what her dog Coco was chewing but it looked really gross.	

a)	Coco	b)	know	
c)	what	d)	gross	

22. 	Deja's dog Coco left a little present in the sand for Deja.	

a)	present	b)	little	
c)	Deja's	d)	left	

23. 	Some seagulls perched on a rotted post.	

a)	rotted	b)	seagulls	
c)	perched	d)	post	

24. 	There was a stone statue of a man riding a horse at the center of the beach.	

a)	center	b)	statue	
c)	horse	d)	stone	

25. 	Kiara puckered her lips as she sipped the sour drink.	

a)	drink	b)	lips	
c)	sour	d)	puckered	

26. 	Don's towel was soaked after he dropped it in the water.	

a)	water	b)	soaked	
c)	towel	d)	it	

27. 	Kiara enjoyed the salty smell of the ocean air.	

a)	enjoyed	b)	smell	
c)	air	d)	salty	

28. 	Jerome blew into the conch and made a loud noise.	

a)	noise	b)	blew	
c)	loud	d)	made	

29. 	Tammy had pale circles around her eyes from her sunglasses.	

a)	pale	b)	circles	
c)	sunglasses	d)	had	

30. 	Deja wanted to go home after a long day at the beach.	

a)	home	b)	wanted	
c)	day	d)	long