Parts of speech: adjectives 1

For each sentence, indicate which of the three underlined words is an adjective or a noun or pronoun functioning as an adjective.

For help with this exercise, see Adjectives.

Example

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undefined. Infomercials are rarely believable.
◯ Infomercials
◯ rarely
◯ believable
Parts of speech: adjectives 1 – 1

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undefined. In a true democracy, all citizens have the right to vote.
◯ true
◯ democracy
◯ right
Parts of speech: adjectives 1 – 2

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undefined. Although it may be difficult, a nursing career has many rewards.
◯ may
◯ nursing
◯ rewards
Parts of speech: adjectives 1 – 3

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undefined. A penguin cannot fly; it uses its wings to swim underwater.
◯ fly
◯ it
◯ its
Parts of speech: adjectives 1 – 4

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undefined. Confidence is a pretty important trait of a politician.
◯ Confidence
◯ pretty
◯ important
Parts of speech: adjectives 1 – 5

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undefined. The second item on the agenda raised the very complicated issue of increasing the sales tax.
◯ second
◯ very
◯ issue
Parts of speech: adjectives 1 – 6

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undefined. The documentary claimed to provide an unbiased view of the event.
◯ documentary
◯ unbiased
◯ view
Parts of speech: adjectives 1 – 7

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undefined. In my daydreams, the longest day of the week is Saturday.
◯ In
◯ daydreams
◯ longest
Parts of speech: adjectives 1 – 8

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undefined. His car squealed loudly whenever he turned sharply to the left.
◯ His
◯ loudly
◯ sharply
Parts of speech: adjectives 1 – 9

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undefined. Many sites on the Internet charge a fee for information that was once free.
◯ Many
◯ sites
◯ fee
Parts of speech: adjectives 1 – 10