Parts of speech: adjectives 2

In 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. The committee honored Luisa Montes, one of the most respected members of her community.
◯ honored
◯ most
◯ respected
Parts of speech: adjectives 2 – 1

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undefined. Every fall, gray whales migrate from the frigid North Pacific to the warm, shallow waters near Mexico.
◯ migrate
◯ from
◯ shallow
Parts of speech: adjectives 2 – 2

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undefined. Could you please order two tickets to Saturday’s game?
◯ you
◯ two
◯ tickets
Parts of speech: adjectives 2 – 3

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undefined. Inspired by Thomas Edison’s inventions, Louis and Auguste Lumière made one of the first movie projectors.
◯ inventions
◯ movie
◯ projectors
Parts of speech: adjectives 2 – 4

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undefined. The storyteller captivated his audience with suspenseful folklore and rhythmic verse.
◯ captivated
◯ audience
◯ suspenseful
Parts of speech: adjectives 2 – 5

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undefined. Salvador Dalí’s painting The Persistence of Memory features melting clocks.
◯ painting
◯ melting
◯ clocks
Parts of speech: adjectives 2 – 6

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undefined. After a long day at work, Mark flopped down on the chair and closed his eyes.
◯ down
◯ closed
◯ his
Parts of speech: adjectives 2 – 7

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undefined. The towering mountains provided a beautiful backdrop to the towns in the valley.
◯ towering
◯ backdrop
◯ valley
Parts of speech: adjectives 2 – 8

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undefined. The rain dripped slowly off the rusty metal roof.
◯ dripped
◯ slowly
◯ rusty
Parts of speech: adjectives 2 – 9

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undefined. Lynne designed a necklace with hand-carved wooden beads.
◯ necklace
◯ wooden
◯ beads
Parts of speech: adjectives 2 – 10