Grammar worksheet with exercises on identifying adjective phrases.

Let’s solve each question step by step, explaining what an adjective phrase is and how to identify its head word.

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🔹 What is an Adjective Phrase?

An adjective phrase is a group of words that functions as an adjective — it modifies a noun or pronoun. It often includes an adjective (the “head”) plus modifiers (like adverbs, prepositional phrases, etc.).

The head of the phrase is the main word — usually the adjective — that the rest of the phrase describes or modifies.

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## ✔ Question 6:
> Which word heads the adjective phrase in the sentence below?
> *The boy covered in paint protested his innocence.*
> a. Covered
> b. Paint
> c. His

💡 Analysis:

- The phrase “covered in paint” modifies “the boy” → it tells us what kind of boy.
- “Covered” is a past participle acting as an adjective here.
- “In paint” is a prepositional phrase modifying “covered” — telling us *how* he was covered.
- So, the entire phrase “covered in paint” is an adjective phrase, and its head is “covered”.

✔ Answer: a. Covered

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## ✔ Question 7:
> Select the example with an adjective phrase:
> a. These extremely important letters must arrive tomorrow.
> b. Please post these letters for me immediately.

💡 Analysis:

- In option a: “extremely important” modifies “letters” → “important” is the adjective, “extremely” is an adverb modifying it → this is an adjective phrase.
- In option b: “immediately” modifies the verb “post” → it’s an adverb phrase, not adjective.

✔ Answer: a. These extremely important letters must arrive tomorrow.

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## ✔ Question 8:
> Which word heads the adjective phrase in the sentence below?
> *The almost blue sea looked menacing.*
> a. Almost
> b. Menacing
> c. Blue

💡 Analysis:

- The phrase “almost blue” modifies “sea” → it describes the color of the sea.
- “Blue” is the adjective; “almost” is an adverb modifying “blue”.
- So, “almost blue” is the adjective phrase, and its head is “blue”.

✔ Answer: c. Blue

*(Note: “menacing” also modifies “sea”, but it’s a single-word adjective — not a phrase. The question asks for the head of the adjective phrase “almost blue”.)*

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## ✔ Question (unnumbered, after Q8):
> *I dream of cakes covered in cream*
> a. Dream
> b. Covered
> c. Cakes

💡 Analysis:

- “covered in cream” modifies “cakes” → it’s an adjective phrase describing the cakes.
- “Covered” is the head (past participle acting as adjective).
- “In cream” modifies “covered”.

✔ Answer: b. Covered

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## ✔ Question 9:
> Select the example with an adjective phrase:
> a. Is she allergic to nuts?
> b. Do you have an allergy to nuts.

💡 Analysis:

- In option a: “allergic to nuts” modifies “she” → “allergic” is the adjective, “to nuts” is a prepositional phrase modifying it → this forms an adjective phrase.
- In option b: “allergy to nuts” — “allergy” is a noun, so “to nuts” modifies the noun → this is a noun phrase, not adjective.

✔ Answer: a. Is she allergic to nuts?

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## 📌 Final Answers:

6. a. Covered
7. a. These extremely important letters must arrive tomorrow.
8. c. Blue
(Unnumbered) b. Covered
9. a. Is she allergic to nuts?

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