Question

Read the following excerpt from the passage. Which italicized words in the answer choices are used as adjectives? Select all that apply.

Drifting fog moves softly inland along the narrow river valleys and blankets the thick forest in chill mist. Soon it will completely envelop the quiet, little farms which dot the picturesque countryside.
softly inland
dot the
Drifting fog moves
along the
thick forest in
quiet, little farms
chill mist. Soon it will
blankets the
picturesque countryside.
river valleys and
little farms which
narrow river valleys
completely envelop the

Answer 1

The italicized words used as adjectives in the passage are:

- **thick** (describing "forest")
- **quiet** (describing "farms")
- **little** (describing "farms")
- **picturesque** (describing "countryside")
- **narrow** (describing "river valleys")

So the answer choices with adjectives are:

- thick forest
- quiet, little farms
- picturesque countryside
- narrow river valleys