Questions on Grammar-Adjectives

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Q1. He is

a) tall than his brother.

b) taller than his brother.

c) tallest than his brother.

d) more tall than his brother.

Ans. (b)

Exp: The comparative degree of adjectives is used when we compare between two persons or things.

Q.2 It was an

a) adventurous journey.

b) tiring journey.

c) long journey.

d) boring.

Ans. (a)

Exp: Article ‘an’ is used with words starting with vowels. Therefore, an adventurous journey is the correct option.

Q.3 Iron is the

a) most useful metal.

b) more useful metal.

c) useful metal.

d) usefuller metal.

Ans. (a)

Exp: We use the Superlative Degree of adjectives to show the comparison between more than two persons or things. We also use the definite article 'the' while using the superlative degree.

Q.4 The opposite of adjective ‘deep’ is

a) hollow.

b) shallow.

c) profound.

d) large.

Ans. (b)

Exp: Shallow means having little depth. Therefore, the opposite of deep is shallow.

Q.5 The opposite of Adjective ‘active’ is

a) unactive.

b) inactive.

c) disactive.

d) deactive.

Ans. (b)

Exp: ‘in’ is a prefix. We use prefix ‘in’ with the adjective ‘active’ to make it opposite.

Q.6 She is

a) the most intelligent girl.

b) intelligent girl.

c) more intelligent girl.

d) the more intelligent girl.

Ans. (a)

Exp: We use the Superlative Degree of adjectives to show the comparison between more than two persons or things. We also use the definite article 'the' while using the superlative degree.

Q.7 He is known for being

a) honest.

b) honesty.

c) an honestly.

d) an honesty.

Ans. (a)

Exp: Honest is an adjective.

Q.8 I want to buy

a) an expensive watch.

b) an costly watch.

c) inexpensive watch.

d) a interested watch.

Ans. (a)

Exp: Article ‘an’ is used with words starting with vowels. Therefore, an expensive watch is the correct option.

Q.9 The surface of this table is

a) rough.

b) sound.

c) oblong.

d) square.

Ans. (a)

Exp: The adjective ‘rough’ denotes surface.

Q.10 He wears

a) lose clothes.

b) loose clothes.

c) louse clothes.

d) smartly clothes.

Ans. (b)

Exp: The word ‘loose’ is an adjective.

Q.11 I know that he is

a) very renowned.

b) very renown.

c) very renoun.

d) very renowon.

Ans. (a)

Exp: ‘Renowned’ means famous. The correct spelling is renowned.

Q.12 The texture of this cloth is

a) silky.

b) roughly.

c) smoothly.

d) softly.

Ans. (a)

Exp: ‘Silky’ is an adjective. The other options are adverbs.

Q.13 These are perhaps the

a) fancyest curtains.

b) fanciest curtains.

c) most fanciest.

d) more fanciest.

Ans. (b)

Exp: We use the Superlative Degree of adjectives to show the comparison between more than two persons or things. We also use the definite article 'the' while using the superlative degree.

Q.14 My uncle is the

a) smartest man.

b) more smart than his brother.

c) smart man.

d) smartly man.

Ans. (a )

Exp: We use the Superlative Degree of adjectives to show the comparison between more than two persons or things. We also use the definite article 'the' while using the superlative degree.

Q.15 Three Idiots is the

a) excited movie I’ve ever seen.

b) most exciting movie I’ve ever seen.

c)more excitable movie I’ve ever seen.

d) excitingly movie I’ve ever seen.

Ans. (b)

Exp: We use the Superlative Degree of adjectives to show the comparison between more than two persons or things. We also use the definite article 'the' while using the superlative degree.

Q.16 Of all the students in the class Joshna is surely

a) the most competent.

b) the more competent.

c) very competent.

d) the competence.

Ans. (a)

Exp: We use the Superlative Degree of adjectives to show the comparison between more than two persons or things. We also use the definite article 'the' while using the superlative degree.

Q.17 This year Delhi is

a) foggy than the previous year.

b) foggier than the previous year.

c) foggiest than the previous year.

d) very foggiest than the previous year.

Ans. (b)

Exp: The comparative degree of adjectives is used when we compare between two persons or things.

Q.18 The sentence which contains an adjective is

a) the man is walking.

b) the tall man is walking.

c) the man is walking fast.

d) the man is walking hurriedly.

Ans. (b)

Exp: An adjective describes a noun. The word ‘tall’ here describes a man. Therefore, it is an adjective.

Q.19 The phrase which contains an adjective is

a) the lovely women.

b) dances happily.

c) with a knife.

d) at six o’clock.

Ans. (a)

Exp: An adjective describes a noun. The word ‘lovely’ here describes women. Therefore, it is an adjective.

Q.20 The word which describes a positive quality is

a) industrious.

b) slow.

c) foolish.

d) sloppy.

Ans. (a)

The word ‘Industrious’ means hardworking which is a positive quality.

Q.21 The word which describes a negative quality is

a) awesome.

b) arrogant.

c) confident.

d) magnificent.

Ans. (b)

Exp: The word ‘arrogant’ means rude which is a negative quality.

Q.22 The adjective related to touch is

a) empty.

b) vacant.

c)smooth.

d) bland.

Ans. (c)

Exp: The adjective ‘smooth’ denotes touch.

Q.23 The adjective which is related to taste is

a) insipid

b) spacious

c) massive

d) bewitching

Ans.(a)

Exp: The word ‘insipid’ means awful taste. Therefore, it is related to taste.

Q.24 The adjective in the sentence: Reena handled the breakable glass very carefully is

a) glass.

b) handled.

c) carefully.

d) breakable.

Ans. (d)

Exp: The adjective ‘breakable’ qualifies the noun ‘glass’.

Q.25 The suffix ‘able’ can be used to form adjective

a) love.

b) wise.

c) recognize.

d) comprehend.

Ans. (a)

Exp: Suffix ‘able’ is used with love to make it loveable.

Q.26 A holiday by the sea is

a) better than a holiday in the mountains.

b) more good than a holiday in the mountains.

c) a best holiday than a holiday in the mountains.

d) the good than a holiday in the mountains.

Ans. (a)

Exp: The comparative degree of adjectives is used when we compare between two persons or things.

Q.27 The weather this summer is

a) bad than last summer.

b) worser than last summer.

c) worst than last summer.

d) worse than last summer.

Ans. (d)

Exp: The comparative degree of adjectives is used when we compare between two persons or things. The comparative degree of ‘bad’ is ‘worse’.

Q.28 He is an

a) excellent student.

b) good student.

c) better student.

d) promising student.

Ans. (a)

Exp: The article‘an’ is used with the word starting with a vowel sound.

Q.29 The comparative degree of beautiful is

a) most beautiful.

b) beautifuller.

c) most beautifuller.

d) more beautiful.

Ans. (d)

Exp: Two-syllable adjectives ending in ‘ful’ take ‘more’ and ‘most’ in comparative and superlative degree.

Q.30 The synonym of grand is

a) enormous.

b) magnificent.

c) lethargic.

d) interesting.

Ans. (b)

Exp: Magnificient means grand. Therefore, the synonym of grand is magnificient.

Q.31 The antonym of honest is

a) unhonest.

b) dishonest.

c) inhonest.

d) mishonest.

Ans. (b)

Exp: To make the antonym of honest we use the prefix ‘dis’.

Q.32 The superlative of furious is

a) furiouser.

b) more furious.

c) most furious.

d) the most furious.

Ans. (d)

Exp: We use the definite article 'the' while using the superlative degree.

Q.33 The superlative of angry is

a) angry.

b) angrier.

c) angriest.

d) the most angriest.

Ans. (c)

Exp: When the positive ends in y, preceded by a consonant, the y is changed into ‘i’ before adding est in superlative degree.

Q.34 An adjective is a word which describes a

a) noun.

b) verb.

c) adverb.

d) preposition.

Ans. (a)

Exp: A noun is a name of a person, place or a thing and adjective tells us more about the noun.

Q.35 The red car is as

a) fast as blue car.

b) faster than blue car.

c) fastest than blue car.

d) more fast than blue car.

Ans. (a)

Exp: Positive adjectives stand alone. They are the sole modifier of a noun or pronoun. They do not compare the noun/pronoun with any other.

Q.36 Today it is

a) windy than yesterday.

b) windier than yesterday.

c) windiest than yesterday.

d) more windy than yesterday.

Ans. (b)

Exp: The comparative degree of adjectives is used when we compare between two persons or things.

Q.37 He is as smart as his brother is an

a) adjective of comparative degree.

b) adjective of superlative degree.

c) adjective of positive degree.

d) adverb of comparison.

Ans. (c)

Exp: Positive adjectives stand alone. They are the sole modifier of a noun or pronoun. They do not compare the noun/pronoun with any other.

Q.38 Numeral adjective in the sentence is

a) there are seventeen students in the class.

b) he is a good student.

c) we shall win the match.

d) I have him an expensive watch.

Ans. (a)

Exp: Seventeen is a number. Therefore, it is a numeral adjective.

Q.39 He has

a) sufficient rice.

b) an rice.

c) a rice.

d) a sack of rice.

Ans. (a)

Exp: Sufficient is an adjective which qualifies a noun.

Q.40 He stood

a) one in the class.

b) first in the class.

c) victoriously.

d) tall.

Ans. (b)

Exp: The sentence shows in what order he stands. Therefore, we shall use ordinal number.

Q.41 The word Chinese is a proper adjective because it is derived from

a) the common noun.

b) the abstract noun.

c) proper noun.

d) collective noun.

Ans. (c )

Exp: The word Chinese is derived from the proper noun ‘China’.

Q.42 The antonym of capable is

a) uncapable.

b) incapable.

c) miscapable.

d) capability.

Ans. (b )

Exp: The prefix ‘in’ is used to make the antonym of capable.

Q.43 The adjective form of fever is

a) feverish.

b) feverishly.

c) feverment.

d) feverent.

Ans. (a)

Exp: The suffix ‘ish’ is used to convert the noun ‘fever’ to feverish which is an adjective.

Q.44 She is

a) the most intelligent person I have ever met.

b) the very more intelligent person I have ever met.

c) the intelligent person I have ever met.

d) the more intelligent person I have ever met.

Ans. (a)

Exp: We use the definite article 'the' while using the superlative degree.

Q.45 The smell related adjective is

a) bright.

b) dull.

c) wonderful.

d) fragrant.

Ans. (d)

Exp: Fragrant means ‘sweet smelling’. Therefore, it is related to smell.

Q.46 The comparative degree of little is

a) less.

b) more little.

c) least.

d) littler.

Ans. (a)

Exp: Some adjective are compared irregularly i.e. their comparatives and superlatives are not formed from the positive.

Q.47 The superlative of courageous is

a) courage.

b) more courageous.

c) the most courageous.

d) courageously.

Ans. (c)

Exp: Two-syllable adjectives ending in ‘ous’ take ‘most’ in superlative degree.

Q.48 The comparative of fat is

a) more fat.

b) fattest.

c) fater.

d) fatter.

Ans. (d)

Exp: When the positive is a word of one syllable and ends in a single consonant, precedes by a short vowel, the consonant is doubled before adding ‘__er’ for the comparative and ‘___est’ for the superlative.

Q.49 The adjective form of boy is

a) boyhood.

b) boyish.

c) boyishly.

d) boydom.

Ans. (b)

Exp: ‘ish’ is a suffix which converts the noun ‘boy’ to form an adjective by adding the suffix ‘ish’.

Q.50 He is

a) happier than his brother.

b) happily then this brother.

c) happy than his brother.

d) happiest than his brother.

Ans. (a )

Exp: The comparative degree of adjectives is used when we compare between two persons or things.

Q.51 She has a

a) slight cold.

b) slightly cold.

c) very cold.

d) big cold.

Ans. (a)

Exp: The correct usage of adjective is slight in the above sentence.

Q.52 He is better

a) then me.

b) for me.

c) than me.

d) at me.

Ans. (c)

Exp: The comparative degree is followed by than.

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