Adjective Test - 8

Adjectives are words that modify nouns or pronouns to make them more specific.

There are 3 degrees of adjectives: Positive, comparative and superlative.

The given sentence is comparing the heights of two people- Ajay and Amit.

Whenever a comparative adjective is used, the word 'than' is used after the comparative adjective.

The adjective in the given question is 'tall' as we understand from the options given.

Option C) the tallest is incorrect since it is a superlative adjective and not comparative one.

Option A) and B) are close enough answers. Option B) is incorrect because whenever 'as' is used before an adjective to make it comparative, the adjective should also be followed by another 'as'. For example, in the given sentence, 'as tall as' would have been correct. But, since the blank is not followed by 'as', option B) is incorrect.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A) taller than.

Since option A) is the correct answer, option D) is incorrect.

The complete sentence is: Ajay is taller than Amit.

The adjective in the given sentence is ‘Italian’. It is an adjective of origin that tells you which place a person or thing comes from or which place they belong to. Thus option C is correct. On the other hand, an interrogative adjective is similar to an interrogative pronoun. However, they cannot stand on their own. In other words, they serve to modify another term, especially a noun.The words “which” and “what” are the two interrogative adjectives and are used in interrogative sentences to modify nouns found in the question. Since the sentence doesn’t contain any interrogative adjectives options A is incorrect. An adjective of quantity describes the quantity or amount of something, especially the noun. For example, ‘some food’ or ‘enough water’. While an adjective of substance explains what the noun is made of, like ‘a plastic box’ or ‘silk dress’. Since the given adjective denotes origin and not quantity or substance options B and D are incorrect.

We can use several adjectives to describe a single noun. But when we use adjectives of different kinds together they usually follow an order. The commonly followed order would be size, quality, colour, origin, and substance. The noun in the sentence is ‘cloak’; and the adjectives that describe it are ‘red’ which indicates the colour, ‘velvet’ which is the substance it is made of and ‘beautiful’ which describes the quality of the cloak. Hence based on the order of the adjectives it has to be ‘quality, colour and substance’, i.e. ‘beautiful red velvet cloak’. Therefore option A is correct, whereas options B, C, and D are incorrect. 

The adjective in the given sentence is ‘strange’. It is an adjective of quality that tells you what a person or thing is like, i.e. their nature. Thus option B is correct. On the other hand, an adjective of size tells us about the size of the noun, which could be a person or thing, like ‘big building’ or ‘tall boy’. Whereas an adjective of origin tells you the place a person or thing comes from or the place they belong to, like ‘Mexican hat’ or ‘French flag’. While an adjective of colour describes the colour of things, for example, ‘red cake’ or ‘white dress’. Since the given adjective indicates the quality and not the size, origin or colour options A, C and D are incorrect.

The adjective in the given sentence is ‘huge’. It is an adjective of quality that tells you what a person or thing is like, i.e. their nature. Thus option C is correct. On the other hand, an adjective of origin tells you the place a person or thing comes from or the place they belong to, like ‘Mexican hat’ or ‘French flag’. While an adjective of substance explains what the noun is made of, like ‘a plastic box’ or ‘silk dress’. Whereas an adjective of number suggests either the number of nouns or their position or place in a certain order. For example, ‘five apples’ or ‘first week’. Since the given adjective indicates the quality and not the origin, substance or number, options A, B and D are incorrect.

We can use several adjectives to describe a single noun. But when we use adjectives of different kinds together they usually follow an order. The commonly followed order would be size, quality, colour, origin and substance. The noun in the sentence is ‘box’, and the adjectives that describe it are ‘plastic’ which is the substance it is made of, ‘small’ which describes the size of the box, and ‘purple’ which indicates the colour. Hence based on the order of the adjectives it has to be ‘size, colour and substance’, i.e. ‘small purple plastic box’. Therefore option C is correct, whereas options A, B and D are incorrect. 

The adjective in the given sentence is ‘silk’. It is an adjective of substance explains what the noun is made of. Thus option B is correct. On the other hand, an adjective of origin tells you the place a person or thing comes from or the place they belong to, like ‘Mexican hat’ or ‘French flag’. Whereas, an adjective of quantity describes the quantity or amount of something, especially the noun, like ‘some food’ or ‘enough water’. While an adjective of colour describes the colour of things, for example, ‘red cake’ or ‘white dress’. Since the given adjective indicates the substance the dress is made of and not the origin, quantity or colour, options A, C, and D are incorrect.