Adjectives Test 1

The comparative degree is usually followed by ‘than’. However, the comparative adjectives ending in ‘-or’ are followed by ‘to’. Hence, the correct form is ‘superior to’, and not ‘superior than’. Therefore, the sentence given in alternative B is correct.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Adjectives of quantity answer the question ‘how much?’ Little, adequate, much, whole and great are all adjectives of quantity.

Adjectives of number answer the question ‘how many?’ Few, each, many and most are all adjectives of number.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

An adjective of number is used with countable nouns. The word ‘any’ is an adjective of number. However, it can also function as an indefinite pronoun. An indefinite pronoun points to general persons, places or things.

In the sentence given in alternative A, ‘any’ is an adjective of number as it is followed by the countable noun ‘song’. In the sentence given in alternative B, ‘any’ is an indefinite pronoun.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

An adjective of number is used with countable nouns, while an adjective of quantity is used with uncountable nouns. ‘Some’ is an adjective that can function as an adjective of number and as an adjective of quantity. In the sentence given in alternative A, it is followed by the countable noun ‘people’. Hence, it is an adjective of number in this sentence.

In the sentence given in alternative B, it is followed by an uncountable noun ‘rice’. Hence, it is an adjective of quantity in this sentence.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

‘Hers’ and ‘her’ are the possessive forms of the personal pronoun ‘she’. However, ‘hers’ is the possessive pronoun (a noun does not follow it) and ‘her’ is the possessive adjective (a noun follows it). Hence, the possessive adjective is used in the sentence given in alternative A.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Depending upon their use in a sentence, ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘these’ and ‘those’ can function as demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative pronouns. When used as demonstrative adjectives, these words come right before a noun.

In sentence I, ‘clothes’ is a noun that immediately follows ‘those’. Hence, a demonstrative adjective is used in this sentence.

In sentence II, ‘pyjamas’ is a noun that follows ‘those’. Hence, a demonstrative adjective is used in this sentence as well.

Therefore, statement III is false.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

In sentence I, the underlined part is a clause as it has a subject and a predicate. This clause works as an adjective clause. Ask the question ‘which country?’ and you get the answer ‘a country where everything was made up of chocolate’.

In sentence II, the underlined part is a phrase as it does not have a verb. This phrase works as an adjective phrase. Ask the question ‘which door?’ and you get the answer ‘the door with the broken handle’.

Hence, statement III is false.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Tragedy is a noun. Tragic is an adjective.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Sentences I and II mean the same. However, the positive form of the adjective ‘intelligent’ is used in sentence I and its comparative form is used in sentence II.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

It is possible to change the degree of comparison (positive, comparative, superlative) of an adjective in a sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence.

In sentence I, the positive form of the adjective ‘tall’ is used, while in sentence II, the superlative form of the adjective is used. However, the two sentences mean the same.

If the comparative form of this adjective is used, then a sentence having the same meaning can be constructed as follows:

Amitabh Bachchan is taller than most Indian actors.

OR

Most Indian actors are not taller than Amitabh Bachchan.

So, statement III is true.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.