Adjectives MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Adjectives - Download Free PDF

Key Points

• The sentence compares two cities, so we need the comparative degree of the adjective "bad".
• The correct comparative form of "bad" is "worse", not "more bad" or "worst".
• "Worse" is used when comparing two things; "worst" is the superlative used when comparing more than two.
• Hence, "Delhi is worse than Mumbai in terms of pollution" is grammatically and contextually correct.

Additional Information

• Positive degree: bad (e.g., This air is bad.)
• Comparative degree: worse (e.g., This air is worse than yesterday's.)
• Superlative degree: worst (e.g., This is the worst air quality this year.)
• "More bad" is incorrect; use "worse" instead for comparisons between two subjects.

The correct answer is option 2, 'The nearest railway station is two kilometers from here'.

Key Points

•  An adjective is a word that modifies nouns and pronouns, to give us more detail about them.
• The superlative degree is used to describe an object out of a group.
  • Example: 'Water is the most precious thing on the earth'.
• ​In option 2 sentence tells us, The only nearest railway station is two km away. Which gives us a sense of superlative.
• Thus, the correct answer is - 'The nearest railway station is two kilometers from here'.

​Additional Information

• In option 1, All others are senior to one which is not a superlative sense.
• In option 3, The comparative degree is used by comparing two knives using than.
• In option 4, The superlative degree gives us a comparison of one from all, here there is no such comparison.

The correct answer is Option 3; Adjective phrase.

Key Points

• An adjective phrase is a group of words that describe a noun or pronoun in a sentence. In the sentence 'The umbrella with a broken handle is mine.', the phrase 'with a broken handle' describes the noun 'umbrella' by providing more information about it.

Therefore, the correct answer is: Adjective phrase.

Additional Information

Here are the explanations for the incorrect options:

• Option 1: Noun phrase A noun phrase is a group of words that functions as a noun in a sentence. Example: The little boy is playing.
• Option 2: Adverb phrase An adverb phrase is a group of words that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Example: She sang with great enthusiasm.
• Option 4: Verbal phrase A verbal phrase is a group of words that contains a verb form (participle, gerund, or infinitive) and its modifiers. Example: Running through the park is fun

The correct answer is '4' i.e. She is the most talented musician in the orchestra.

Key Points

• The correct way to express the highest degree of comparison (superlative degree) is by using "the most + adjective" for adjectives that are longer than one syllable.
• Option 4, "She is the most talented musician in the orchestra," is grammatically correct and expresses the idea appropriately.
• Other options contain grammatical errors:
  • Option 1: "She is the talent of all musicians in the orchestra" is incorrect because "talent" is a noun, not a comparative adjective.
  • Option 2: "She is the talentedest musician in the orchestra" is incorrect because "talentedest" is not a valid English word.
  • Option 3: "She is more talented musician in the orchestra" is incorrect as it requires "the" before "more talented" to complete the comparison.

Correct sentence: She is the most talented musician in the orchestra.

Additional Information

• Comparative Degree:
  • Used to compare two things or people.
  • For one-syllable adjectives, add "-er" (e.g., taller, smarter).
  • For longer adjectives, use "more + adjective" (e.g., more talented, more beautiful).
• Superlative Degree:
  • Used to compare one thing or person against all others in a group.
  • For one-syllable adjectives, add "-est" (e.g., tallest, smartest).
  • For longer adjectives, use "the most + adjective" (e.g., the most talented, the most beautiful).

The correct answer is '1' i.e. Few girls in the class are as smart as Sushma.

Key Points

• The given sentence uses a **superlative degree**, "Sushma is one of the smartest girls in the class."
• To change the sentence into **positive degree**, we need to express the comparison in a way that compares Sushma's intelligence to the other girls without using superlative or comparative forms like "smartest" or "smarter."
• Option 1, "Few girls in the class are as smart as Sushma," correctly expresses the idea in the **positive degree**.
• Other options either use incorrect grammar or fail to convert the sentence into **positive degree**.

Correct Sentence: Few girls in the class are as smart as Sushma.

Additional Information

• Degrees of Comparison:
  • Positive Degree: Describes a quality without making comparisons.
    Example: Few girls are as smart as Sushma.
  • Comparative Degree: Compares two entities.
    Example: Sushma is smarter than any other girl in the class.
  • Superlative Degree: Highlights the highest degree of quality among three or more entities.
    Example: Sushma is one of the smartest girls in the class.

The correct answer is Advisable.

Key Points

• Many English words can be used in more than one part of speech.
• Option 2 is a verb.
• Options 3 and 4 are verbs.

Hint 

An adjective can be identified from the list of the given words keeping in view the suffixes attached:

• Thus 'advisable' is the adjective form of advice.
  Thus the correct answer is Advisable.

The correct answer is: No other child in the class is as dull as she.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the superlative degree.
• To express it in a positive degree, we need to compare her level of dullness without referencing others.
• The sentence starts with "No other child," which sets up a negative construction. This is a common way to express a positive degree comparison by stating that no one else possesses the quality to a greater extent.
• The phrase "as dull as" is a standard construction for making positive degree comparisons.
• In positive degree comparisons, we use "as + adjective + as" to convey equality or similarity in the quality being compared.
• The sentence ends with "as she." In comparisons, it is grammatically correct to use the subject pronoun after "as" rather than the object pronoun.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct answer is Adjective

Key Points

• As we have to identify the part of the speech of the word, we need to know the significance of the parts of the speech.
• Parts of speech:
  • A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions. 
  • In English, the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection.
• Let's understand the definitions of parts of speech given in the options:

  Parts of speech	Function	Example
  Adjective	It is used to qualify the noun or pronoun in the sentence.	Your daughter has a good nature. The child liked the dark chocolate.
  Preposition	Makes a relationship of the noun or pronoun with the other words of the sentence.	He came by train. Our country is loved by all citizens.
  Noun	It is the name of a person, place, animal, feeling, etc.	Ram is a good boy. Meena is studying
  Adverb	It is used to qualify the verb, adjective, or other adverbs in the sentence.	He came noisily. Open the door slowly.

   

Thus the correct answer is Option 3

The correct answer is option 3) i.e. Adjective
Key Points 

'Large, red' is qualifying the noun 'rain boots'. 'Large, red' is describing by what type of boots the room was filled with. As you can see what adjectives by the definition given below:

An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. Examples: hot, lazy, funny, unique, bright, beautiful, poor, smooth.

Example: 

I like big cats. (big is describing which type of cats I like)
I want to buy red jeans. (red is describing the color of jeans I want to buy)

The correct answer is: It looks like our worst fears are coming true.

Key Points

• The original sentence expresses concern about fears becoming reality, using the term "bad" to describe the nature of these fears.
• The transformation into the superlative degree involves replacing "bad" with "worst."
• This is because the superlative degree is used to indicate the highest degree or extent of quality.
• The use of "worst" intensifies the level of fear, suggesting that these fears are the most severe or distressing among the possibilities.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct answer is 'are grandest than' i.e. this part of the sentence has an error.

Key Points

• In the given sentence, the use of the superlative adjective 'grandest' is incorrect.
• A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of quality.
• We use a superlative adjective to describe the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things.
• In the given sentence, the word 'than' is used, we use 'than' with a comparative adjective when comparing two things or people.
• A comparative adjective is an adjective used to compare two people or things.
• Therefore, the comparative adjective 'grander' should be used in place of the superlative adjective 'grandest'.
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Correct sentence: The Dussehra celebrations in Mysore this year are grander than in any other part of the state.

Hinglish

• दिए गए वाक्य में superlative adjective 'grandest' का प्रयोग गलत है।
• एक superlative adjective गुणवत्ता के चरम या उच्चतम स्तर को व्यक्त करता है।
• चीजों के समूह में एक चीज की चरम गुणवत्ता का वर्णन करने के लिए हम एक superlative adjective का उपयोग करते हैं।
• दिए गए वाक्य में 'than' शब्द का प्रयोग किया गया है, हम दो चीजों या लोगों की तुलना करते समय comparative adjective के साथ 'than' का प्रयोग करते हैं।
• एक comparative adjective एक adjective है जिसका उपयोग दो लोगों या चीजों की तुलना करने के लिए किया जाता है।
• इसलिए, superlative adjective 'grandest' के स्थान पर comparative adjective 'grander' का प्रयोग करना चाहिए।
   

अतः सही उत्तर विकल्प 3 है।

The correct answer is Floral

Key Points

• Many words in English can be used in more than one part of speech.
• Let's consider the words given in options:
  • Options 1,3 and 4 are nouns.
  • Option 2 is an adjective.
• Adjectives are formed with the use of some suffixes.
• Examples: Superstitious, joyous, etc.

Some adjectives are totally different from their noun forms such as:
 

• Floral is also such an adjective.
• Thus the correct answer is Floral.

The correct answer is Option 3) i.e. 'Customary'

Key Points

⇒ Custom:

► Parts of Speech- Noun

► Meaning: a) A way of behaving which a particular group or society has had for a long time.

► Example: It is our custom to take off our shoes when we enter the house.

It is the custom for the bride to wear a white dress on her wedding day.                  

The Christmas tree is a symbol of the ancient custom of the Christians.

⇒ Let's see the meaning of the options given.

► Customer(Noun): A person who buys goods or services in a shop, restaurant, etc.  

► Customise(Verb): Modify (something) to suit a particular individual or task.

► Customary(Adjective): According to custom

► Costume(Noun): A set or style of clothes worn by people in a particular country or in a particular historical period.

Thus, the adjective form of Custom is 'Customary'.

Additional Information

⇒ Custom:

► Synonyms: Tradition, practice, usage, convention, ritual

► Antonyms: Divergence, irregularity, deviation.

⇒ Root: Originated from Old French coustume, based on Latin consuetudo, from consuetus.

Past participle of consuescere ‘accustom’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + suescere ‘become accustomed’.

⇒ Customary:

► Usage in a sentence: It is customary to hold the door open for someone who is entering a building behind you.

The correct answer is "Adjective".

Key Points

• In the given sentence, the word 'beautiful' is describing the noun 'girl'.
• Let us explore the given options:
  • Noun is a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things ( common noun ), or to name a particular one of these ( proper noun ).
  • Verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence.
  • Adjective is a word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes its referent.
  • Adverb is a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 3.
   

Additional Information

• Adjectives come in three forms: absolute, comparative, and superlative.
  • Absolute adjectives describe something in its own right.
  • Comparative adjectives, unsurprisingly, make a comparison between two or more things.
  • Superlative adjectives indicate that something has the highest degree of the quality in question.

The correct answer is: "No other place I have seen is as beautiful as Istanbul."

Key Points

• The original sentence "Istanbul is a beautiful city" is a positive statement describing the beauty of Istanbul.
• To express this in the positive degree of comparison, we use the structure "more + adjective + than" when comparing to other places.
• Therefore, "No place I have seen is more beautiful than Istanbul" conveys the idea that, among the places the speaker has visited, Istanbul is the most beautiful.
• This construction emphasizes the positive quality of Istanbul's beauty without making a direct comparison to other places.
• The positive degree is achieved by using "more" followed by the adjective ("beautiful") and "than" to indicate the comparison.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 4.