ADJECTIVES: Practice Exercises Answer Guide

🔑 ADJECTIVES: Practice Exercises Answer Guide

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Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks

• 1. His shirt is new.
• 2. Your car dashboard layout is very driver-friendly.
• 3. My uncle will gift me a beautiful doll on my birthday.
• 4. Shimla is a famous tourist spot.
• 5. December is a month of festive joy for Christians.

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Exercise 2: Sentence Transformations

1. Sheela speaks softly.
   • Comparative: Sheela speaks more softly.
   • Superlative: Sheela speaks most softly.


2. Nomita is a helpful child.
   • Comparative: Nomita is a more helpful child.
   • Superlative: Nomita is the most helpful child.


3. An elephant is a big animal.
   • Comparative: An elephant is a bigger animal than most.
   • Superlative: An elephant is the biggest animal.


4. 'The Hindu' is a popular newspaper.
   • Comparative: 'The Hindu' is a more popular newspaper.
   • Superlative: 'The Hindu' is the most popular newspaper.

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Exercise 3: Distributive Adjectives Challenge

On the occasion of annual day, (a) all the buildings of our school were adorned. (b) Every pillar of the building was decorated with garlands, and (c) each class was decorated with Rangoli. (d) Each of the two main blocks, the senior wing as well as the junior wing, was decorated with colourful lights. The school has two wings; (e) either building was decorated tastefully. (f) Neither of the buildings was neglected. (g) Every student participated in this decoration, and (h) all the students were given sweets after the completion of the function.

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Exercise 4: Identify the Adjective Type

• 1. Those sweet mangoes came from our ancestral farm.
  👉 sweet (Adjective of Quality) || ancestral (Adjective of Quality)


• 2. How much fuel do we need to reach Ambala?
  👉 much (Adjective of Quantity)


• 3. The brave warrior refused to surrender to the enemy forces.
  👉 brave (Adjective of Quality) || enemy (Noun used as Adjective)


• 4. Give her two clean notebooks and an eraser.
  👉 two (Adjective of Number / Cardinal) || clean (Adjective of Quality)


• 5. Neither candidate was fit for the challenging post.
  👉 Neither (Distributive Adjective) || challenging (Adjective of Quality)


• 6. Our team captain scored the winning run.
  👉 Our (Possessive Adjective) || winning (Adjective of Quality / Participle)