English Grammar Adjectives

Ch.21 Adjectives

Date: 22.06.21

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Learning Outcomes

Date-24.06.21

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TEXTUAL EXERCISE ANSWER KEY

Textual Answers:
1.	Underline the adjectives and state their kind.
	a)	reckless, cobbled- adjective of quality
	b)	fourth- adjective of number (ordinal); senior, long – adjective of quality
	c)	Many- indefinite numeral adjective
	d)	This- demonstrative adjective, her- possessive adjective
	e)	Whose- interrogative adjective
	f)	that-demonstrative adjective; his – possessive adjective
2.	Solve the crossword with the opposites of the following adjectives.
	Across			Down
	2. polite – rude			1. traditional- modern
	5. ashamed- proud			3. nervous- confident
	9. complicated- simple			4. sensible- crazy
	10. calm – angry			6. tasty- disgusting
	11. passive- aggressive			7. upset- glad
	12. innocent- guilty			8. safe- dangerous
	13. awake - asleep			10. dead- alive
3.	There is one error in each sentence against which blanks have been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the blank. Underline the error that you have noted. One has been done for you as an example.
			Error	Correction
e.g.	tenth			ten
a	most			many/few/adjective of number
b	sharpest			sharp
c	many			more

d	melodiously	melodious
Formation of Adjectives
1.	Form adjectives from the given		words
	musical historic educated	awesome co-operative courageous		laughing dirty
2.	Frame adjectives that are opposite in meaning by adding any of the following prefixes im, dis, un, ir, non, in, il.
a.	desirable	undesirable
b.	pardonable	unpardonable
c.	edible	inedible
d.	moral	immoral
e.	possible	impossible
f.	legible	illegible
g.	obedient	disobedient
h.	polite	impolite
3.	Rewrite the sentence by changing the underlined word into its adjective form. Make other changes where required. The first one has been done for you.
a.	Neha is a talkative girl.
b.	Mice can be very troublesome.
c.	Living near factories can be harmful for your health.
d.	She gets paid on a monthly basis at work.
4.	Rearrange the following word clusters to make meaningful sentences.
a)	A four- day trip was organized by my school.
b)	The lengthy bus journey turned out to be exciting.
c)	We reached the place on a bright sunny morning.
d)	The teachers had planned adventurous activities for all of us.
	Degrees of Comparison

1.	Fill in the blanks with the correct degree of the adjective
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
	intelligent	more intelligent	most intelligent
	valuable	more valuable	most valuable
	less	lesser	least
	remarkable	more remarkable	most remarkable
	gentle	gentler	gentlest
2.	Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjective.
a) worse, b) the most intelligent c) more colourful d) taller e) the latest
3.	Change the degree of the adjectives in the following sentences without changing the meaning of the sentence.
a.	Comparative – Mumbai is busier than most cities in the world. Superlative- Mumbai is one of the busiest cities in the world.
b.	Positive- Very few emperors were as powerful as Ashoka. Comparative- Ashoka was more powerful than many emperors in the world.
c.	Comparative- Mount Everest is higher than many other peaks in the world. Superlative- Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world.
d.	Comparative- No other metal is costlier than gold. Superlative- Gold is the costliest metal of all.
4.	There is one error in each line against which a blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer. Underline the spotted error. One has been done for you.
	Error		Correction
eg	fewest	few
a.	worser	worse
b.	smoothest	smooth

c.	most	many
d.	beautifuller	beautiful

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