1. Mohan is honest and wise.
Ans: Mohan is honest and wise.
2. The roads of Delhi are wide.
Ans: The roads of Delhi are wide.
3. The milk is a wholesome food.
Ans: The milk is a wholesome food.
4. Mr. Smith is a respectable citizen.
Ans: Mr. Smith is a respectable citizen.
5. India is a very large country.
Ans: India is a very large country.
6. Australia is the smallest continent.
Ans: Australia is the smallest continent.
7. Sumer is the tallest boy in the class.
Ans:Sumer is the tallest boy in the class.
8. The camel is a clumsy animal.
Ans: The camel is a clumsy animal.
9.The Taj Mahal is a matchless building.
Ans: The Taj Mahal is a matchless building.
10. Mrs. Das is short and plump.
Ans: Mrs. Das is short and plump.
11. He has a very simple nature.
Ans: He has a very simple nature.
12. Trains are a cheap means of travel.
Ans: Trains are a cheap means of travel.
13. The foolish crow tried to sing.
Ans: The foolish crow tried to sing.
14. Leela is a nice girl.
Ans: Leela is a nice girl.
15. Smart boys are easily traceable anywhere.
Ans: Smart boys are easily traceable anywhere.
📖 Chp 1. The Alphabet
📖 Chp 3. Words and Word - Groups.
📖Chp 5. Parts of Speech
📖 Chp 4. The Subjects and the Predicat
📖 Chp 7. The Noun : Kinds and Us
📖 Chp 11. The Pronoun
📖 Chp 13 Specific Determiners
📖 Chp 14 General Determiners
📖 Chp 15. The Adjective
📖 Chp 16 Degree of Comparison
📖 Chp 22.The Infinitive and theImperative
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Exercise 2. Underline interrogative adjectives and proper adjectives in the following sentences. Mention the kind of each.
1. Whose sister is Lila?
Ans: Whose - Interrogative Adjective.
2. This is a Shakespearean play.
Ans: Shakespearean - Proper Adjectives
3. What subject have you chosen for yourself?
Ans: What - Interrogative Adjective
4. Ashokan pillars can be seen even today.
Ans: Ashokan - Proper Adjective
5. Which school do you attend?
Ans: Which - Interrogative Adjective
6. Punjabi foods are generally wholesome.
Ans: Punjabi - Proper Adjective.
7. English people are very industrious indeed.
Ans: English - Proper Adjective.
8. All the Mughal rulers were great and strong.
Ans: Mughal - Proper Adjective.
9. Mount Everest is a Himalayan peak.
Ans: Himalayan - Proper Adjective.
10. What colours are there in the rainbow.
Ans: What - Interrogative Adjective.
11. Whose necklace was stolen yesterday?
Ans: Whose - Interrogative Adjective.
12. Which book do you like best?
Ans: Which - Interrogative Adjective.
13. Which lady student stood first in your class?
Ans: Which - Interrogative Adjective.
14. What manner of man is he?
Ans: What - Interrogative Adjective
15. Which pen do you prefer?
Ans: Which - Interrogative Adjective
Exercise 3. Underline class adjectives and colour adjectives in the following sentences. Mention the kind of each:
1. A political leader must be honest.
Ans: Political - Class Adjective
2. Your hair has turned grey.
Ans: Grey - Colour Adjective
3. The human nature cannot be judged.
Ans: Human - Class Adjective
4. She is wearing a light-blue saree.
Ans: Blue - Color Adjective
5. This is the natural result of his efforts.
Ans: Natural - Class Adjective
6. Every story must have a moral lesson.
Ans: Moral - Class Adjective
7. Historical monuments must be looked after.
Ans: Historical - Class Adjective
8. She is working in a private company.
Ans: Private - Class Adjective
9. I like deep red roses very much.
Ans: Red - Colour Adjective
10. I mostly wear a white dress in summer.
Ans: White - Colour Adjective
11. He was accorded a red carpet welcome.
Ans: Red - Colour Adjective
12. The girl with violet scarf is John's sister.
Ans: Violet - Colour Adjective
13. We save a black panther in the circus.
Ans: Black - Colour Adjective
14. He died a glorious death.
Ans: Glorious - Class Adjective
Exercise 4. Underline emphasizing adjectives and precision adjectives in the following sentences. Mention the kind of each.
1. You have committed a gross blunder.
Ans: Gross : Emphasizing Adjective
2. It is one of the top Indian companies.
Ans: Top : Precision Adjective
3. He is a complete duffer.
Ans: Complete : Emphasizing Adjective
4. It is a hard truth indeed.
Ans: Hard : Emphasizing Adjective
5. She is the only living child of my
brother.
Ans: Only : Precision Adjective
6. The stinking filthy streets breeds
disease germs.
Ans: Stinking - Precision Adjective
7. The firm has made further financial
progress.
Ans: Further - Precision Adjective
8. You will find this shop at the very end
of the street.
Ans: Very - Precision Adjective
9.Your new black suit looks very fine on
you.
Ans: New - Precision Adjective
10. We were standing at the very
bottom of the hill.
Ans: Very - Precision Adjective
11. Ramu is a complete drunkard.
Ans: Complete - Emphasizing Adjective
12. Utter desperation is the cause of his
illness.
Ans: Utter - Emphasizing Adjective
13. Bhagat Singh was a fine
revolutionary.
Ans: Fine - Emphasizing Adjective
Exercise 5. Underline adjective substitutes in the following sentences:
1. What an amusing joke!
Ans: amusing
2. The broken limb was removed by the
doctors.
Ans: broken
3. Ramesh is doing a booming business.
Ans: booming
4. The widow spoke in a frightened
voice.
Ans: frightened
5. Life is becoming an increasing
struggle.
Ans: increasing
6. The required amount will be paid
before long.
Ans: required
7. Tomatoes are very appetizing.
Ans: appetizing
8. Satisfied customers are an asset
indeed.
Ans: satisfied
9. My uncle is a leading lawyer of the
town.
Ans: leading
10. The interested parties are welcome.
Ans: interested
11. My father is wearing his usual grey
suit.
Ans: wearing
12. Certain basic rights are to be
followed by an Indian Citizen.
Ans: Indian
13. Same old stories were narrated to us.
Ans: old
Exercise 6. Answer:
(a) What is an adjective? Name it's kinds.
Ans: An adjective is a word that adds to the meaning of a noun or a pronoun.
Adjectives are of eight different kinds as under
1. Adjectives of quality
2. Proper adjectives
3. Class adjectives
4. Colour adjectives
5. Emphasizing adjectives
6. Precision adjectives
7. Adjectives substitutes
8. Compound adjectives
(b) What is an adjective of quality? Give five examples.
Ans: An adjective of quality denotes some quality of its noun or pronoun.
Five examples are - Brave, Golden, Nice, Beautiful, Developed.
(c) What is a proper adjective? Give five examples.
Ans: A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun.
Five examples are - Indian, Chinese, Turkish, British, Assamese.
(d) What is a colour adjective? Give five examples.
Ans: A colour adjective describes the colour of its noun.
Five examples are - Black, Red, Blue, Violet, Pink.
(e) What is an emphasizing adjective? Give five examples.
Ans: An emphasizing adjective lays stress on a fact about its noun.
Five examples are - Own, Actual, Very, Perfect, Whole.
(f) What is a precision adjective? Give five examples.
Ans: A precision adjective is used before the main adjective to make the description precise.
Five examples are - Amazing, Little, Better, Deadly, Certain.
(g) What is an adjective substitute? Give five examples.
Ans: An adjective substitute is not a natural adjective.
Five examples are - Working, Known, Amusing, Pleasing
Dying.
(h) What is a compound adjective? Give five examples.
Ans: A compound adjective is made up of two or more words usually written with a hyphen in between.
Five examples are - One-way, Good-looking, Built-up, Clear-cut, Part-time.
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