English
Adjective
Lecture No.- 03 Bhragu Kulshrestha Sir
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English Adjective
Adjective
• Rahul is getting rich and rich
• Rahul is getting rich and richer
• Rahul is getting richer and richer
Adjective
• John is the best person of our locality.
• John is Mr.Kapoor’s eldest son.
• Jack is my best friend.
Uses of Adjectives
• Some Vs Any
I have some friends in this city
I don’t have any friends in this city
Do you have any friend in this city?
Some students are waiting for you outside
Some student is waiting for you outside
When the given noun is unknown to a speaker in that case we can use
some before that noun it gives the sense of any.
Uses of Adjectives
• Elder vs Older
My brother is elder to my sister.
Rahul is my elder brother.
John is older than Ravi.
Uses of Adjectives
• Further vs Farther
• My house is farther/further from hers
• I need farther/further information on this.
Uses of Adjectives
• First vs Foremost
The IPL has become the foremost cricket tournament.
I still remember the first time I saw her.
Uses of Adjectives
• Fewer vs Less
less applies to matters of degree, value, or amount and
modifies collective nouns, mass nouns, or nouns
denoting an abstract whole
fewer applies to matters of number
This village has less/fewer population than that village
This village has less/fewer houses than that village.
Uses of Adjectives
• Later vs latter
Uses of Adjectives
• Outdoor vs Outdoors
Uses of Adjectives
• Little, a little, the little
There is little water in the jug
There is a little water in the jug
The little water in the jug is not sufficient for me
Adjective Practice Questions
Error Detection
• Everybody knows (a) that Swati is the most unique (b) singer of
this college (c) no error (D)
Answer is, most is superfluous
Adjective Practice Questions
Error Detection
• Of the two (a) contestants, he (b) is the luckiest, (c) be sure .(d)
no error (e)
Answer is C, the luckier
Adjective Practice Questions
Error Detection
• You can trust (a) this news channel (b) for the last news of this
week.(C) no error (D)
Answer is C, for the latest news
Adjective Practice Questions
Fill in the blank
Your house is ____ spacious.
a. a lot
b. such
c. Quite
d. None
Answer is C
Adjective Practice Questions
Error Detection
• Now-a-days,(a) the weather (b) is getting cold and (c) colder.(d)
no error (e)
Answer is C
Adjective Practice Questions
Fill in the blank
"The _____ boy thanked the store clerk."
a. Polite
b. Politely
c. Politeness
d. Politic
Answer is A
Adjective Practice Questions
Fill in the blank
• Ramu kaka is the most corrupt politician _____ in the country.
a. In All
b. From all
c. Then some
d. Of all
Answer is D
Adjective Practice Questions
Fill in the blank
• The Ganga is longer than _____ river in the country.
a. Any other
b. All other
c. Some
d. Any
Answer is A
Adjective Practice Questions
Fill in the blank
At last, the ______ of happy moments arrived.
a. more happy
b. happiest
c. happier
d. None of the Above
Answer is B
Adjective Practice Questions
Fill in the blank
• Annie is the most attractive and ______ energetic member in the
committee.
a. Much
b. Many
c. Most
d. More
Answer is C
Adjective Practice Questions
Fill in the blank
• _____ country is suffering from this addiction.
a. The Complete
b. The whole
c. All
d. Complete
Answer is B
Adjective Practice Questions
Replace the phrase
Hitler was the cruelest and scarier of all the leaders.
a. cruelest and the scarier
b. cruelest and scariest
c. crueller and scariest
d. No Improvement
Answer is B
Adjective Practice Questions
Replace the phrase
Robert said to his classmate, "The project is not as tough as it was
supposed to be."
a. So tougher than
b. As tougher as
c. So tougher and
d. No improvement
Answer is D
Adjective Practice Questions
Replace the phrase
• Can you tell me how many books and sugar he has brought home.
a. Many books and how many sugar
b. Many books and how sugar
c. Many books and much sugar
d. Many books and how much sugar
Answer is D
Adjective Practice Questions
Replace the phrase
• Babita had no other hobby than that of wearing a dress of the last
design
a. a dress of the later design
b. a dress of the latest designing
c. a dress of the latest design
d. a dress of the latter design
Answer is C
Adjective Practice Questions
Replace the phrase
This book is comparatively better than that which you have
purchased for your preparation.
a. best
b. Comparatively good
c. Comparatively worser
d. No improvement
Answer is B
Adjective Practice Questions
Replace the phrase
• This young lady is more beautiful but not so cultured as her
youngest sister.
a. Most beautiful than
b. More beautiful then
c. More beautifully than
d. More beautiful than
Answer is D
Adjective Practice Questions
Replace the phrase
• I have always noticed that given an option he prefers tea than coffee
a. prefers tea to coffee
b. preferable tea to coffee
c. prefers tea then coffee
d. prefers tea too coffee
Answer is A
Adjective Practice Questions
Replace the phrase
• A lots of books on English grammar are available in the market but
this one is the best.
a. lot of books on English
b. A lot of book on English
c. The lot of books on English
d. A lot of books on English
Answer is D
Adjective Practice Questions
Error Detection
• There were only two (a) soldiers but each and every (b) solider
was equal (c) to five policemen.(d) no error (e)
Answer is C, use only each
Adjective Practice Questions
Error Detection
• In spite of facing (a) much problems, Mr. Shri did not (b) desert
the path (c) of honesty.(d) no error (E)
Answer is B, many problems
Adjective Practice Questions
Error Detection
• It is a fact that (a) mahatma Gandhi was (b) the first politician (c)
of his time.(d) no error (e)
Answer is C, use foremost
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