This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Kinds of Adjectives – Set 2”.
1. Identify the kind of adjective used in the sentence below.
He had some rice for his dinner.
a) Interrogative
b) Emphasizing
c) Adjective of Quality
d) Adjective of Quantity
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Explanation: The word ‘some’ is used in the quantitative sense and thus serves as an adjective. Those adjectives which are used to answer the question ‘How much?’ are classified as Adjectives of Quantity.
2. Pick out the adjective from the below sentence.
Either of the briefcase will do.
a) will
b) briefcase
c) do
d) either
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Explanation: ‘Either’ is the adjective used in sentence. The adjectives like ‘either’, ‘each’, ‘neither’ comes under the category of Distributive adjectives.
3. Choose the class of adjective present in the below sentence.
Make sure you write the same thing tomorrow.
a) Adjective of Quality
b) Adjective of Quantity
c) Demonstrative
d) Indefinite
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Explanation: The demonstrative adjective ‘same’ is used in the sentence given. Demonstrative adjectives are used to point out a person or a thing. Here the adjective points out the content that has to be written.
4. Select the option which identifies the adjective present in the below sentence and its class correctly.
Rahman bagged the second prize in that gruelling competition.
a) gruelling – demonstrative adjective
b) gruelling – exclamatory adjective
c) second – definite numeral adjective
d) bagged – emphasizing adjective
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Explanation: The word ‘second’ denotes an exact number and is thus a definite numeral adjective. The other adjective ‘gruelling’ refers to the kind of competition, thus making it an Adjective of Quality.
5. The adjective in the below sentence is a Descriptive Adjective.
The Senator was a generous person.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: An Adjective of Quality is otherwise known as ‘Descriptive Adjective’. Since ‘generous’ here refers to the quality of the Senator, it is indeed a Descriptive Adjective.
6. In the given sentence ‘those’ is a __________
Those papayas are ripe.
a) Descriptive adjective
b) Adjective of Quantity
c) Demonstrative adjective
d) Distributive adjective
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Explanation: Demonstrative adjectives are those words that are used along with the nouns to point out a person or a thing. Here ‘those’ points out to the noun of the sentence ‘papayas’.
7. Identify the sentence that uses a descriptive adjective.
a) Shelly can be an intriguing person
b) What is your favorite movie?
c) I want to eat those fruits
d) Karan has four bikes
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Explanation: The word ‘intriguing’ meaning interesting gives an answer to the question ‘Of what kind?’. Thus, it can be said that it is a descriptive adjective.
8. In the below sentence, pick out the adjective and the class to which it belongs.
What a wonderful idea!
a) what – exclamatory adjective
b) wonderful– exclamatory adjective
c) idea – emphasizing adjective
d) wonderful – Distributive adjective
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Explanation: There are two adjectives in this sentence – ‘What’ and ‘wonderful’. The word ‘what’ is the exclamatory adjective and ‘wonderful’ is an Adjective of Quality.
9. The below sentence has two adjectives and both of them are descriptive adjectives.
I laughed at the little boy who did the clumsy act.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: Though the above sentence has two adjectives – ‘little’ and ‘clumsy’, they both are not Descriptive adjectives. The word ‘little’ is an Adjective of Quantity whereas ‘clumsy’ is a descriptive adjective.
10. The adjective ‘every’ is a __________
Our school expects every student to perform well in academics.
a) Adjective of Number
b) Distributive adjective
c) Demonstrative adjective
d) Adjective of Quantity
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Explanation: Distributive adjectives are those words used along with the noun to refer to each person of a particular group or a team. Here the word ‘each’ serves as the adjective and refers to each student of the institution and thus it is a Distributive adjective.
11. Find out the kind of adjective used in the below sentence.
There are several diagrams in this lab manual.
a) Indefinite numeral adjective
b) Distributive adjective
c) Demonstrative adjective
d) Adjective of Quality
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Explanation: Indefinite numeral adjectives are those that do not denote an exact number. The adjective ‘several’ here refers to a large amount and eludes an exact number.
12. Select the option which identifies the adjective present in the sentence and it’s class correctly.
Who is the most detested author of all time?
a) who – Adjective of Quality
b) detested – Descriptive adjective
c) who – Demonstrative adjective
d) author – Proper adjective
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Explanation: The word ‘detested’ means hateful and its usage in the sentence helps to answer the question of what kind. Thus, it’s an Adjective of Quality otherwise known as Descriptive adjective. ‘Who’ is also an adjective but it is an interrogative adjective.
13. Select the sentence with a distributive adjective in it.
a) Shyam has got five notebooks
b) Is there any charger in your bag?
c) The boy is quite thrilled to be here
d) Every word of this paper is original
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Explanation: The sentence ‘Every word of this paper is original’ has the distributive adjective ‘every’ referring to each word of the paper.
14. What type of adjective is present in the sentence below?
There are several books on this topic in the library.
a) Indefinite adjective
b) Distributive adjective
c) Demonstrative adjective
d) Adjective of Quality
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Explanation: The word ‘several’ does not indicate an exact number of books present in the library and therefore it’s an Indefinite numeral adjective.
15. Which of the following adjective would suit well to the noun ‘tyro’?
a) amateur
b) expert
c) fraudulent
d) clever
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Explanation: The word ‘tyro’ refers to a person who is a beginner in his/her respective field. Thus, the word ‘amateur’ would be the best match among the options.
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