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Verbal Ability - Adjectives Online Quiz
Following quiz provides Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) related to Adjectives. You will have to read all the given answers and click over the correct answer. If you are not sure about the answer then you can check the answer using Show Answer button. You can use Next Quiz button to check new set of questions in the quiz.
Q 1 - Homi is ... than Spike.
Answer : C
Explanation
Not all comparative degrees follow the “-er” rule. Many of them can be formed using "more + adjective". For example - more talented.
Q 2 - Tammy is ... than Ashish, even if Ashish is very muscular.
Answer : C
Explanation
Comparative degrees are used to compare one or more objects with other objects (he is stronger, they are weaker, etc. Many of them use the "er” structure in comparison by adding either "er” or "ier” after the adjective. For example - nearer, cozier.
Q 3 - After repairing a heavily damaged semi-truck, Ashish was just as ... as Digby.
Answer : A
Explanation
“As” + adjective + “As” structure is used to mention an equal level of the quality in the objects getting compared.
Q 4 - Guerra is ... than Hugh because Guerra has a fiery temper.
Answer : C
Explanation
Comparative degrees are used to compare objects with other objects (he is stronger, they are weaker, etc. Many of them use the “er” structure in comparison by adding either “er” or “ier” after the adjective. For example - nearer, cozier.
Q 5 - Julian is more talkative than Heff, but July is the ... scout of all.
Answer : B
Explanation
Comparative degrees are used to compare objects with other objects (he is stronger, they are weaker, etc.). Many of them use the “er” structure in comparison by adding either “er” or “ier” after the adjective. For example - nearer, cozier.
Q 6 - Tammy is the ... culinary chef since Ramsay.
Answer : C
Explanation
Superlative degrees are used to describe something or someone with the maximum amount of quality that is mentioned. If the quality is hungry, then superlative degree will be applied to that person who has the maximum hunger. He will be mentioned as “the hungriest”.
Q 7 - She doesn’t have ... much time for traveling ... as she would like to.
Answer : A
Explanation
“As”+ adjective + “As” structure is used to mention an equal level of the quality in the objects getting compared.
Q 8 - The roots of banyan tree had spread out ... forty meters in all directions by the time we came back to our ancestral house.
Answer : A
Explanation
“As” + adjective + “As” structure is used to mention an equal level of the quality in the objects getting compared.
Q 9 - The stillness of the night was (a) awfully, (b) awful. The night was (c) awfully, (d) awful still.
Answer : C
Explanation
The word “awful” is used to describe the noun “stillness”. The adjective here is “awfully” as that describes the action “still”
Q 10 - She performed (a) magnificent, (b) magnificently. It was a (c) magnificent, (d) magnificently beautiful performance.
Answer : C
Explanation
The word “magnificently” is used to describe the action “performed”. The adjective here is “magnificent” as that describes the noun “performance”.