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.

Questions and Answers

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.

A - heavy

B - more heavy

C - heavier

D - heaviest

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 - Hugh was taught to be ... to people’s emotions than their words.

A - sensitive

B - sensitiver

C - more sensitive

D - most sensitive

Answer : D

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 4 - Tammy has a sharp blade that he uses for chopping food but Akash’s grass chopping blade is even .....

A - sharp

B - sharper

C - more sharp

D - more sharper

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 5 - Julian is chattier than Hugh, but July is the ... scout of all.

A - more chatty

B - more chattier

C - most chattiest

D - chattiest

Answer : D

Explanation

Superlative degrees are used to state 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 6 - Homi is the ... of all scouts on Sunday nights.

A - busy

B - busier

C - most busy

D - busiest

Answer : D

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 - My sleepless nights became ... as the games approached.

A - so frequently

B - more frequent

C - as frequent

D - much more frequently

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 8 - The roots of banyan tree had spread out ... forty meters in all directions by the time we came back to our ancestral house.

A - too much

B - as much as

C - so much

D - so many as

Answer : A

Explanation

“As” + adjective + “As” structure is used to mention an equal level of the quality in the objects getting compared.

Q 9 - He measured the dress (a) exact, (b) exactly. They were (c) exact, (d) exactly measurements.

A - a and c

B - a and d

C - b and c

D - b and d

Answer : C

Explanation

The word “exactly” is used to describe the action “measured”. The adjective here is “exact” as that describes the noun “measurements”.

Q 10 - She performed (a) magnificent, (b) magnificently. It was a (c) magnificent, (d) magnificently beautiful performance.

A - a and c

B - a and d

C - b and c

D - b and d

Answer : C

Explanation

The word “magnificently” is used to describe the action “performed”. The adjective here is “magnificent” as that describes the noun “performance”.

verbal_ability_adjectives.htm
Advertisements