Adjective MCQs Quiz | Class 10
This quiz covers Class X, Subject: TANGKHUL (Code 093), Unit: Section B – Grammar, on the Topic: Adjective MCQs Quiz. Explore various types of adjectives, their comparison, and correct sentence usage. Submit your answers and download a PDF of your results with correct answers.
Understanding Adjectives: A Comprehensive Guide
Adjectives are descriptive words that modify nouns or pronouns, providing more information about their qualities, quantities, or characteristics. They are essential for making our language vivid and precise.
Key Concepts:
1. What is an Adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. It answers questions like “What kind?”, “How many?”, “Which one?”, or “Whose?”.
- Example: A red car (What kind?)
- Example: Three apples (How many?)
- Example: This book (Which one?)
2. Types of Adjectives:
- Qualitative (Descriptive) Adjectives: Describe the quality or characteristic of a noun. (e.g., beautiful, smart, tall, happy).
- Quantitative Adjectives: Indicate the quantity of a noun. (e.g., many, few, some, all, no, enough).
- Numeral Adjectives: Specify the exact number or order of a noun.
- Definite Numeral: one, two, first, second.
- Indefinite Numeral: all, no, many, few, several.
- Demonstrative Adjectives: Point out specific nouns. (e.g., this, that, these, those).
- Possessive Adjectives: Show possession or ownership. (e.g., my, your, his, her, its, our, their).
- Interrogative Adjectives: Used with nouns to ask questions. (e.g., which, what, whose).
- Proper Adjectives: Formed from proper nouns. (e.g., Indian, American, Shakespearean).
3. Degrees of Comparison:
Adjectives change their form to show comparison between two or more things. There are three degrees:
- Positive Degree: Describes a single noun without comparison. (e.g., tall, big, beautiful)
- Comparative Degree: Compares two nouns. Usually formed by adding ‘-er’ or using ‘more’ before the adjective. (e.g., taller, bigger, more beautiful)
- Superlative Degree: Compares three or more nouns, indicating the highest degree. Usually formed by adding ‘-est’ or using ‘most’ before the adjective. (e.g., tallest, biggest, most beautiful)
Table: Degrees of Comparison Examples
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| Fast | Faster | Fastest |
| Good | Better | Best |
| Important | More important | Most important |
| Little | Less | Least |
4. Adjective Usage in Sentences:
Adjectives typically precede the noun they modify, but they can also follow a linking verb (like ‘is’, ‘are’, ‘was’, ‘were’, ‘seem’, ‘become’) to describe the subject.
- Attributive: The young boy ran.
- Predicative: The boy is young.
Quick Revision Checklist:
- Adjectives modify nouns/pronouns.
- They describe quality, quantity, or identify.
- Main types: Qualitative, Quantitative, Numeral, Demonstrative, Possessive, Interrogative, Proper.
- Degrees of Comparison: Positive, Comparative, Superlative.
- Position: Before the noun (attributive) or after a linking verb (predicative).
Extra Practice Questions:
- Identify the adjective in the sentence: “The old man walked slowly.”
- Choose the correct superlative form of “large”.
- Which type of adjective is “twenty”?
- Fill in the blank: “She has ______ patience than her brother.”
- Which sentence uses an interrogative adjective?
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