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 - His younger brother is actually ... than him.

Answer : B

Explanation

Comparative degrees are used to compare objects with other objects.

Q 2 - Peter is ... but Eli, standing at 6 feet 3 inches, is taller.

Answer : A

Explanation

This word is the adjective used to describe the noun, Liku.

Q 3 - Hugh was taught to be ... to people’s emotions than their words.

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 .....

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 more talkative than Heff, but July is the ... scout of all.

Answer : B

Explanation

Q 6 - Ashish’s pen-knife is ... than Joshua’s, even though Joshua spends a lot of time singing in the rain.

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 - 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 - It was a (a) dangerously, (b) dangerous pond. The woman was (c) dangerous, (d) dangerously drunk.

Answer : D

Explanation

The word “dangerous” is used to describe the noun “lake”. The adjective here is “dangerously”. It describes the noun “answer”

Q 10 - She sounds (a) beautifully, (b) beautiful. She sang the song (c) exact, (d) exactly as it was written.

Answer : D

Explanation

The adjective “beautiful” is used to describe the noun “she”. The word “exactly”” describes the action “sang”.

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