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

Q 1 - Liku is not as ... as Tess.

A - noisy

B - noisier

C - more noisy

D - noisiest

Answer : A

Explanation

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

Q 2 - Kleen may be louder than Tammy but Tess is the ... scout.

A - loud

B - most loud

C - louder

D - loudest

Answer : D

Explanation

A superlative degree is formed either using “the” + adjective + “est”/ “iest” form (the strongest man, the easiest question) or in “the” + “adjective1” + “Adjective2”. For example - the most honest.

Q 3 - Kleen tasted the food and said that it was ... than yesterday.

A - disgusting

B - disgustinger

C - more disgusting

D - disgustingist

Answer : C

Explanation

Not all comparative degrees will follow the “-er” rule. Many of them can be formed using “more + adjective". For example - more talented.

Q 4 - Homi got the ... score in the final exams, though he had prepared poorly.

A - best

B - bestest

C - most best

D - most bestest

Answer : A

Explanation

When we are comparing the quality of output, we sometimes use the “good, better, the best” degrees. For example – “ He is good”, “He is better than him”, "He is the best".

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 - After eating the tarragon, Tammy’s tongue was as ... as Akash’s.

A - green

B - greener

C - more green

D - greenest

Answer : A

Explanation

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

Q 7 - English is today the third ... native language worldwide after Chinese and Hindi.

A - the most spoken

B - the more spoken

C - much spoken

D - most spoken

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 toto the person who has the maximum hunger. He will be mentioned as "the hungriest".

Q 8 - The movie was ... it was incomprehensible to us, even on second viewing.

A - more complicated

B - such complicated

C - so complicated that

D - much more complicated than

Answer : C

Explanation

“So” + adjective + “that” is used to mention the effect of the increased quality.

Q 9 - He (a) correct, (b) correctly defined the terms. The answer sounded (c) correctly, (d) correct.

A - a and c

B - a and d

C - b and c

D - b and d

Answer : C

Explanation

The word “correctly” is an adverb used to describe the action “define”. The adjective here is “correct” as that describes the noun “answer”

Q 10 - Martha wrote too (a) slow, (b) slowly. She always writes (c) slow, (d) slowly.

A - a and c

B - a and d

C - b and c

D - b and d

Answer : D

Explanation

The word “slowly” is used to describe the actions “wrote, writes”.

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