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 - Ashish has a shinier pair of shoes than Hugh, but Kleens pair of shoes is the ......

A - shinier

B - more shiny

C - shiniest

D - most shiniest

Answer : C

Explanation

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

Q 2 - July is faster than Kleen, but Tess is the ... of all.

A - clean

B - more clean

C - cleaner

D - cleanest

Answer : D

Explanation

Superlative degree is 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 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 - Guerra is ... than Hugh because Guerra has a fiery temper.

A - dangerous

B - dangerouser

C - more dangerous

D - most dangerous

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.

A - more talkative

B - most talkative

C - talkativeiest

D - talkativier

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.

A - most great

B - greater

C - greatest

D - most greatest

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 - The bear is an aggressive animal, but in fact it is not ... people suggest.

A - more vicious

B - so vicious that

C - as viciously as

D - as vicious as

Answer : D

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.

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 - 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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