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 - Eli is well-mannered and friendly, but Hugh is ...

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 3 - Tammy used 27 different conditions to prepare the ... curry.

Answer : B

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. Hence, usages like “the most happiest” are wrong.

Q 4 - Most scouts do a pretty good job cleaning up after themselves, but Tammy is .....

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 5 - Guerra’s pet dog is ... even by the worst standards.

Answer : A

Explanation

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

Q 6 - According to Tammy’s calculations, sugar is ... than honey.

Answer : B

Explanation

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

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

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.

Answer : D

Explanation

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

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