Page-30
Underline the adjectives
and write what kind they are.
1. Which story did you like the most in this book?
- Which
– Interrogative adjective
- This
– Demonstrative adjective
2. I heard some stories from my grandfather about the haunted houses in our town.
- Some
– Adjective of quantity
- My – Possessive adjective
- Our
– Possessive adjective
3. This fence needs to be painted.
- This
– Demonstrative adjective
4. Certain
television shows are very
informative.
- Certain
– Adjective of quantity
5. Whose bag is this?
- Whose
– Interrogative adjective
6. Sheila met her friend in the market yesterday.
- Her
– Possessive adjective
7. I prefer pickles made
by my
father to those sold in the
market.
- My – Possessive adjective
8. Which of these books are yours?
- Which
– Interrogative adjective
Page -32
: Determine if the underlined word is an adjective
or a pronoun
, and mention what it modifies or refers to.
1. That bag, which Sheetal is carrying, is incredibly
beautiful.
- That
– Adjective (modifies “bag”)
2. Mrs Rehman asked us to
solve this sum. This is so difficult.
- First this –
Adjective (modifies “sum”)
- Second this –
Pronoun (refers to “sum”)
3. Which would you prefer to take, tea or coffee? I
want neither .
- Which
– Adjective (used with noun implicitly:
“which [one]”)
- Neither
– Pronoun (replaces the nouns “tea” or
“coffee”)
4. Does this blue bag belong to you?
- This
– Adjective (modifies “blue bag”)
5. Rohan invited none of his classmates to his birthday party.
- None
– Pronoun (refers to “classmates”)
6. Such is my luck that I missed the bus just by two
seconds.
- Such
– Pronoun (refers to the situation
described as “my luck”)
7. Those old comic books belong to me.
- Those
– Adjective (modifies “old comic books”)
8. There are some white chocolates left in the box. Would you
like to eat those ?
- Some
– Adjective of quantity
- Those
– Pronoun (refers to “white chocolates”)
Page -33
: Make
new adjectives using suffixes like -able,
-al, -ish, -less, -ous, -y
#### Sample Answers:
a. England → English
b. accident →
accidental
c. storm → stormy
d. meaning →
meaningless
e. danger → dangerous
f. girl → girlish
g. outrage →
outrageous
h. spine → spineless
i. red → reddish
j. care → careless
k. fame → famous
l. herb → herbal
m. harm → harmful
n. advise → advisable
o. yellow → yellowish
p. fool → foolish
q. contempt →
contemptible
r. fault → faultless
Create
sentences using any ten adjectives formed above.
1. The English
language is widely spoken around
the world.
2. It was an accidental
mistake; no one intended harm.
3. We had to stay indoors
due to the stormy weather.
4. Her explanation was
completely meaningless to me.
5. Smoking is dangerous
for your health.
6. The child wore a girlish
dress to the party.
7. His behavior was truly outrageous
.
8. The dog was spineless
in front of strangers.
9. The apple had a slight reddish tinge.
10. He gave a careless
answer during the interview.
Page -34
: Choose
the correct order.
1. b. beautiful long
yellow
2. b. American
delicious
3. c. nine empty
plastic
4. a. small Chinese
porcelain
5. a. small violet
cotton
6. a. a vintage black
French
7. c. wonderful new
Bollywood
8. a. huge old wooden
Page -36
: Fill
in the blanks with the correct form.
#### Section 1:
a. tallest
b. more exciting
c. as punctual as
d. fastest
e. smallest
f. as hardworking as
g. as popular as
h. more loudly
i. most well-behaved
j. as important as
Section 2:
a. colder
b. more important
c. lower
d. highest
e. worse
f. noisy
g. healthier
h. closer
page - 38
: Fill
in the blanks.
1. some
2. any
3. many
4. much
5. a few
6. the few
7. some
8. little
Page 39
: Fill in
the blanks.
1. later, latest, latter,
last, next week
2. oldest, older, younger,
younger, youngest, younger, older
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