Adjectives
An adjective usually describes a noun or pronoun and it is used either before a noun or after a lining verb. Examples: Big, small, beautiful, interesting etc.
Types of Adjectives:

Adjectives can be divide into three types:
1. Qualitative adjectives: These adjectives identify a quality that a person, an animal or a thing has; large, small, beautiful etc. For examples: Tall boy, big dog, long letter etc.
2. Classifying adjectives: These adjectives place a noun in a particular class that it belongs to. These adjectives are words like ancient, modern, golden, silver etc.
3. Colour Adjectives:- Adjectives indicating clouds are called colour adjectives. Examples are: black, white, dark, Green etc.
When two or more adjectives of different types are used before a noun, the usual order is:
Qualitative adjective + Colour adjective + Classifying adjectives + noun
For examples: A small black car.
Her little blue eyes.
Exercise (Elementary) Fill in the blanks with one of the adjectives and noun given below.
air, clouds, foreign, holiday, job, languages, sharp, black, dangerous, fresh, hot, knife, long, water.
1. Do you speak any __________?
2. Ravi works very hard and he is very tired. He needs a __________
3. I want to have a bath but there’s no __________.
4. Can you open the window? we need some __________
5. I need a __________
6. Fire fighting is a __________
Exercise (Intermediate)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate adjectives:

1. He is very __________
2. The match was __________
3. My __________ coat is very______.
4. He is driving a __________ car.
5. His __________ car is parked outside.
6. My friend seemed __________
7. There is a __________ ditch ahead.
8. His mother was very __________.
9. His handwriting is very __________.
10. Your __________ shoes are very __________.
11. That __________ boy is my neighbour.
12. The weather is __________ today.
13. The movie was __________ .
14. Drive carefully. There is a __________ ditch ahead.
15. There is a very __________ temple in this town.
Degrees of Adjectives An adjective has comparative & superlative form. We use – er and – east generally after short adjectives with one syllable. We use more and most before long adjectives with more than one syllable.

Ex.
Big – Bigger – Biggest
Small – Smaller – Smallest
Beautiful – more beautiful – most beautiful
We may use a little / a little bit / much before the comparative form of an adjective. If the difference between two people, objects etc. is very little, we use a little / a little bit. If the difference is large or great, we use much. 1. Mumbai is much bigger than Delhi.
2. Rashid is a little bit taller than Rakesh.
Exercise – (Elementary)

Complete the sentences. Use a Comparative. The first is given as example:
1. Your car is not very big. My car is a bigger one.
2. My job is not very interesting. I want to do something __________.
3. Ravi does not work hard. I work __________.
4. Your bag is not heavy. My bag is __________.
5. Britain is not big. France is __________.
6. Delhi is not very beautiful. Chandigarh is __________.
7. It is not very warm today. It was __________
8. People today aren’t very polite. In the past they were __________
9. Your plan isn’t very good. My plan is __________.
10. My chair is not very comfortable. Yours is __________.
Exercise (Advanced)
Complete the sentence with a bit or much + a comparative.
1. Ravi is 25. Rohit is 24 ½.
Ravi is a bit older than Rohit.
2. His father is 60. His mother is 50.
3. Yesterday I felt terrible. Today I feel ok.
4. Promod is an excellent cricket player. I am not very good.
5. My camera cost Rs. 1500. Yours cost Rs. 1000.
6. My book cost Rs. 100. Yours cost Rs. 95.
7. Ravi is 5’ 7” tall. Rakesh is 5’ 6 ½ ‘tall.
8. Today the temperature is 30 degrees. Yesterday it was 25 degrees.
Exercise – (Intermediate) Complete the sentences. Use a superlative.
1. This house is very old. It’s the oldest house in the town.
2. It was very happy day. It was __________ of my life.
3. It’s a very good film. It’s __________ I’ve ever seen.
4. Radha’s a very popular singer. She’s __________ in the country.
5. It was a very bad mistake. It was __________ I have ever made.
6. It’s a very pretty village. It’s __________ I’ve ever seen.
7. It was a very cold day. It was __________ of the year.
8. He’s a very boring person. He’s __________ I’ve ever met.
9. He’s a very practical man. He’s __________
10. It’s a very difficult problem. It’s __________ in this book.
 

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