ADJECTIVE

Directions : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if
any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the
answer is (d)

1. (a) Of the billions of stars in the galaxy / (b) how much are / (c) suitable for life? / (d) No error.
2. (a) A few word of/ (b) gratitude are enough / (c) to express your feelings sincerely./ (d) No error.
3. (a) He feels his troubles / (b) as much or / (c) even more than they. / (d) No error.
4. (a) I like reading / (b) more than / (c) to play games. / (d) No error.
5. (a) There is not many traffic / (b) along the street / (c) where I live. / (d) No error.
6. (a) The police arrived and discovered / (b) a large number of hoarded sugar/(c) in his shop/ (d) No error.
7. (a) As a dramatist / (b) Shaw is superior than / (c) any other twentieth century writer. / (d) No error.
8. (a) Of the two great Cities / (b) the former is / (c) biggest. / (d) No error.
9. (a) While giving a loan / (b) you must check / (c) if the borrower has sufficiently collateral to repay it. / (d) No
error.
10. (a) Although his speech / (b) was not very clearly everyone understood / (c) the underlying meaning. / (d) No
error.
11. (a) He is the most / (b) intelligent and also / (c) the very talented student of the college. / (d) No error.
12. (a) The Railways have made / (b) crossing the tracks / (c) a punished offence. / (d) No error.
13. (a) Aims/(b) are given/ (c) to the poors. / (d) No error.
14. (a) Lasers are / (b) indispensable tools / (c) for the delicate eyes surgery. / (d) No error.
15. (a) Anurag is eclipsed by his wife, / (b) who is cleverer and / (c) amusing than he is. / (d) No error.
16. (a) The two first to arrive / (b) were the lucky recipients / (c) of a surprise gift. / (d) No error.
17. (a) The number of applications has risen / (b) this year by / (c) as many as 50%. / (d) No error.
18. (a) Two lakh of peopie / (b) attended the meeting / (c) held in parade ground. / (d) No error.
19. (a) These sort of men / (b) attain success by hook or by crook / (c) so they do not deserve any applause. / (d) No
error.
20. (a) Can you tell me how / (b) many eggs and / (c) milk he has brought. / (d) No error.
21. (a) Whole the chapter / (b) is full of printing errors which are the outcome / (c) of the proof reader’s carelessness. /
(d) No error.
22. (a) I trembled when I saw / (b) a sharp long knife / (c) in his hand. / (d) No error.
23. (a) I saw / (b) an anxious pale girl / (c) who was fidgeting near the ICU. / (d) No error.
24. (a) Mumbai is / (b) further from / (c) Delhi than. / (d) Patna. (e) No error.
25. (a) This book is / (b) undoubtedly preferable than / (c) that and its printing . / (d) is also comparatively good (e) No
error.
26. (a) You can trust / (b) this channel / (c) for the last news of this hour. / (d) No error.
27. (a) Eeverybody knows / (b) that Radha is the most unique / (c) singer of this college. / (d) No error.
28. (a) The faster he completes / (b) the work given to / (c) him, the largest will be his profit. / (d) No error.
29. (a) He does not have / (b) some money to buy a new machine so he is / (c) anxious. / (d) No error.
30. (a) This young lady is / (b) more beautiful but not so cultured / (c) as her sister. / (d) No error.
31. (a) Now-a-days, / (b) the weather / (c) is getting cold and colder. / (d) No error.
32. (a) This photograph / (b) was comparatively better / (c) than that which he had kept in his purse / (d) No error.
33. (a) Gopal felt happily / (b) to learn that I / (c) had got a job in the bank. / (d) No error.
34. (a) Many a / (b) boys are / (c) absent today. / (d) No error.
35. (a) My all / (b) friends will come / (c) tomorrow to meet me. / (d) No error.
36. (a) He is wiser / (b) enough to / (c) understand your trick / (d) No error.
37. (a) Ramayana is more / (b) sacred than / (c) all the mythologies of Hindus. / (d) No error.
38. (a) he offered / (b) me a / (c) steamed cup of tea. / (d) No error.
39. (a) I will buy / (b) the book when / (c) the revise edition will come. / (d) No error.
40. (a) He ran so fastly / (b) that he reached / (c) the destination in just two minutes. / (d) No error.
41. (a) I am sure that / (b) all my monthly expenses / (c) would exceed the income if I do not economise. / (d) No error.
42. (a) To me it appears that / (b) Anthropology is the more interesting / (c) of all the subjects./(d)Noerror

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 USE OF THE ADJECTIVES
Fill up the blanks in the following sentences using the adjective forms of the words given in brackets.
1. It is not…(advice) to go out in this weather.
2. The cat is a ……..(harm) animal.
3. Your thinking is not ………(logic).
4. The brave do ………….(hero) deeds.
5. Some grown ups act in a……(child) manner.
6. The ………(beauty) girl was walking.
7. This is the ………..(bride) chamber.
8. Your essay is full of………(care) mistakes.
9. She is the …(one) child of her parents.
10. Nobody likes a person who is very …(pride).

(a) Fill in the blank spaces with ‘later’ or ‘latter’.

1. The majority accepted the …......proposal.
2. The………….part of the book shows signs of hurry.
3. At a …………date, he was placed in charge of the whole taluka.
4. I prefer the………proposition to the former.
5. Is there no…news than last week’s ?
(b) Fill in the blank spaces with ‘older’ or ‘elder’.
1. I have an ………..sister.
2. Rama is……than Hari by two years.
3. His………….brother is in the Indian Civil Services.
4. She is the ………….of the two sisters.
5. The nephew is ………than his uncle.
(c) Fill in the blank spaces with ‘oldest’ or ‘eldest’.
1. Rustam is the………of my uncle’s five sons.
2. He is the...member of the School Committee.
3. That is Antonio, the duke’s ……son.
4. The…………mosque in the town is near the railway station.
5. Mr. Smith is the…………..European resident of Jamshedpur.\
(d) Fill in the blank spaces with ‘farther’ or ‘further’.
1. Baroda is…from Bombay than Surat.
2. No ……….reasons were given.
3. He walked off without ……ceremony.
4. Until ………….orders Mr. K.S. Dave will act as Heamaster of Nira High School.
5. To let, a bungalow at Ridge Road. For …………particulars apply to Box No.
(e) Fill in the blank spaces with ‘latest’ or ‘last’.
1. The…...news from China is very disquieting.
2. The…………..time I saw him, he was in high spirits.
3. To-day is the……..day for receiving tenders.
4. We expect to get the…..news in a few hours.
5. The …………..Moghul Emperor came to an ignominious end.
(f) Fill in the blank spaces with ‘nearest’ or ‘next’.
1. This is the …post office to my house.
2. The pillar-box is ………..to my house.
3. The burglar was taken to the……….police station.
4. His house is ……….to mine.
Directions : Fill in the blanks with appropriate word given below.
1. Ramesh has joined a …………course.
(a) three-year (b) three-years
(c) one-year (d) No word
2. Among the politicians, who could be called ………….

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 (a) The more honest (b) more honest
(c) The most honest (d) most honest
3. Rakhi is more beautiful than ………of her sisters.
(a) Some (b) all
(c) Any (d) any other
4. ………of the problems are linked to poverty.
(a) Much (b) many
(c) The number (d) A lot of
5. ………….soft drink do you prefer ?
(a) What (b) whose
(c) Which (d) that
6. This is comparatively a …………pen.
(a) Cheaper (b) cheep
(c) Cheapest (d) better
7. Santosh is ………….than prudent.
(a) Braver (b) more braver
(c) More brave (d) braver enough
8. She did not make ……….. mistake in the examination.
(a) Some (b) any
(c) Rather (d) all
9. ………….information the police had was not enough.
(a) Little (b) A little
(c) The Little (d) Very little
10. The latter proposal was……than the former.
(a) The better (b) the best
(c) Better (d) best
11. I asked for ………..bananas, but he did not have …………
(c) Any, some (b) some, some
(c) Some, any (d) any, any
12. The function was a…………complete success for them.
(a) Most (b) more
(c) Very (d) No word
13. ………of the two dramas can be taught first.
(a) Any (b) none
(c) Either (d) all
14. This room is …………preferable to that of your sister.
(a) More (b) most
(c) Very (d) No word
15. Her birthday is the ………day for her.
(a) Most happiest (b) more happier
(c) Happier (d) happiest
16. Today is the ………..day of the year.
(a) Last (b) later
(c) Neither (d) both
17. ……of the persons will appear in the court.
(a) Either (b) any
(c) Neither (d) both
18. This sum is ………..difficult than that.
(a) Very (b) more
(c) Most (d) the most
19. Babita’s beauty is …………unique.
(a) Most (b) more
(c) For (d) of
20. Raghu is the……member of this committee.

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 (a) Eldest (b) oldest
(b) Most oldest (d) more oldest
Directions : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if
any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the
answer is ‘5’. i.e. No error. (ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
1. Mrtiunjay is elder to (1) / his brother (2) / Dhananjay by (3) / eight years. (4) / No error (5)
2. Cricketer in him (1) / could not resist (2) / itself as soon as (3) / a bat came into sight. (4) / No error
(5)
3. Living in a dark room (1) / is more preferable to (2) / being imprisoned (3) / in a sunny palace.(4)/No
error (5)
4. Read perfect series (1) / for it keeps you (2) / apace with the(3) / last trends of examinations.(4)/No
error (5)
5. They can make (1) / much profit ever (2) / of little money (3) / they have left. (4) / No error (5)
6. Sachin Tendulkar scored (1) / less runs in (2) / this series than (3) / in the previous one. (4) / No error
(5)
7. At present, India’s (1) / fielding is (2) / superior than(3)/Pakistan’s. (4) / No error (5)
8. The first two chapters (1) / have been finished (2) / while the three last (3) / chapters have to be
finished.(4) / No error (5)
9. Nowadays, (1) / there are (2) / much more criminals (3)/than policemen.(4)/No error (5)
10. Where I come from, (1) / the most teachers have (2) / to teach at two schools (3) / in order to earn
enough. (4) / No error (5)
11. Little knowledge of politics (1) / that he gained (2) / through newspapers and magazines(3)/is not
enough.(4) / No error (5)
12. It is difficult (1) / to judge which (2) / the elder of the(3) / two sisters. (4) / No error (5)
13. It is difficult (1) / to judge which is (2) / the elder of the(3) / four sisters. (4) / No error (5)
14. Two thirds of the mango (1) / is rotten, so I (2) / do not want to buy (3) / it for my son. (4) / No error
(5)
15. Babita is wiser than (1) / clever, hence everyone (2) / of her family loves (3) / her heart and soul. (4) /
No error (5)
16. Rashmi is the most (1) / intelligent girl of (2) / her class but she is (3) / not too much beautiful. (4) /
No error (5)
17. Each of the two girls (1) / is ready to accept that (2) / Sarika is taller and wiser (3) / than any other
student of the class.(4)/No error (5)
18. All the salaries are being paid (1) / much later now, (2) / it is something (3) to do with the computer.
(4) / No error (5)
19. He was (1) / a so big man (2) / that he could not (3) / sit in this chair. (4) / No error (5)
20. He is the youngest (1) / and more intelligent (2) / of (3) my two sons. (4) / No error (5)
21. Uma Shankar is one of (1) / the richest and (2) / generous men (3) / of this locality. (4) / No error (5)
22. I brought (1) / the book home (2) / which I brought (3) / from the local market. (4) / No error (5)
23. Sanjay’s proposal (1) / is preferable (2) / than that(3)/ of your friend. (4) / No error (5)
24. Jaya is the more (1) / beautiful of all (2) / the girls (3) / in the class. (4) / No error (5)
25. Let her (1) / take as (2) / much books as (3) / she wants. (4) / No error (5)
26. Jonson and Milton are (1) / two brothers. (2) / the later is a (3) / very intelligent boy. (4) / No error
(5)
27. There are (1) / no less than (2) five assistants (3) / in the office. (4) / No error (5)
28. Little water (1) / that was (2) / in the pot (3) / evaporated. (4) / No error (5)
29. When I entered (1) / the class room, I found (2) / that only few students (3) / were present in the
class. (4) / No error (5)
30. The whole India (1) / mourned the sad (2) / and sudden demise (3) / of Lal Bahadur Shastri. (4) / No
error (5)

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