Adjectives

Descriptive, comparative, superlative, demonstrative and question adjectives, with practice.

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Explanation

Adjectives are words that describe or give more information about nouns (people, places, things, or ideas) in a sentence. They help us to better understand and describe the nouns. Adjectives can describe the size, colour, shape, age, and other characteristics of the noun.

Here are a few different types of adjectives:

Descriptive Adjectives

The beautiful flower bloomed in the garden.
He wore a cozy sweater on a chilly day.

Comparative Adjectives

This car is faster than that one.
Her house is bigger than mine.

Comparative: Comparative adjectives are used to compare two or more things or people. They are formed by adding "-er" to the end of the adjective or by using "more" before the adjective.

Superlative Adjectives

The tallest building in the city is impressive.
That was the most delicious cake I've ever tasted.

Superlative: Superlative adjectives express the extreme form of an adjective. They are typically formed by adding "-est" to the end of the adjective, or by preceding the adjective with "the most".

Demonstrative Adjectives

This book is interesting.
Those shoes are on sale.

Quantitative Adjectives

I have three apples in my bag.
She doesn't have many friends.
There are few seats left in the theater.

Question Adjectives

Which colour do you prefer?
Whose pen is this?
What book are you reading?

Practice

Exercise 1

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

1. She wore a ______ dress to the party.

2. The ______ students were excited about the field trip.

3. He is the ______ person I know.

4. The ______ boy ran quickly to catch the bus.

5. This is ______ coffee I've ever tasted.

6. I have ______ hobbies than you.

7. He is ______ than his brother.

8. They have ______ cats as pets.

9. ______ movie are you watching?

10. ______ time is the meeting?