Adjective | Grammar, Usage & Correction
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Identify whether the given statement is correct or incorrect.
I am more faster than you.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
Usage of dual comparative is wrong.
The correct sentence should be ‘I am faster than you’.
Hence, option (b).
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I need a complete list of the verbal ability new books.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
Adjectives that describe go before adjectives that classify. ‘New’ describes and ‘verbal ability’ classifies.
The correct sentence is, ‘I need a complete list of the new verbal ability books’.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
My car is cheaper than you.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
The comparison should be between two similar things
The correct sentence should be ‘My car is cheaper than yours’.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
The alone student was standing.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
Some adjectives are placed in a predicative position i.e. after a linking verb. They cannot come before a noun.
The correct sentence is, ‘The student was standing alone’.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
The roads of Gujrat are better than MP.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
The comparison is between roads of Gujrat and MP.
The correct sentence should be ‘The roads of Gujrat are better those of MP’
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
Have you heard about the egyptian latest pyramids?
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
Adjectives that describe go before adjectives that classify. ‘Latest’ describes and ‘egyptian classifies.
∴ The correct sentence is ‘Have you read about the latest egyptian pyramids?’
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
Naveen is my older brother.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
Older is used only when comparing people of different families. For same family we use the word elder.
The correct sentence should be ‘Naveen is my elder brother‘.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
Gautam is as talented a singer as you are.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option A
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Explanation :
When ‘as’ comes before the adjective, ‘a/an’ follows the adjective.
Hence, option (a).
Workspace:
I feel much fine today.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
‘Much’ is generally used in a negative sense.
The correct sentence should be ‘I feel very fine today‘.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
She was the smartest in the class.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option A
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Explanation :
Nouns are usually not stated after superlative adjectives.
Hence, option (a).
Workspace:
Jitesh is senior than me by 2 years.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
Comparative sentence which end in ‘or’ are always followed by ‘to’.
The correct sentence should be ‘Jitesh is senior to me by 2 years‘.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
A tiger is biggest than a lion.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
When two things are compared, the comparative degree is used.
‘Biggest’ is a superlative which is incorrect.
∴ The correct sentence is ‘A tiger is bigger than a lion’.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
For me movies are preferable than watching sports.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
‘Preferable’ is followed by ‘to’.
The correct sentence should be ‘For me movies are preferable to watching sports ‘.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
He is the oldest brother in my family.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
Nouns are usually not stated after superlative adjectives. ‘Brother’ is a noun which does not need to be mentioned after the superlative ‘oldest’.
∴ The correct sentence is ‘He is the oldest in my family’ or ‘He is the eldest brother in my family’.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
RRR is a worth-watching movie.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
The adjective ‘worth-watching’ qualifies the noun ‘movie’.
The correct sentence should be ‘RRR is a movie worth-watching‘.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
My friends both children are studying in IIM.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
The correct sentence should be ‘Both of my friend’s children are studying in IIM‘.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
The blind’s school teaches braille.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
Apostrophe is not required in case of ‘the blind’.
‘The blind’ is an adjective which is a plural expression. Some adjectives cannot be used before a noun.
∴ The correct sentence is ‘The school for the blind teaches braille.’.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
A big and ferocious jaguar jumped over the fence.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
When more than one adjective is used before a noun in an attributive position, “and” is rarely used.
∴ The correct sentence is ‘A big ferocious jaguar jumped over the fence’.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
I bought a vintage Italian table.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option A
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Explanation :
Adjectives of age come before the adjectives of origin and material.
Hence, option (a).
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Her little stupid idea was very useful.
- (a) Correct
- (b) Incorrect
Answer: Option B
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Explanation :
Adjectives that express attitudes, opinions or judgments generally go before adjectives that only describe. ‘Stupid’ expresses opinion and ‘little’ describes.
∴ The correct sentence is ‘Her stupid little idea was very useful.
Hence, option (b).
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