CBSE Class 7 English Grammar – Adjective

Definition of Adjective
A word which is used with a noun or a pronoun to describe it (description may be of its type, place, number or amount) is known as an Adjective.
Now, look at following sentences.

1.  Ramesh is intelligent.
2.  An intelligent boy won the quiz.

In both sentences, ‘intelligent’ is used to describe the quality of noun so it is adjective in both sentences. On the basis of use in sentence, we can describe it in following two ways

1. In first sentence, ‘intelligent’ is used as a part of predicate, so it is said to be used ‘predicatively’.
2. In second sentence, ‘intelligent’ is used to describe the attribute of noun, so it is said to be used ‘attributively’.
   Note Some adjectives like ‘afraid’, ‘well’ etc can be used only predicatively.

Kinds of Adjective
Adjectives are of following three kinds

1. Adjective of Quantity
2. Adjective of Number (Numeral Adjective)
3. Adjective of Quality
   

Adjective
Adjective of Quantity Adjective of Number Adjective of Quality (Numeral Adjective)
Adjective of Quantity
Adjective of quantity shows how much of anything is described,
e.g.

1.  She has ‘some’ time.
2.  Sheela has ‘little’ patience.

Adjective of Number (Numeral Adjective)

Adjective of number shows how many persons or things are described. It also shows the order of any person or thing.
e.g.

1.  There are ‘three’ halls in the palace.
2.  ‘All’ students will pass this year.

Adjective of Quality
Adjective of quality shows the kind of quality of any person or thing that means it describes the attribute of any person or thing,
e.g.

1.  Sapna is an ‘honest’ girl.
2.  You are a ‘foolish’ man.

Practice Questions and Solutions

Question 1:
Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives.

1.  There were ………….. students in class.
2.  Never touch a ………….. wire.
3.  The tree is very  …………..
4.  I have ………….. money now.
5.  I want to read ………….. articles related to Everest journey.

Solution:

1.  many
2. live
3. tall
4. no
5.  every

Question 2:
Fill in the blanks with correct comparative or superlative forms.

1.  Are you feeling ………….. now? (good)
2.  May was the ………….. month of the year, (hot)
3.  Sheela is the ………….. than her sister.(beautiful)
4.  Yogesh is the ………….. of the two. (wise)
5.  You are the ………….. boy in class. (regular)

Solution:

1.  better
2. hottest
3.  more beautiful
4.  wiser
5.  most regular

Question 3:
Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives given in the box below.

1.  I know ………….. tricks of solving this quiz.
2.  She is really a ………….. girl.
3.  I want to see a ………….. whale.
4.  Kolkata is a ………….. city.
5.  ………….. letters are missing from the bag.

Solution:

1.  all
2.  pretty
3.  blue
4.  big
5.  Some

Question 4:
Indicate correct or incorrect in the sentences given below.

1. You are a wisest boy.
2.  She is a cleverer girl.
3.  I saw a longest tree.
4.  You are better than him.
5.  She is the most beautiful lady in hall.

Solution:

1.  Use‘wise’ in place of ‘wisest’.
2.  Use ‘clever’ in place of ‘cleverer’.
3.  Use ‘tall’ in place of ‘longest’.
4.  Correct
5.  Correct

Question 5:
Indicate correct or incorrect in following sentences.

1.  I am best than you.
2.  She is more better than any other girl.
3.  I want a milk.
4.  She is an attractive girl.
5.  I want a good company.

Solution:

1.  Incorrect, use ‘better’ in place of ‘best’.
2.  Incorrect, use ‘better’ in place of ‘more better’.
3.  Incorrect, use ‘some’ in place of ‘a’.
4.  Correct
5.  Correct

Question 6:
Choose the correct option to fill in the gaps.

1.  The mornings of winter are  …………..
   (a) lovely      (b) lovelier
   (c) loved      (d) loveliest
2.  These is …………… sugar in the bowl.
   (a) many      (b) large
   (c) some      (d) very
3.  The ………….. question is to arrange money today.
   (a) big          (b) bigger
   (c) biggest   (d) larger
4.  Which of the two pens, did you like  …………..
   (a) far           (b) more
   (c) most       (d) much
5.  Purvi is a ………….. girl.
   (a) intelligent      (b) cleverer
   (c) smarter          (d) smart

Solution:

1.  (a) lovely
2. (c) some
3.  (c) biggest
4.  (b) more
5.  (d) smart

Question 7:
In each of the following sentences, either an adverb or a noun form of a word has been used. However, there should have been an adjective of quality. Identify the word and replace it with the appropriate adjective form of it.
(One has been done for you.) e.g. The conference was held in a largely hall, ‘largely’ should be replaced with ‘large’

1.  Many bravely soldiers have sacrificed their lives to give us freedom.
2.  The picture hanging on the wall is very beautifully.
3.  You should be faith to your friends.
4.  This questions is too length. We will solve it later.
5. The book is a well, collection of poems.

Solution:

1.  ‘bravely’ should be replaced with ‘brave’,
2.  ‘beautifully’ should be replaced with ‘beautiful’,
3.  ’faith’ should be replaced with ‘faithful’.
4.  ’length’ should be replaced with ‘lengthy’.
5.  ‘well’ should be replaced with, ‘good’.

Question 8:
In each of the following sentences, a wrong adjective has been used to qualify the corresponding noun. Supply the correct adjective to make the sentence meaningful. (One has been done for you).
e.g. One who has big qualities is appreciated by everyone.
                    big –>good

1.  Nitika is dull enough to understand this quickly.
2.  Shivam was so cruel that he could not buy a house.
3.  Salt is a strange gift of nature.
4.  The room was black. He could not see anything.
5.  Most of the politicians are shameful. They work to fulfil their own interests.

Solution:

1.  dull intelligent
2.  cruel poor strange amazing
3.  black dark shameful selfish
4.  shameful selfish

Question 9:
In each of the following examples, a sentence has a blank and is followed by four options. Choose an appropriate option to fill in each gap.

1.  Drinking milk provides benefits like ………….. teeth, rehydration and improves vitamin intake.
   (a) wise         (b) foul
   (c) healthy    (d) smart
2.  He does not like ………….. food.
   (a) strong     (b) proper
   (c) freshly     (d) stale
3.  Hieun Tsang was a ………….. scholar,
   (a) great      (b) pretty
   (c) rich        (d) smart
4.  Armaan wants to change his …………..  job.
   (a) tall             (b) good
   (c) present     (d) courageous
5.  We should always try to become ………….. and respectful citizens.
   (a) beautiful     (b) big
   (c) serious        (d) honest

Solution:

1. (c) healthy
2. (d) stale
3. (a) great
4. (c) present
5. (d) honest

Question 10:
(Cloze Test)
Given below is a passage that has five blanks. Every blank has been numbered and below the passage the numbers are printed with four options each. Choose the appropriate option that suits the blank best. Pashmina is the …………..(1) type of cashmere wool. It was firstmade in Kashmir India. The word literally means ………….. (2) Gold in Kashmiri. Pashmina showls are liked by many people for their warmth. Their ………….. (3) quality is that they are very …………..(4) in weight. They give an ………….. (5) look and drape very nicely.

1.  (a) super           (b) good
   (c) finest           (d) nicer
2.  (a) hard            (b) soft
   (c) strong         (d) true
3.  (a) better          (b) interesting
   (c) best              (d) rich
4.  (a) wierd          (b) proper
   (c) hard             (d) light
5.  (a) elegaht       (b) sharp
   (c) intelligent   (d) former

Solution:

1.  (c) finest
2.  (b) soft
3.  (c) best
4.  (d) light
5.  (a) elegant

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