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Adjectives Exercise

July 20, 2018 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adjective.

1. Have you bought …………………… mangoes?

Correct! Wrong!

We use any in negative or interrogative sentences.

2. Will you lend me ……………………. money?

Correct! Wrong!

Some can be used in questions that express a command or request.

3. ……………………… seat was taken.

Correct! Wrong!

We use a singular noun after every.

4. Five students are seated on ……………………..

Correct! Wrong!

We use each before a singular noun.

5. He visits us …………………….. three days.

Correct! Wrong!

Every can be used before plural nouns that refer to intervals.

6. He is not likely to recover. That means there is ………………….. hope of his recovery.

Correct! Wrong!

Little means not much.

7. He showed ……………………….. concern for me.

Correct! Wrong!

Little means not much.

8. ……………………… tact would have saved the situation.

Correct! Wrong!

A little means 'some though not much'.

9. ………………………… knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Correct! Wrong!

A little means 'some though not much'.

10. …………………….. grain we had was damaged in the rains.

Correct! Wrong!

The little means not much but all that is there.

11. ……………………… people are so hopeless as drunkards.

Correct! Wrong!

Few means hardly any.

12. ………………………. remarks that he made were very poignant.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. Have you bought any mangoes?
2. Will you lend me some money?
3. Every seat was taken.
4. Five students are seated on each bench.
5. He visits us every three days.
6. He is not likely to recover. That means there is little hope of his recovery.
7. He showed little concern for me.
8. A little tact would have saved the situation.
9. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
10. The little grain we had was damaged in the rains.
11. Few people are so hopeless as drunkards.
12. The few remarks that he made were very poignant.

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