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Test Yourself


          A.  Pick out the adjectives in each sentence and write it in the blanks.
                1.   What a charming scenery it is!                          ________________________

                2.   Pudding is my favourite dish.                           ________________________

                3.   The lame tiger lay under a tree.                        ________________________
                4.   Only brave men deserve the best.                        ________________________


          B.   Pick out the adjective and write it in the blank and name the kind as well.
                     Sentences                                      Adjectives                  Kinds

                1.   His wife is very intelligent.              ______________           ______________

                2.   The rose is a beautiful flower.            ______________           ______________

                3.   What type of food do you like?             ______________           ______________
                4.   Socrates was a great philosopher.  ______________                   ______________


          C.   Use the following adjectives in sentences.
                1.  Australian  :  _________________________________________________

                2.  Charming  :  _________________________________________________

                3.   Which         :  _________________________________________________
                4.  Japanese   :  _________________________________________________


          D.   Put a suitable adjective in each blank.

                1.  The ______________ tales is a fine book of stories.
                2.   Our soldiers are the ______________ soldiers indeed.

                3.   ______________ colour are both her ribbons?

                4.   ______________ shoes do you like—black or brown?



                  Activity Time                                                         Observational Skills


            Read a long paragraph or a page of your English reader and underline all
            adjectives given on the page. Adjectives can come before the nouns or in

            the predicate part. Now, you have to count them and see their pattern in the
            sentence. Which adjectives are more: the adjectives before the nouns or the
            ones in the predicate part?





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