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B.    From Verb

                   Verbs                 Adjectives                    Verbs                 Adjectives

                   change                changeable                    play                  playful

                   love                  lovable                       talk                  talkative

                   move                  movable                       tire                  tiresome

          C.    From Adjectives and Determiners

                   Verbs                 Adjectives                    Verbs                 Adjectives

                   black                 blackish                      red                   reddish

                   blue                  bluish                        sick                  sickly

                   five                  fifth                         three                 third

                   four                  fourth                        twelve                twelfth

                   green                 greenish                      two                   second
                   nine                  ninth                         white                 whitish

                   one                   first                         yellow                yellowish






                                                       Test Yourself



             I.  Underline the adjective of quality in each sentence.

                 1.  Our soldiers are really very brave.
                 2.  They are living in a big house.

                 3.  Both the sisters are intelligent.
                 4.  Beware of terrible dogs.


            II.  Find out the adjective in each sentence.  Write in the blank whether it is  emphatic,
                 interrogative, proper or an adjective equivalent.
                 1.  She is a pure vegetarian.                                 __________________________

                 2.  Whose bag has been stolen?                                __________________________
                 3.   Royal English families kept pet dogs in the past.        __________________________

                 4.  Stone walls do not make a prison.                         __________________________

            III.  Find out the adjective in each sentence and write its kind in the blank.

                 1.  A cool breeze was blowing.                                __________________________
                 2.  Dark clouds had covered the sky.                          __________________________

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