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Read the sentences given below.

l Each participant was asked to complete a survey.
l Either of the movies would be interesting to me.

Remember

Either and neither are used to talk about distribution between two things or people. Either for
affirmative and neither for negative.

Read the sentence given below.
Both are my favourite colours, so either colour is fine with me.
l
Neither person is speaking the truth.
l

Interrogative Adjectives

The adjectives that are used to ask questions are called the interrogative adjectives. They modify
nouns or pronouns and cannot stand alone. They are generally placed before a noun.
Read the sentences given below.

l Which team scored the highest points?
Here, which modifies team.

l Whose school bag is this?

Here, whose modifies school bag.
Possessive Adjectives

The adjectives that are used to show possession or ownership of a noun or pronoun in a sentence is
called the possessive adjectives. They modify nouns. Some commonly used possessive adjectives
are my, your, her, his, our, its, their, etc.

Read the sentences given below.
l They washed their hands. She got her looks from her father.
l

Test Yourself

I. Add the correct adjectives from the box and rewrite them to make the sentences more
interesting.
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1. Our new cook cooked food.
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2. The guests were served fruits after lunch.
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