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Test Yourself

I. Underline the adjectives and write in the blank whether their use is attributive or predicative.

1. The play got a great success. ________________________

2. He died for a noble cause. ________________________
3. This is a novel feature indeed. ________________________

4. This amount is enough for this project. ________________________

II. Each sentence has an adjective used in it. Underline it and give the name of its form in the
blank space.

1. Dogs and horses are faithful animals. ________________________

2. The fox is more cunning than a crow. ________________________
3. Priya is the prettiest of all the three sisters. ________________________

4. Parth is a man of noble thoughts. ________________________
5. February is the shortest month of the year. ________________________

6. The whale is the biggest water animal in the world. ________________________

7. Men are far stronger than women. ________________________
8. This question is quite easy. ________________________

Interchanging the Degrees of Adjectives

We can make some changes in the sentences with the degrees of adjectives.
A. Positive to Comparative

Study the following examples carefully.

1. Reena is not so tall as Nancy. (positive)

2. Reena is less taller than Nancy. (comparative)

B. Comparative to Positive
Study the following examples carefully.

1. Neither boy is cleverer than the other. (comparative)

2. Both the girls are equally clever. (positive)

C. Positive to Superlative
Study the following examples carefully.

1. No other peak is so high as the Mount Everest. (positive)

2. Mount Everest is the highest peak. (superlative)

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