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Practice Time 1
A. Fill in the blanks with the adjectives given in the help box.
little green honest stormy brave narrow
1. It was a _____________ night.
2. The _____________ children are awarded on the Republic Day.
3. This _____________ street goes to my house.
4. He is an _____________ man. You can trust him.
5. There was _____________ water in the pitcher.
6. Leaves are _____________ in colour.
B. Underline the adjectives and state their types.
1. I have a one-rupee note. ____________________
2. Ashoka was a great emperor. ____________________
3. He will take many days to complete the work. ____________________
4. It is his second marriage. ____________________
5. They don’t have enough oil to cook. ____________________
6. A peacock has blue and green feathers. ____________________
Demonstrative Adjectives
A demonstrative adjective is used with a noun to point a person or a thing. It answers
the question: which one?
Read the following sentences.
I borrowed this book from the library.
O
(Which book? — this book)
That boy is a singer.
O (Which boy? — that boy)
Adjectives In the above sentences, this and that are demonstrative adjectives.
Other demonstrative adjectives are these and those.
Practice Time 2
Fill in the blanks with the demonstrative adjectives—this or these.
1. I forgot _______________ book in the class yesterday.
2. I noted down _______________ points in my diary.
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