English Grammar - Adjective: 57 MCQs with Answers

The adjective 'far' has two sets of degrees in modern English. When distance is meant, the forms are far – farther – farthest, and when order, extent or additional amount is meant, the forms are far – further – furthest. Therefore the superlative degree of 'far' is 'farthest'. 'Farther' is only the comparative form, while 'most far' and 'most farther' are not accepted, because adjectives that already have irregular comparative and superlative forms are never compared again with 'more' or 'most'. Hence option (2) is correct.

In the sentence 'The milk has turned sour', the underlined word 'sour' is an adjective. The verb 'turn' is here used as a linking or copular verb, meaning 'to become', and a linking verb is always followed by a subject complement. When that complement describes the quality or state of the subject, it must be an adjective and not an adverb. So 'sour' describes the milk, telling us what the milk has become. Other common linking verbs are be, seem, appear, look, feel, grow and become.

In the sentence 'She sang a sweet song', the word 'sweet' is an adjective because it comes immediately before the noun 'song' and describes its quality, telling us what kind of song it was. It is used attributively here. If the sentence had been 'She sang sweetly', then 'sweetly' would be an adverb modifying the verb 'sang'. A noun names a person, place or thing and a pronoun replaces a noun, neither of which applies to 'sweet' in this sentence. Hence option (2), Adjective, is correct.

‘Any’ is the determiner normally used in negative statements, in questions and in conditional clauses, and the sentence ‘Ring me up if you need any help’ is a conditional clause introduced by ‘if’. ‘Little’ would carry a negative shade of meaning and would suggest that hardly any help is available, which does not suit an offer. ‘At least’ is an adverbial phrase and not a determiner at all, so it cannot occupy that slot. ‘Enough’ would require a quantity already understood and would change the sense of the offer entirely.

'Five' indicates an exact number, making it a numeral/quantitative adjective.

'This' points out a specific noun, making it a demonstrative adjective.

'Whose' asks a question about possession, making it an interrogative adjective.