Adjectives Exercises with Answers for CBSE Class 6 for online practice. Solution of Elementary Grammar by NK Aggarwala. Cross word, Interactive Worksheet for students to prepare for upcoming exams and obtain better marks.
Adjective
The Adjective : The words that describe a noun or a pronoun or add something to the meaning of a noun or a pronoun are called adjectives.
ADJECTIVES CROSSWORD
Exercise.2 Underline the adjectives in the Following sentences.
One has been done for you.
1Chess is an indoor game.
2. This is a very comfortable hotel.
3. Mohan’s car is small, Old and white in colour.
4. Mumbai is a busy, lively and exciting city.
5. It was a long and boring train journey.
6. These shoes are very smart and very modern.
Answers:
2. This is a very comfortable hotel.
3. Mohan’s car is small , old , and white in colour.
4. Mumbai is a busy, lively, and exciting city.
5. It was a long and boring train journey.
6. These shoes are very smart and very modern.
Fill in the blanks with the correct adjective from the box
Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives of quantity.
Kinds of Adjective:
1. Adjectives of quality Adjectives that tell us what kind of a noun it is, are called adjectives of quality. Examples: brave, honest, big, majestic, marvellous, etc.
4. Adjectives of quantity The words much, little, some, any, enough, sufficient, whole, and no tell us how much of a thing is intended. Such adjectives are called adjectives of quantity.
3. Adjectives of number The words in bold answers the question “How many” or “in what order”. They show how many persons or things there are, or in what order any of them stands. Such adjectives are called adjectives of number.
4. Demonstrative Adjectives The adjectives this, these, that, those, such, and yonder point out which persons or things are meant. they are called denomstrative adjectives. they answer the question “which?”
5. Interrogative Adjectives the words what, which and whose are used with nouns to ask questions. they are called interrogative adjectives.
6. Passessive adjectives the my, his, your, their, and show possession or belonging. they are called possessive adjectives. they answer the question “whose”.
Exercise3.5 Underline the adjectives in the sentences given below. write DN for definite numeral. In for indefinite numeral and Dis for distributive numeral adjectives.
[First has been done for you]
1. There were no picture in the book.
2. Every word of what he said is untrue. _______________
4. He has lost all his wealth in gambling. ____________
5. Are there some mangoes in this garden? ______________
6. Neither student seems to understand the problem. _____________
7. Each man must do his duty. ___________
8. Some boys were very dishonest; they stole things. ___________
9. A hand has five fingers. __________
10. His several friends were present at the party. ___________
Answers:
1. There were no picture in the book. In
2. Every word of what he said is untrue. Dis
3. My son is standing in the fifth row. DN
4. He has lost all his wealth in gambling. Dis
5. Are there some mangoes in this garden? In
6. Neither student seems to understand the problem. Dis
7. Each man must do his duty. Dis8. Some boys were very dishonest; they stole things. In
9. A hand has five fingers. DN
10. His several friends were present at the party. In
Exercise3.6 Tick the right choice to fill in the blanks. First has been solve for you.
1. Sorry Roshan, you cannot borrow (b) this book. It is meant for senior students.
(a) Such (b) this (c) these (d) those
2. I hate to make friends with ___________ children; they spoil you.
(a) these (b) that (c) such (d) this
3. The king once built a palace on _____________ hill.
(a) yonder (b) those (c) this (d) such
4. ____________ hooligans must be arrested by the police.
(a)This (b) Such (c) Those (d) That
5. Do not be in a _________ a hurry.
(a) that (b) such (c) this (d) these
Answers:
2. I hate to make friends with (c) such children; they spoil you.
3. The king once built a palace on (a) yonder hill.
4. (b) Such hooligans must be arrested by the police.
5. Do not be in a (b) such a hurry.
Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives.
Exercise 4.8 Underline the adjectives in the following sentences, and say of what kind each is, and which noun it qualifies.
1. I know a funny little man.
2. The way was long, and the wing was cold.
3. He is a man of few words.
4. I have told you this many times before.
5.How many marks did you get.
6. He is ninety years old.
7. An empty vessel makes much noise.
8. There is little hope of her recovery.
9. Some dreams are like reality.
10. He lives on yonder mountain.
Answers:
1. I know a funny little man.
Funny: Quality adjective, qualifies “man”
Little: Size adjective, qualifies “man”
2. The way was long, and the wing was cold.
Long: Quality adjective, qualifies “way”
Cold: Quality adjective, qualifies “wing”
3. He is a man of few words.
Few: Quantity adjective, qualifies “words”
I have told you this many times before.
4. This: Demonstrative adjective, qualifies “times”
Many: Quantity adjective, qualifies “times”
How many marks did you get?
5. How many: Interrogative adjective, qualifies “marks”
He is ninety years old.
Ninety: Numeral adjective, qualifies “years”
6. An empty vessel makes much noise.
Empty: Quality adjective, qualifies “vessel”
Much: Quantity adjective, qualifies “noise”
7. There is little hope of her recovery.
8. Little: Quantity adjective, qualifies “hope”
9. Some dreams are like reality.
Some: Quantity adjective, qualifies “dreams”
10. He lives on yonder mountain.
Fill in the blanks with the adjectives opposite in meaning to those printed in italics.
Exercise 4.10 Change the following words into adjectives by using – ful, less, ous, en, y, ish, or ive.
first has been solve for you.
1. air
2. care _______
3. boy _______
4. wool _______
5. heart __________
6. fury ___________
7. gold ________
8. truth ______
9. faith ________
10. fear ________
11. wonder _________
12. dark ________
13. silk _______
14. wood ________
15. hope _________
16. talk _______
17. peace _______
18. beauty _________
19. mercy _________
20 cheer __________
Answers:
air → airy
care → careful
boy → boyish
wool → woolly
heart → heartfelt
fury → furious
gold → golden
truth → truthful
faith → faithful
fear → fearful
wonder → wonderful
dark → dark
silk → silky
wood → wooden
hope → hopeful
talk → talkative
peace → peaceful
beauty → beautiful
mercy → merciful
cheer → cheerful
Exercise 3.11 Read the following passage and underline the adjectives. State what kind of adjectives they are.
(Special Note: There are 21 of them!
There is noisy bird on the thin wire outside my window . I peep out to see what the problem is, it is a grey pigeon with two white streaks on its tail and on its wings. Next to it are three tiny, bald pigeons. The angry bird flap her wings, flies a short distance and returns. Then she nags loudly at her babies. The first baby flaps his little wings but they are not strong to lift him. The other two also fail. Their anxious mother encourage them louder. I can see there is an important lesson in progress.
Answers:
There is noisy bird on the thin wire outside my window. I peep out to see what the problem is, it is a grey pigeon with two white streaks on its tail and on its wings. Next to it are three tiny, bald pigeons. The angry bird flap her wings, flies a short distance and returns. Then she nags loudly at her babies. The first baby flaps his little wings but they are not strong to lift him. The other two also fail. Their anxious mother encourage them louder. I can see there is an important lesson in progress.
noisy – Descriptive
thin – Descriptive
grey – Descriptive
two – Quantitative
white – Descriptive
three – Quantitative
tiny – Descriptive
bald – Descriptive
angry – Descriptive
short – Descriptive
first – Ordinal
little – Descriptive
strong – Descriptive
other – Descriptive
two – Quantitative
anxious – Descriptive
louder – Comparative
important – Descriptive