ADJECTIVES Exercises

TASK 1
1. Generally, girls are ______ than boys.

A. talkative C. more talkative

B. most talkative

2. Cricket is an ______game.

A. exciting C. excitinger

B. excitengest

3. Arpita is looking _______ in this dress.

A. gorgeous C. gorgeousest

B. gorgeouser

4. She has a very ______voice.

A. sour bitter C. Sweetest

B. sweet

5. Diamond is the _______natural material.

A. hard C.harder

B. hardest

6. This exercise is quite ______

A. more simple C. most simple

B. simple

7. Rohan is a _______ boy.

A. trustworthy C. trustworthier

B. trustworthest

8. The entire staff of the hotel we stayed at was very ________.

A. friendly C. friendlier

B. friendliest

9. You are getting _____ all the time!

A. gooder C. goodest

B. better

10. Your efforts to accomplish this project are _____!

 A. outstandinger C. outstandingest

B. outstanding

11. My elder brother is 25, he still feels _______when he sees cockroach.

A. frightender C. frightened

B. frightendest

12. Mr. Sharma felt very _____ when his son failed the final examination.

A. more disappointed C. most disappointed

B. disappointed

13. I feel ______on Sundays.

A. relaxed C. relaxing

B. relaxful

14. Rohan felt _____ when his manager shouted at him in front of his juniors.

A. proud C. honoured

B. ashamed

15. He is______so he avoids being photographed.

A. bashful C. confident

B. bold

16. It is always ________to seek the advice of your elders in difficult times.

A. beneficial C. useless

C. necessity

17. We had a _______ time at the alumni meet.

A. least C. great

B. cool

18. John is very ______ about his wedding.

A. excited C. boring

B. interesting

19. He doesn’t seem ____ in your offer.

A. interested C. interesting

B. exciting

20. The news of her death ______ us.

 A. stunning C. stunned

B. stunded

TASK 2
In each sentence (number 1 – 10), fill in one gap with a word or phrase from the box,
and put a cross (x) in the gap you don’t need. Underline adjective or adverb to show
which type o word you have used.

absolutely angrily fast happy interest

ed
late next week really red very

Example:

There were hundreds of red flowers x in the field. adjective / adverb

1. Jack REALLY shouted X at the other driver for being so stupid. adjective / adverb
2. He was X very ANGRILY pleasant despite what people say. adjective / adverb
3. When we went to Spain, the weather was beautiful although it was VERY hot X at times.
adjective / adverb
4. I was terrified on the way here because my taxi driver X drove so FAST. adjective / adverb

5. Many people seem to X be HAPPY in doing this course. adjective / adverb

6. He didn’t look X very INTERESTED when I saw him. adjective / adverb

7. I got to work LATE on Thursday X and my boss was angry. adjective / adverb
8. My new course __________ is ____________ , but I am really enjoying it. adjective /
adverb
9. My father is X coming to stay NEXT WEEK . adjective / adverb

10. Did you try the chicken? It X was ABSOLUTELY wonderful. adjective / adverb
TASK 3
Match the sentence beginnings (number 1 – 10), to the endings (point a – k), and add a
suitable adjective or adverb in the gaps.

Example:

I am going to take some aspirin because I have got a terrible d)

1. See Samantha over there. She looks (B) b) wonderful in that dress.

c) like it.

2. I want to run the marathon,

d) headache.

but I will have to train (E)

e) hard.

3. I am proud of Maud. She has done really (H)

f) to understand, but it still
didn’t work.

g) from under a bush with a

bone.
4. I am worried about the weather for our holiday.

h) done anything this morning.

They say it’s going to be (A)

i) to hear what you’re saying

5. He is so lazy. He’s _____________ ____ with what i said.

6. It is a bad phone line. It’s j) in her

8. The camera instructions

7. Never buy something unless you were

______________ ____ ______________ ____

9. My dog appeared (G)

a) wet and cold.
10. Despite my lack of confidence about

the answer, my teacher appeared