Adjective

Adjective
1. Attributive Adjective 2. Predicative Adjective.
 Adjective- Noun Attributive Adjective
Example:
 A smiling face drew my attention.
 She dared get down from that moving bus.

 Adjective- Verb Predicative Adjective

Example:
 The girl is very intelligent.
 The boy is handsome.

Formation of Adjective
Noun Verb Suffix adjective

Suffix Words
Ful Use useful wonder  wonderful success successful
Ous danger dangerous vigor vigorous courage courageous
Ive act active progress progressive attract attractive
Al/ Ar music musical crime criminal people popular
Ic artist artistic hero heroic electron electronic
Able desire desirable laugh laughable force forcible
Ly cost costly man manly life lively
Some trouble troublesome hand handsome quarrel quarrelsome
Y fault faulty wind windy ease easy
Less sense senseless care careless shame shameless
Ish child childish book bookish fool foolish
Like student studentlike business businesslike
Ent excellence excellent difference different violence violent

al, able, ble, ful, less, ic, ous, tive, sive, some Adjective
Traditional, comparable, incredible, careful, careless, artistic, anomalous provocative ,
persuasive handsome

Very Important : 01
traditional
1. Noun + al = Adjective. tradition  Adjective .
refusal
Verb + al = Noun. refuse  Noun .
largely
2. Adjective + ly = Adverb. large  Adverb .
 friendly
Noun + ly = Adjective. friend  Adjective .

Very Important : 02
1. Cardinal number  Normal Numbers Examples. One, two, three etc.
2. Ordinal number  Numbers expressing Position Examples. First, second, third
etc.
Usage of Adjective
Rule – 1 Adjective + Noun Noun- adjective
Example:
 The goal of business is a substantial gain.
 I saw that historical document.
 Sample Question:
 The president said that the ––––– situation was very serious.
A. economical B. economic C. economy D. economics
 Much more information is required to make a –––– decision.
A. finance B. financially C. to finance D. financial
Answer Keys: 1.B 2.D

Linking Verbs
Verb Subject Object verb Linking / Copulative/ Cumulative
Verb/Copula
Example:
 The meal tasted good.
 The people became pious after the death of the monarch.

Linking Verb
Be (am, is, are,
become appear remain
was, were)
seem taste look feel
sound stay smell turn
keep go resemble get

Rule # 1 Linking verb word Adjective

Subject + Linking Verb + Adjective.
Examples:
 Popul remains calm and quiet. (adj.)
 The medicine tastes bad. (adj.)
 Sample Question:
 The music sounds ––––– and soothing.
A. sweetly B. sweety C. sweet D. sweetness
Ans.: C
Rule # 2 Linking Verb Word Adverb Adjective
Subject + linking verb + adverb + adjective
Examples:
 Popul remains really calm and quiet. (adv. + adj.)
 The medicine tastes very bad. (adv. + adj.)
 Sample Question:
 Young rivers have no flood plains and their valleys are –––––.
A. very narrow B. too narrow C. so narrow D. narrowly
Ans.: A

Rule # 3 Linking verb preposition object Adverb adjective

Example:
 Bob tasted the soup hungrily.
 Sample Question:
 Please, look after the helpless –––––.
A. sincere B. sincerely C. sincereness D. sincereful
Ans.: B
Exercises:
1. Our neighbors appeared (relaxed/ relaxedly) after their vacation.
2. The music sounded too (noisy/noisily) to be classical.
3. Your name sounds (terrible/terribly).
4. The pianist plays very (good/well).
5. The food in the restaurant always tastes (good/well).
6. The campers remained (calm/ calmly) despite the thunderstorm.
7. They became (sick/ sickly) after eating the contaminated food.
8. Professor Michael looked at (quick/ quickly) the students' sketches.
Answer keys: 1. relaxed 2. noisy 3. terrible 4. well 5. good.
6. calm 7. sick 8. quickly

Nouns that Function as Adjective

Noun adjective-
noun noun adjective-
noun adjective 's' 'es'
Example:
telephone number
 Jane forgot their .
adjectvie noun
shoe store
 There is a sale at the .
adjectvie noun
 Sample Question:
 ––––– is more needed now a days.
A. life insurance B. life’s insurance
C. insurance of life D. insurance the life
Ans.: A

Hyphenated Adjective
 noun adjective (–) Hyphenated Adjective
(–) adjective (noun) 's' 'es' noun plural
Example:
 They have a four-month-old baby.
 Can you make change for a twenty-dollar bill?
 Sample Question:
 The evolution of vertebrates suggests development from a very simple heart in fish to a -------
in man.
A. four-chamber heart B. four-chambers heart
C. four-chamber hearts D. four-chamber’s heart
Ans.: A
 While going to Shahbagh, I saw that a -------- new building was burning.
A. five stories B. five-stories
C. fives story D. five-storey
Ans.: D
 ––––––– are applied in bottled water plant so that the water sold is free of bacteria.
A. Five-stage treatment B. Fives-stages treatment
C. Fives-stage treatment D. Five-stage treatments
Ans.: D

Enough
Rule # 1 Enough Noun- Enough + Noun.
Example:
 We need enough food for survival.
 We have enough tickets.
 Sample Question:
 One must need ––––– to drive a car.
A. experience enough B. enough experience
C. experienced enough D. enough experienced
Ans.: B
Rule # 2 Enough adjective adverb Adverb/adjective + Enough.
Examples:
 Joney should be strong enough to get out of bed in a few days.
 Billy isn't old enough to enlist in the army.
 Sample Question:
 He didn't get the job because he wasn't .
A. enough training B. trained enough
C. training enough D. trained although
Ans.: B

Too ... to
(ii) too - - - - - - for + person/thing
too verb to too- for
Examples:
  The bag is too heavy for me.
 This brand is too expensive to buy.
 Sample Question:
 The tiny pictures on microfilm are ––––– small to be read with the naked eye.
A. so B. too C. much D. such
Ans.: B

So / Such ... that (Cause-and-Result)

Rule # 1 So ......... that that clause

Structure: Subjcet + verb + so + {adjective / adverb} + that + subject + verb

cause effect
So- adjective adverb
Examples:
 We arrived so late that he never gets to class on time.
 This suitcase is so heavy that I can hardly carry it.
 Sample Question:
 William Jennings Bryan was ------------- rigid in his beliefs that not even three losing presidential
bids could change him.
A. too B. very C. so D. such
Ans.: C

Rule # 2
Subject + Verb + So + Adjective + a/an + Noun + that.
Subject + Verb + such + a/an + Adjective + Noun + that.
Example:
 It was such a hot day that we decided to stay indoors.
or,
 It was so hot a day that we decided to stay indoors.
 Sample Question:
 Water is  that it generally contains dissolved materials in greater or lesser
amounts.
A. such an excellent solvent B. such excellent a solvent
C. such a excellent solvents D. a such excellent solvent
Ans.: A

Ing / ed Adjective
1. Active sense adjective- ing-
2. Passive sense adjective- ed-
subject adjective- ing- subject adjective- ed-
Examples:
 What an interesting game.
 This desk is disorganized.
 Sample Question:
 Drug abuse is increasing at an ––––– rate.
A. alarming B. alarmed C. alarm D. an alarm
Ans.: A
 The Canterbury Tales, written in about 1386, is as alive and ---- today as it was nearly
600 years ago.
A. appealed B. appeal C. appealing D. the appeal of
Ans.: C

Exercise Part
Choose the incorrect part of the following sentences:
almost all have a may not have any
1. Although A insects B six legs, C immature insect D .

Philosophy has been preserved scholarly writing Western Civilization

2. A of the ancient Greeks B in the C of D .

The soil is composed called

3. A B C of a mixture of organic matter D humus and inorganic matter derived from

rocks.
have none are instead of religious
4. Some religions A B deity but C philosophies that function D .

cause coal mines is gas

5. One of the primary A of accidents in B C the accumulation of D .
one such as
6. Unless A subscribers to a large metropolitan newspaper B the Walt Street Journal, or the

one few news

Washington Post C will find very D form abroad.

Many done by hand easily

7. A heavy work that was once B C can now he done more D with the help of

compressed air.
there is a few have been paid
8. When A B money remaining all expenses C we say that a small economic

has been created

surplus or profit D .
 Almost known to us a great many cells to perform
9. A the plants B are made up of C , specialized D different tasks.

Only a little early scientists , among them

10. Bacon, Copernicus and Bruno, believed that
A B C
the principles
underlying the physical world could be discovered and understood through careful
D
observation and analysis.

11. The amount

of books in the library of Congress is more than
58 million volumes.
A B C D

12. As soon
as the company has as enough earnings to make up for a had year, the stockholder of
A B C

emulative preferred stock receive dividends for the had year as well as for the good year.
D

13. Most large corporation provide pension plans for their employees so that they will be
A
secure enough than to live Comfortably
D during their retirement.
B C
is
14. One of the most popular major fields of study for foreign scholars in the United States business
A B C

and the another is engineering.

D

15. In experiments with large numbers of animals crowded in small cages, some have not been affected,
A
have shown all of the symptoms
but the rest of associated with stress and mental illness.
B C D

16. Labor Day is always celebrated on first

Monday in September .
A B C D

17. Sex' s education is instituted to help the student understand

the process of maturation
A B
to eliminate anxieties related
to development, to learn values, and to prevent disease.
C D
is a four - stages an 8000 larger that
18. The MX rocker with mile range, that of the Minuteman.
A B C D

19. It is not surprised that the Arabs, who possessed

a remarkable gift for astronomy, mathematics,
A B C
were
and geometry, also skillful mapmakers.
D
 such expensive
20. By the mid - nineteenth century , land was in large cities that architects began to
A B
conserve
space by designing skyscrapers.
C D

such brilliant a scientist many of his colleagues study

21. Albert Einstein was that had to C for
A B
several years
in order to form opinions about his theories.
D
because
22. Mercury is not often visible it is so near the sun to be seen.
A B C D
its
23. The smallest of the apes, the gibbon is distinguished by too long
arms.
A B C D
he
24. It has been proven that when a subject identifies a substance as tasting well , is often
A B C
associating
the taste with the smell.
D

Answer Keys: 1.C 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.A 8.B 9.A 10.A 11.A 12.B 13.B 14.D 15.B 16.C 17.A 18.B 19.A
20.B 21.A 22.C 23.D 24.B
Previous Years' Questions
1. The box is too heavy for me  . JU H
Unit 2017-18
A. to lift it B. to lift C. that I can't lift it D. so I can't lift
it
2. What is the adjective form of ‘literacy’? RU A
Unit 2017-18
A. literate B. literal C. literary D. educated
3. What is the adjective of the word ‘obey’? IU H
Unit 2017-18
A. obediently B. obedience C. obedient D. obsolete
4. After the governor’s third overseas trip voters complained that he was paying too little
attention to ------ affairs.
DU B Unit 2015-16
A. foreign B. domestic C. professional D. intellectual
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5. I think I’ve made our position very -----------. DU D
Unit 2015-16
A. clarified B. clear C. clearly D. cleared
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6. What is the adjective form of the word divide? C Unit DU 2013-14
A. divisible B. dividable C. dividible
D. divisable E. devisable
7. When your body does not get -----, it cannot make the glucose it needs. C Unit DU 2004-05
A. food as enough B. food enoughly C. enough the food D. enough food
 Note: enough noun
8. Correct English translation of C Unit DU 1995-96
A. He is very weak and so he cannot walk. B. He cannot walk because he is very weak.
C. He is so weak that he cannot walk. D. He is too weak to walk.
9. What part of speech is ‘extraordinary? B Unit DU 2010-11
A. noun B. verb C. adjective D. adverb
10. Global warming may have a ----- effect on life. B Unit DU 2008-09
A. pollutant B. industrious C. disastrous D. destruction
Note: Effect noun, adjective (B) (C) C-
11. They wouldn’t let my sister in the theatre because she was ---- age. B Unit DU 2006-07
A. below B. small C. under D. young
12. What is the best translation of the sentence- B Unit DU 2006-07
A. He is not as tall like his brother. B. He is not tall enough.
C. He is not taller than his brother. D. He is not as tall as his brother.
Note: as + adjective + as
13. The grapes ----- sour. B Unit DU 2006-07
A. tasting B. are tasting C. tastes D. taste
Note: ‘Grapes’ subject plural verb plural form (taste)
present indefinite tense
14. What does the sentence, “It is too cold to go swimming” mean? B Unit DU 2006-07
A. One should go to swim when it is too cold. B. The weather is not cold enough for
swimming.
C. One should not go swimming in cold weather. D. The weather is not suitable for swimming.
15. They tiny print on the poster is ---- small to be read easily. B Unit DU 2004-05
A. so B. much C. very D. too
Note: too ----- to

16. Computers that once took up entire rooms are now ---- to put on desktops and into wristwatches.
D Unit DU 2009-10
A. small enough B. smaller than C. as small as D. so small
Note: enough + Noun adjective + enough noun- enough
adjective- enough small adjective enough
17. He hopes to provide ---- service. D Unit DU 2006-07
A. uninterrupted B. uninterrupt C. uninterrupting D. un-interrupted
Note: Uninterrupted adjective noun ‘service’-
18. The president said that the ---- situation was very serious. D Unit DU 2004-05
A. economical B. economic C. economy D. economics
Note: Economic adj. economical adj
option (B)
19. Choose the most appropriate sentence: D Unit DU 1997-98
A. The detective looked cautious for footprints. B. The detective looked cautiously for
footprints.
C. The detective looked for footprints. D. Cautiously the detective looked for
footprints.
Note: Adverb verb modify (B) looked cautiously economic
situation
20. The roses in our garden smell really ----- this year. D Unit DU 1996-97
A. sweetest B. sweetly C. sweetening D. sweet
Note: (linking verb + adverb + adjective) smell really sweet
21. A rolling stone gathers no moss. Here the underlined word of the sentence is ––.A Unit JnU 2013-
14
A. participle B. gerund C. verb D. adjective
22. She seemed ––––– and ill at ease, and bent her head. B Unit JnU 2013-14
A. embarrass B. embarrassing C. had been embarrassed D. embarrassed
23. The word ‘neutral’ is JnU 2009-10
A. an adverb B. a noun C. an adjective D. a verb
24. What is the adjective of information? JnU 2009-10
A. informal B. informative C. informed D. information
Note: suffix Adjective an, ary, ive, able, less, ful, ty, ary, ish, ian,
al, idle, ed, ic, istic, ous etc.
25. The manufacturer should fix the market price of the product. Here ‘market’ is – RU 2013-14
A. an adjective B. a noun C. an adverb D. a determiner
26. Adjective of ‘circle’ is– RU 2011-12
A. Circular B. Circulation C. Encircle D. Circulate
27. The adjective form of the word ‘moon’ is– RU 2011-12
A. linear B. loner C. lunar D. lunatic
28. Choose the adjective of friend: RU 2011-12
A. friendly B. befriend C. friendfull D. none
29. ‘People’ adjective form RU 2009-10
A. Popularity B. Popular C. Popularize D. Populous
30. Do not go in the wrong path. RU 2009-10
A. verb B. noun C. adjective D. adverb
31. It is difficult to pass this admission test. Here ‘difficult’ is– RU 2009-10
A. noun B. adjective C. adverb D. complement
32. What is the adjective of the word ‘Circle’? RU 2009-10
A. circular B. circulate C. circulation D. none of these
33. Good computers are getting quite cheaper now. JU 2011-12
A. adjective B. adverb C. noun D. verb
34. A seventeen year old boy is not ––––– to vote in an election. CU 2012-13
A. old enough B. as old enough C. enough old
D. enough old as E. old enough yet
35. What is the adjective of the word ‘heart’? CU 2009-10
A. hearten B. hearty C. heartfulness D. heartful
36. What kind of part of speech is ‘unparalleled’? IU 2011-12
A. noun B. verb C. adjective D. adverb
37. What kind of part of speech is ‘extraordinary’? IU 2011-12
A. noun B. verb C. adjective D. adverb
38. Which of the following is a correct sentence? 15th BCS
A. He was too clever not to miss the point B. He was so cleaver to miss the point
C. He was too clever to miss the point D. He was too clever to grasp the point.
39. Do not worry, English grammar is not --- to understand. 13th BCS
A. so difficult B. very difficult C. too difficult D. difficult enough
40. A rolling stone gather no moss. What ‘rolling’ is? 11th BCS
A. gerund B. verbal noun C. participle D. adverb
Answer Keys: 1.B 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.A 7.D 8.D 9.C 10.C 11.C 12.D 13.D 14.D 15.D 16.A 17.A 18.B 19.B
20.D 21.D 22.D 23.C 24.B 25.A 26.A 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.C 31.B 32.A 33.A 34.A 35.B 36.C 37.C
38.C 39.D 40.C