Adjective Revised 1

MDCAT English
Study of Adjective
By
Prof. Nasir Imran Khan
Usage Of
Introduction Types Of Adjectives As
To Adjectives Adjectives Other Parts Of
Speech
Positions Of Correction Practice

Adjectives Rules Questions
MDCAT Past
Paper
Questions
Noun Pronoun Verb
Adjective Adverb Preposition
Conjunctions/
Determiners
Linking Words
Adjective
1. Definition:
• Adjectives are words that are used to describe nouns
and pronouns and to quantify and identify them.
2. Examples:
Sweet Hard Slow More

3. Use in Sentence:
• He is a very innocent boy
4. Degrees of an Adjective:
Positive Comparative Superlative
1. Good Better Best
2. Bad Worse Worst
3. Hard Harder Hardest
4. Beautiful More beautiful Most Beautiful
5. Less Lesser Least

i. Positive:
• It is used to show a general quality or comparison.
a. Use in Sentence:
• He is a very cute boy.
ii. Comparative:
• It is used for the comparison between two things, elements or
persons.
b. Use in Sentence:
• He is cuter than Jameel.
iii. Superlative:
• This degree is used to show the best among three or more
elements, things or persons.
c. Use in Sentence:
• He is the cutest boy in our class.
Usage Of
To An Adjective Adjectives Other Parts Of
Speech

MDCAT Past
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Questions
Possessive Proper
Adjective Adjective
Demonstrative Qualitative
Adjective Adjective
Possessive Adjective
1. Definition:
• A possessive adjective expresses possession of a
noun by someone or something.
• Possessive adjectives are the same as possessive

pronouns.
• All the possessive adjectives are listed in the following table:

2. Table of Personal Pronoun:
Subjective Case Possessive Case (Pronoun) Possessive Case (Adjective) Objective Case
First Person Singular:

Mine My Me
I
First Person Plural:
Ours Our Us
We
Second Person
Yours Your You
You
Third Person Singular
His His Him
He
Third Person Singular
She Hers Her Her
Third Person Plural

They Theirs Their Them
Third Person Neutral

Singular
Its Its It
It
Possessive Proper
Adjective Adjective
Adjective Adjective
Proper Adjective
1. Definition:
• The Adjective made up of Proper Nouns.
2. Examples:
• Russian Girl
• Pakistani Carpet
• Chinese House
Possessive Proper
Adjective Adjective
Adjective Adjective
Demonstrative Adjective
1. Definition:
• A demonstrative adjective (this, that, these, those) shows
the noun it modifies is singular or plural and whether the
position of the noun is near or far from the person who is
speaking or writing. A demonstrative adjective also points out
a fact about the noun.
2. Use in Sentence:
• This red balloon is mine and those three yellow ones are
yours.
• These two fat cats have tails, but that thin cat doesn’t have
a tail.
Possessive Proper
Adjective Adjective
Adjective Adjective
Qualitative/ Descriptive Adjective
1. Definition:
• Descriptive adjectives are the most numerous of the different
types of adjectives. These adjectives describe nouns that
refer to action, state, or quality.
2. Examples:
• Dangerous chemicals
• Green vegetables
• A squared box
• A big house
Usage Of
To Adjectives Adjectives Other Parts Of
Speech

MDCAT Past
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Questions
Usage Of Adjectives As Other Parts Of Speech
1. Adjectives used as a Noun:

• Usage 1:
i. Description:
• As a plural noun showing a class of people.
ii. Examples:
• The rich people should help the poor.
Adj N
• The rich should help the poor.
N
• Usage 2:
i. Description:
• As a singular noun showing some quality: as,
ii. Examples:
• The future years are unknown to us.
Adj N
• The future is unknown to us.
N
• Usage 3:
i. Description:
• The adjectives derived from proper noun:
ii. Examples:
• The Pakistani people are hard working people.
Adj N
• The Pakistanis are hard working people.
N
• Usage 4:
i. Description:
• Some adjectives are used as a noun only in plural: as,
ii. Examples:
• Our junior students are very good.
Adj N
• Our juniors are very good.
N
• Note:
i. The use of nouns as adjectives is very common in English,
as:
ii. Examples:
• When I lived in a village, I saw a village girl.
N Adj
• I like computer because I am fond of computer games.
N Adj
Usage Of
Speech

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Positions of Adjective
1. Usage 1:
• Immediately before a noun. (When used attributively)
i. Examples:
• The kind king was killed.
Adj N
2. Usage 2:
• After the verb. (When used Predicatively)
i. Examples:
• The king was kind.
N Adj
3. Usage 3:
• After the noun. (When used in poetry)
i. Examples:
• Children dear, was it yesterday?
N Adj
4. Usage 4:
• After the noun. (When several adjectives are attached to a
noun)
i. Examples:
• The king, kind and just moved forward.
N Adj Adj
5. Usage 5:
• After the noun. (When some phrase is joined to adjectives)
i. Examples:
• He was a man rich in resources?
N Adj Phrase
6. Usage 6:
• Adjective + (worth + 1st V+ing) is used immediately
after the noun to lay emphasis.
i. Examples:
• That was the movie worth watching.
N Adj
• This is the place worth seeing.
N Adj
Usage Of
Speech

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Correction Rules With Respect To Adjective
1. Rule 1:
i. Description:
• The comparative and superlative degrees of one or two syllabic
adjectives are formed by adding –er and –est to the absolute or
positive degree.
1. Small Small + er Small + est
2. Low Low + er Low + est
3. High High + er High + est

MCQ: Of these four underlined parts of the
sentences ,spot the part/segment that has an error.
He is more stronger than I.

A B C D
This is the most strongest bond.

A B C D
2. Rule 2:
i. Description:
• The comparative and superlative degrees of three or more
syllabic words /beau-ti-ful/ are formed by adding More or
Most to the absolute or positive degree.
1. Beautiful More Beautiful Most Beautiful
2. Brilliant More Brilliant Most Brilliant
3. Intelligent More Intelligent Most Intelligent

He is intelligenter than I.
A B C D
Ronald is the intelligentest of all the boys.

A B C D
3. Rule 3:
i. Description:
• The following is the list of the adjectives that do not follow the
above mentioned formation of the second and third degrees.
1. Good Better Best
2. Bad Worse Worst
3. Little Less Least
4. Late Later Latest
5. Many/Much More Most
Farther Farthest
6. Far
Further Furthest
4. Rule 4:
Used For Two Used for More than Two
1. Each other One another
2. Neither None
3. Either Anyone
4. Both All
5. Between Among
6. 2nd Degree 3rd degree
Both the boys divided it among themselves.

A B C D
5. Rule 5:
i. Description:
• When two or more than two adjectives are used before a
specific noun, we don’t need comma to separate them.
Yesterday, I saw a long, shining car.

A B C D
6. Rule 6:
i. Description:
• Use adjective instead of adverb after the verbs of senses like:
Smell Taste Sound
Feel See Hear

She says that butter tastes rancidly.

A B C D
7. Rule 7:
i. Description:
• Some is used in Positive Sentences whereas Any is used in
Negative and Interrogative Sentences.
I do not have some milk.

A B C D
Please give me any milk.

A B C D
8. Rule 8:
i. Description:
• Following words are followed by the preposition to not than.
Junior Senior Inferior Superior Prior
Prefer Posterior Anterior

Saleem joined Cambridge before me giving him the

A B
superiority to become senior than me.
C D
9. Rule 9:
i. Description:
• After the second degree of an adjective use than instead of
from.
Honey, in its natural flavour is sweeter from sugar.

A B C D
Tania, the most beautiful girl in our college,

A B
is taller from Sania.
C D
10. Rule 10:
i. Description:
• The is used before all the superlative degrees of the adjectives.
ii. Exemption:
• The is not used before the superlative degree if it follows the
possessive adjective.
Ashir is wisest of all the other boys

A B C
in the class.
D
Tania, most beautiful girl in our college,

A B
is taller than Sania.
C D
Ashir is my the best friend.

A B C D
11. Rule 11:
i. Description:
• While comparing one thing with all the other things, we use
than that of, or than any other.
Mary’s marks are greater than any student’s.

A B C D
12. Rule 12:
i. Description:
• Always compare same one thing with an other on the basis of
homogeneity.
• In case, homogeneity is not available use than that of, or
than any other.
This kind of apples would be sweeter than Cortland.

A B C D
The climate of Multan is hotter than Lahore.

A B C D
13. Rule 13:
i. Description:
• Use of double adjective (comparative and superlative) is
wrong.
Elizabeth is more wiser than Lucy is.

A B C D
This is the most strongest bond.

A B C D
14. Rule 14:
i. Description:
• Some adjectives are incomparable. So the use of any
degree before them is wrong.
• These adjectives are :
Ideal Full Extreme Chief
Entire Unique Perfect Round
Complete Universal Preferable Favourite

This advice is more preferable to that of Anum.

A B C D
Chaucer is the most ideal person in the

A B C
English literature.
D
15. Rule 15:
i. Description:
• The is used before the comparative degrees of the adjectives
where there is a pair of them.
More you get, the lesser you want.

A B C D
Higher you go, the cooler it is.

A B C D
16. Rule 16:
i. Description:
• Before the regular adjectives we use Very and before adjectival
participles we use Much.
ii. Exemption:
• We can not use Much before the following adjectival participles.
Tired Pleased Delighted Surprised
Obliged
iii. Note:
• The “ed” forms and “ing” forms may also be used as
adjectives and are, thus, called adjectival participles.
Jessica is very interested in literature.

A B C D
Sami is much fool.

A B C D
17. Rule 17:
i. Description:
• Less-(little, least) is used before measurable nouns whereas
• Few-(fewer, fewest) is used before numerable nouns.
She does not have a less pennies.

A B C D
I need no fewer than five kg sugar.

A B C D
18. Rule 18:
i. Description:
• Old-(Older, Oldest) is used for the people other than the
members of family whereas
• Elder-Eldest) is used for the members of family.
My friend Sidra is elder than I in age.

A B C D
Mr. Shawn is the oldest of the Dodson family.

A B C D
19. Rule 19:
i. Description:
• Adjective is always used before the adverb Enough.
Emma said that the tea was enough hot.

A B C D
20. Rule 20:
i. Description:
• Farther is used for distance whereas Further is used for time
but both mean ahead.
They could not travel any further.

A B C D
21. Rule 21:
i. Note the difference:
• Few is used negatively and it means not many.
• A few is used positively and it means some.
• The few means some but all of them.
• Little is used negatively and it means not much.
• A little is used positively and it means some though not
much.
• The little means some but whole of that some.
Of the whole class only few boys could attend

A B C
the party.
D
There was little water in the pitcher.

A B C D
22. Rule 22:
i. Description:
• Worth-seeing, worth-watching and all the worth +gerund
are used after the noun they qualify.
He told that it was a worth watching movie.

A B C D
23. Rule 23:
i. Description:
• Use the:
a. Before the adjective
• “whole”
b. After the adjectives such as
• “Both, All”
The all boys were coming to the party.

A B C D
He told whole the story to her face.

A B C D
24. Rule 24:
i. Description:
• Too much is used to give negative meanings whereas much
too is used to give positive meanings.
He is too much kind to me.

A B C D
25. Rule 25:
i. Note the complete expressions:
• As soon as
• As much as
• As many as
Playing the violin is not as difficult you think.

A B C D
26. Rule 26:
• Use Like if no verb follows it.
a. The structure of the sentence is usually:
• VERB + LIKE + NOUN / PRONOUN.
• Example:
• He works like an ox.
• If the clause that comes next includes a verb, use As.
a. The structure of the sentence is usually:
• AS + SUBJECT + VERB.
• Example:
• He works as an ox does.
He speaks like a native speaker does.

A B C D
She used the tapestry as [like] a decoration

A B C
in her living room
D
27. Rule 27:
• Use No after the main verb.
• Use Not after the auxiliary verb.
He cheats not one in the class.

A B C D
There is no any reason to worry.

A B C D
28. Rule 28:
i. Description:
• Almost is always followed by all the.
Almost all states have a sales tax.

A B C D
29. Rule 29:
i. Description:
• Hyphenated adjectives are followed by singular verbs.
• Moreover, we don't pluralize the second adjective after
the one.
A three-years old boy was dancing very beautifully.

A B C D
Twenty-dollar were not a good amount for it.

A B C D
30. Rule 30:
i. Note the correct expression:
• Too + adjective + infinitive.
This brand is too expensive for buy.

A B C D
31. Rule 31:
i. Note the following:
• Use very before the positive degree of an adjective.
• Too may be used in negative sense.
On the plateau, the young seagull was too hungry.

A B C D
32. Rule 32:
• Like is used between two nouns being compared where as
Alike is used after the two noun compared.
• Alike and Like have same meanings.
Noble John, and his son do not look like.

A B C D
33. Rule 33:
• Use than after more and less.
The main library has more as ten thousand

A B C
books in it.
D
Usage Of
Speech

MDCAT Past
Papers
Questions
The modern cameras need only a few

A B
light as compared with the earlier models.
C D
Of these four underlined parts of the sentences
,spot the part/segment that has an error.
This answer sounds queerly.

A B C D
The mind experiences more consciouser [more

conscious] than
A B C
conscious activity.
D
Henry’s offer is not enough good to be accepted.

A B C D
Sugar-cane contains not vitamin.

A B C D
Joseph is the most activest of all.

A B C D
Picasso can’t be viewed without feeling badly about

A B C D
the type of people portrayed.
No fingerprint is exactly alike another.

A B C D
The words in the summary of the poem

A B
are so ambiguous to be understood.
C D
An usual treatment for the flu is to drink

A B C
plenty of liquids.
D
As many 100 billion stars are in the milky way.

A B C D
It is the world largest group of islands forming

A B C
a ten thousands islands chain.
D
Some property of lead are its softness and resistance.

A B C D
The oxygen concentration in the lungs is higher than

A B C D
in the blood.
The narrower the lens diameter is, the more great the
A B C
depth of the field is.
D
The news editor asked the reporter what the last news
A B C D
was.
The both friends liked the same girl to marry.

A B C D
Shamela is prettier from Pamela.

A B C D
He was very interested in her.

A B C D
Usage Of
Speech

MDCAT Past
Papers
Questions
The patient’s blood analysis shows that there is a

A B
big number of amorphous cells which are quiet
C D
unidentifiable.
2011
MCQ: Choose the correct one.
A. His addled brain refuse to think clearly and solve

the problem.
B. His addle brain refused to think clearly and solve
the problem.
C. His addle brain refuse to think clearly and solve the
problem.
D. His addled brain refused to think clearly and solve
the problem.
[ addled means confused]
2013
MCQ: Of these four possible answers, only one is
correct. Choose the correct one.
A. Both parents of Jameel were then long died.

B. Both parents of Jameel were then long dead.
C. Both parents of Jameel were by then long dead.
D. Both parents of Jameel were by then long died.
2014
MCQ: Of these four possible answers, only one is
correct. Choose the correct one.
A. Then he sat down in corner and remained queit.

B. Then he sat down in corner and remained quite.
C. Then he sat down in corner and remained quiet.
D. Than he sat down in corner and remained quiet.
2009
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Positions Of Correction Practice

Adjective Adverb Preposition

Sweet Hard Slow More

Positive Comparative Superlative

1. Good Better Best

2. Bad Worse Worst

3. Hard Harder Hardest

4. Beautiful More beautiful Most Beautiful

5. Less Lesser Least

Positions Of Correction Practice

• Possessive adjectives are the same as possessive

• All the possessive adjectives are listed in the following table:

First Person Singular:

Third Person Plural

Third Person Neutral

Positions Of Correction Practice

1. Adjectives used as a Noun:

Positions Of Correction Practice

Positions Of Correction Practice

2. Low Low + er Low + est

3. High High + er High + est

He is more stronger than I.

This is the most strongest bond.

Positive Comparative Superlative

1. Beautiful More Beautiful Most Beautiful

2. Brilliant More Brilliant Most Brilliant

3. Intelligent More Intelligent Most Intelligent

Ronald is the intelligentest of all the boys.

Both the boys divided it among themselves.

Yesterday, I saw a long, shining car.

Smell Taste Sound

Feel See Hear

She says that butter tastes rancidly.

I do not have some milk.

Please give me any milk.

Junior Senior Inferior Superior Prior

Prefer Posterior Anterior

Saleem joined Cambridge before me giving him the

Honey, in its natural flavour is sweeter from sugar.

Tania, the most beautiful girl in our college,

Ashir is wisest of all the other boys

Tania, most beautiful girl in our college,

Ashir is my the best friend.

Mary’s marks are greater than any student’s.

This kind of apples would be sweeter than Cortland.

The climate of Multan is hotter than Lahore.

Elizabeth is more wiser than Lucy is.

This is the most strongest bond.

Ideal Full Extreme Chief

Entire Unique Perfect Round

Complete Universal Preferable Favourite

This advice is more preferable to that of Anum.

Chaucer is the most ideal person in the

More you get, the lesser you want.

Higher you go, the cooler it is.

Tired Pleased Delighted Surprised

Jessica is very interested in literature.