Adjectives

Definition of Adjective

Adjectives are describing words. Large, grey, and friendly are all examples of adjectives. In the examples below, these adjectives are used to describe an elephant.

Examples:

• Large elephant
• Grey elephant
• Friendly elephant

Adjectives Modify Nouns
The word elephant is a noun. Adjectives are added to nouns to state what kind, what colour, which one or how many. Adjectives are said to modify nouns and are necessary to make the meanings of sentences clearer or more exact.

Examples:

• Follow the yellow cab.
(In this example, the adjective yellow modifies the noun cab.)
• Craig caught a large bass.
(In this example, the adjective large modifies the noun bass.)
• It is the girl with the pale face again.


• The principal words should be in bold.
(Beware of the adjective principal - see right)
• The rusty nail he stood on was the cause of the infection.


• Please put the old documents in the shredder.


• There is an essential matter we need to discuss.


• Peter guessed the right number.

Examples of Adverbs

An adverb is a modifying part of speech. It describes verbs, other adverbs, adjectives, and phrases. They are used to describe how, where, when, how often and why something happens. Here are a few examples:

Verb- The cat climbed quickly up the tree. (quickly describes how the cat climbed)

Adverb- Mike worked very carefully on his paper. (very shows how carefully he worked) Adjective- She is nearly ready to go. (nearly tells to what extent she is ready)

Consider the following example:

She decided to write her paper. (no adverbs)
She quickly decided to write her paper. (her decision was quick)
She decided to write her paper quickly. (her writing was quick)

I wanted to go upstairs.
She has lived in the city since June. (in the city – prepositional phrase)

Tenses

1. I _________ ice-cream.




A.) likes	B.) liked
C.) have been liking	D.) like

2. Children generally _________ quarrels easily.




A.) forgets	B.) forget
C.) forgot	D.) will forget

3. She ________ to school every day.




A.) goes	B.) go
C.) will go	D.) gone

4. At present, he _______ in Mahindra Satyam.




A.) works	B.) work
C.) is working	D.) worked

5. I _______ just ___________ my homework.




A.) have, completed	B.) has, completed
C.) had, completed	D.) will, complete

Articles

1. He is ………….. European.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

2. She bought ………………. gift to her daughter.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

3. Karan will arrive in ………… hour.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

4. The child is playing under ……………. tree.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

5. Rahul is ……….. most intelligent boy in our class.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

6. I gave ………….. one rupee note to a beggar.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

7. He plays …………. Cricket.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

8. Eating ………….. apple every day is good for health.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

Verbal Reasoning

16.  If arranged properly which one of the following is not a river in India.

(a) ANUMAY

(b) IHSOK

(c) TABROC

(d) ADAMRAN

(e)None of these

 Ans (c) It is CORBAT. It is a National Park 

17.  If the following words are arranged in a natural sequence, which word would be the first.

(a) Night

(b) Negative

(c) Neighbour

(d) Near

(e) None of these

Ans (d)  

18. In an office having 55 employees men out number the women by 15. How many women are working in that office.

(a) 30

(b) 20

(c) 40

(d) 50

(e) None of these

Ans (b) 

19. Reaching a place of appointment on Friday I found that I was two days earlier than the scheduled day. If I had reached on the following Wednesday how many days late would I have been.

(a) one day

(b) two days

(c) three days

(d) four days

(e) None of these

Ans (c)

20. Reena traveled from point A to a distance of 10 feet east at point B. She then turned right and walked 3 feet. Again she turned right and walked 14 feet. How far is she from the starting point.

(a) 4 feet

(b) 5 feet

(c) 24 feet

(d) 25 feet

(e) None of these

Ans (a)