Adjectives Exercises: Grammar Practice (A1-B2) with Answers

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Question 1: The cat is ___.

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'small' is correct because adjectives like 'small' describe a noun and can follow the verb 'be' in predicative position. 'Quickly' is an adverb, 'run' is a verb, and 'always' is an adverb of frequency — none of these are adjectives.
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Question 2: She has a ___ dress.

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'red' is correct because it is an adjective that describes the noun 'dress.' 'Redly' is not a standard English word, 'redness' is a noun, and 'redden' is a verb.
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Question 3: The weather is very ___ today. (opposite of 'hot')

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The adjective 'cold' is the opposite of 'hot' and correctly describes the weather after the linking verb 'is.'
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Question 4: This bag is ___ than that one.

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'heavier' is correct because we use the comparative form (adjective + -er) when comparing two things. 'Heavy' is the base form, 'heaviest' is the superlative (for three or more), and 'more heavy' is incorrect because one-syllable and most two-syllable adjectives ending in -y use the -er suffix.
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Question 5: Mount Everest is the ___ mountain in the world.

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'tallest' is correct because we use the superlative form (the + adjective + -est) when comparing one thing to all others in a group. 'Taller' is comparative, 'tall' is the base form, and 'most tall' is incorrect because short adjectives take -est, not 'most.'
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Question 6: In English, adjectives usually come before the noun they describe (e.g., 'a tall building').

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True because the most common position for adjectives in English is attributive — placed before the noun (e.g., 'a tall building'). They can also appear after linking verbs, but the default position is before the noun.
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Question 7: The movie was really ___. I almost fell asleep.

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'boring' is correct because -ing adjectives describe the quality of the thing that causes the feeling. The movie caused boredom, so it is 'boring.' 'Bored' describes how a person feels, not the movie. 'Bore' is a verb, and 'boredom' is a noun.
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Question 8: After watching the horror film, the children felt ___.

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'frightened' is correct because -ed adjectives describe the feeling experienced by a person. The children experienced fear, so they felt 'frightened.' 'Frightening' describes the thing that causes fear, 'frighten' is a verb, and 'fright' is a noun.
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Question 9: She speaks English very ___. Which word correctly completes this sentence?

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'well' is correct because we need an adverb to modify the verb 'speaks.' 'Good' is an adjective and cannot modify a verb. 'Best' is a superlative and doesn't fit here without 'the.' 'Better' is comparative and requires a comparison.
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Question 10: Put these adjectives in the correct order before the noun 'car': beautiful, old, Italian, red

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  • beautiful
  • old
  • Italian
  • red

Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.

Correct order is 'beautiful old red Italian car.' The standard adjective order is: opinion (beautiful), age (old), colour (red), origin (Italian), then the noun.
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Question 11: This is the ___ interesting book I have ever read.

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'most' is correct because long adjectives (three or more syllables like 'interesting') form the superlative with 'the most,' not by adding -est. 'More' is used for comparatives, not superlatives. 'Very' doesn't form superlatives, and 'much' doesn't precede adjectives in superlative constructions this way.
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Question 12: My grandmother is very ___ of her garden and works in it every day.

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'proud' is correct because the adjective 'proud' collocates with the preposition 'of' (proud of something). 'Keen' takes 'on,' 'interested' takes 'in,' and 'good' takes 'at' when describing ability.
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Question 13: He is afraid ___ spiders. (write the correct preposition)

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The adjective 'afraid' collocates with the preposition 'of.' 'Afraid of' is a fixed adjective + preposition combination in English.
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Question 14: The adjective 'fun' and the adjective 'funny' have exactly the same meaning.

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False because 'fun' means enjoyable or entertaining (e.g., a fun party), while 'funny' means something that makes you laugh or is strange/odd. They are related but not identical in meaning.
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Question 15: The new apartment is ___ than our old one, so we have more room for guests.

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'more spacious' is correct because 'spacious' is a long adjective (three syllables) and forms the comparative with 'more,' not '-er.' 'Spaciouser' is not a real word, 'most spacious' is superlative, and 'spacious' alone cannot make a comparison.
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Question 16: Match each adjective to its correct type.

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wooden
French
rectangular
ancient
material
origin
shape
age

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

'Wooden' describes material, 'French' describes origin/nationality, 'rectangular' describes shape, and 'ancient' describes age. These categories follow the standard English adjective classification system.
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Question 17: Which sentence uses the compound adjective correctly?

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'She adopted a three-year-old cat' is correct because compound adjectives placed before a noun are hyphenated (three-year-old). 'Three year old' without hyphens before a noun is incorrect. 'Three-years-old' is wrong because the noun form in compounds is singular. 'Three year-old' is incorrectly hyphenated.
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Question 18: The government introduced several ___ policies last year, and the results have been positive so far.

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'economic' is correct because 'economic' means 'related to the economy' and describes policies. 'Economical' means 'not wasteful / good value for money,' which doesn't fit the context of government policies about the economy. 'Economically' is an adverb, and 'economics' is a noun.
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Question 19: Which sentence correctly uses an adjective in predicative position (after a linking verb)?

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'The soup tastes delicious' is correct because 'delicious' is a predicative adjective following the linking verb 'tastes.' 'The soup tastes deliciously' wrongly uses an adverb after a linking verb. 'The delicious tastes soup' has broken word order. 'The soup delicious tastes' is also ungrammatical.
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Question 20: The twins look exactly ___. You cannot tell them apart. (write one adjective meaning 'the same')

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'Alike' is the correct adjective meaning 'similar/the same.' Unlike most adjectives, 'alike' is only used predicatively (after a verb), never before a noun.