CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Adjective

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CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Adjective

Read the following sentences:

1. Approval is an intelligent girl. What kind of girl?)

2. I don’t like that house. (Which house ?)

3. I have five books. (How many books ?)

4. There is little time left. (How much time ?)

In sentence 1, “intelligent’ shows what kind of girl Apporva is.

In sentence 2, ‘that’ points out which house is meant.

In sentence 3, ‘five’ shows how many books I have.

In sentence 4, little’ shows how much time is left.

Definition. A word used with a noun to describe it (kind, place, number, quantity) is called an adjective.

The word ‘adjective’ means ‘added to’.

Look at the following sentences:

  1. The boy is hardworking.
  2. The hardworking boy stood first.

In both of these sentences, hardworking describes the boy. Hence, it is an adjective in both sentences.

In the first sentence, ‘hardworking is used along with the verb ‘is’ and is a part of the predicate. It is therefore said to be used predicatively.

In the second sentence, “hardworking’ is used along with the noun Ijoy, i.e., as an attribute of the boy. It is therefore said to be used attributively.

Kinds of Adjectives 

Adjectives are of three kinds:

  1. Adjective of Quality
  2. Adjective of Quantity
  3. Adjective of Number (also known as Numeral Adjective).

Adjective of Quality:

It shows the quality of a person or thing

Kolkata is a big city.

Dr. Singh is an honest man.

The foolish man died of his folly.

This book is of the English language

Adjectives of Quality answer the question: of what kind?

Adjective of Quantity:

It shows the quantity of the noun it describes

He has some sense.

Ram had much patience.

He has little intelligence.

He has enough money.

He has no wisdom

Adjective of Quantity answers the question: How much?

Adjective of Number:

It gives the number of persons or things.

There are five rooms in this house.

Few people can remain hungry.

There are no books in this room.

All men must die.

Most of these mangoes are ripe.

Adjective of Number answers the question: How many?

There are ten words given in the box, and there are ten sentences. Place these words in those sentences. The words should be used as adjectives

  • Heavy
  • Words
  • Live
  • That
  • Several
  • Neither
  • Every
  • Tall
  • Fine
  • Long

Question 1. There are boys in the field.
Answer: Several boys

Question 2. I like a pen.
Answer: A fine pen

Question 3. It’s a tree.
Answer: A tall tree

Question 4. The ship sustained damage.
Answer: Heavy damage

Question 5. It is the book you gave me.
Answer: Book that you

Question 6. He is a man of few.
Answer: Of few words

Question 7. This is a wire.
Answer: A live wire

Question 8. She has hair.
Answer: Long hair

Question 9. I have read book.
Answer: Every book

Question 10. She is Mohini nor Sheela.
Answer: Neither Mohini

Comparison Of Adjectives Or Degrees Of Adjectives

Read these sentences:

  1. My dress is good.
  2. Your dress is better than mine.
  3. Ram’s dress is the best of all.

In sentence 1, the adjective ‘good’ merely tells us that my dress has the quality of goodness without telling how much of this quality it has. In sentence 2, the adjective “better’ tells us that ‘your dress’ compared to ‘mine’ has more of that quality of goodness

In sentence 3, the adjective ‘best’ tells us that Ram’s dress has the greatest amount of that quality of goodness.

Thus, it is clear that an Adjective changes form to show comparison.

  1. The Adjective ‘good’ is said to be in Positive Degree.
  2. The Adjective “better’ is said to be in Comparative Degree.
  3. The Adjective “best’ is said to be in Superlative Degree.

Note:

Superlative Degree generally has the definite article ‘the’ before it. However, the Superlative with most is sometimes used without any idea of comparison. In that sense, the speaker wants to indicate the possession of a quality in a very high degree. In such case, ‘the’ is not used

It is most unfortunate.

He made a most eloquent speech.

His style is most original.

This usage is called ‘Superlative of Eminence’ or the Absolute Superlative’.

Formation Of Comparative And Superlative

1. Most adjectives ofone syllable and some of more than one, form the comparative by adding ‘er’and the superlative by adding est to the positive.

Positive – Comparative – Superlative

Deep-deeper – deepest

High – higher – deepest

Hard – harder – highest

Kinds – kinder – hardest

Poor – poorer – poorest

2. When the Positive ends in ‘e’ only V and ‘st’ are added

Positive – Comparative – Superlative

Able – abler – ablest

Brave – braver – bravest

Fine – finer – finest

Large – larger – largest

Noble – nobler – noblest

3. When the Positive ends in ‘y’, preceded by a consonant, ‘y’ is changed into T before adding ‘er’ or ‘est’

Positive – Comparative – Superlative

Dirty – dirtier – dirtiest

Early – earlier – earliest

Easy – easier – easiest

Happy – happier – happiest

Heavy – heavier – heaviest

4. When the positive is a word of one syllable and ends in a single consonant preceded by a short vowel, this consonant is doubled before adding er and est.

Positive – Comparative – Superlative

Big – bigger – biggest

Fat – fatter – fattest

Hot – hotter – hottest

Red – redder – reddest

Sad – sadder – saddest

5. Adjectives of more than two syllables form the comparative and superlative by putting more and most before the positive

Positive – Comparative – Superlative

Beautiful – more beautiful – most beautiful

Courageous – more courageous – most courageous

Difficult – more difficult – most difficult

Industrious – more industrious – most industrious

5. The following Adjectives can take either er and est or more and most

Polite – simple

Feeble – gentle

Narrow – cruel

Common – handsome

Pleasant – stupid

Irregular Comparison

6. In the case of some adjectives, the Comparative and Superlative are not formed from the positive.

Positive – Comparative – Superlative

Good, well – better – best

Bad , evil, ill – worse – worst

Little – less, lesser – least

Much, many – more – most

Late – later, latter – latest, last

Old – older – oldest

Far – farther – farthest

CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Adjective Fill In The Blanks

Question 1. Use later or latter in the following:

1. I prefer the……proposal to the former.
Answer: latter

2. They passed the……proposal.
Answer: latter

3. The……part of the book is interesting.
Answer: latter

4. Is there no……news than yesterday’s.
Answer: later

Question 2. Use ‘older’ or ‘elder’

1. He is my ….. brother.
Answer: elder

2. Ram is ……. than Krishna.
Answer: older

3. The nephew is……than his uncle.
Answer: older

4. He is……than any other person present here
Answer: older

Question 3. Use ‘nearest’ or ‘next’.

1. This is the…… shop to my house
Answer: nearest

2. He sits …… to me in the class
Answer: next

3. What are you going to do…..?
Answer: next

4. The …. school is five kilometres from this village.
Answer: nearest

Question 4. Supply the proper form (Comparative or Superlative) of the adjectives given in the brackets.

1. Is your father …… now (well)
Answer: better

2. There is no animal …. than the dog (faithfull)
Answer: more faithful

3. June is ……. than April or May 9 (hot)
Answer: hotter

4. Her condition is now than what it was ? (bad)
Answer: worse

5. She is……than her sister.(pretty)
Answer: prettier

6. Sita is the……of the two (tall)
Answer: taller

CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Adjective Multiple Choice Questions And Answers

Question 1. This is the tallest building

  1. Positive
  2. Superlative
  3. Comparative
  4. None of the Above

Answer: 2. Superlative

Question 2. Her dress is as good as mine

  1. Positive
  2. Superlative
  3. Comparative
  4. Both 1 and 3

Answer: 1. Positive

Question 3. His brother is taller than he is

  1. Positive
  2. Superlative
  3. Comparative
  4. None of the

Answer: 3. Comparative

Question 4. The weather is ….today

  1. Finer
  2. Finest
  3. Fine
  4. None of the above

Answer: 3. Fine

Question 5. This shop is the …… to my house

  1. Next
  2. Closer
  3. Nearest
  4. Near

Answer: 3. Nearest

Question 6.

  1. It is a lively tree
  2. It is a tall tree
  3. It is a studious tree
  4. It is a standard tree

Answer: 2. It is a tall tree

Question 7.

  1. Intelligent men must die
  2. Big men must die
  3. All men must die
  4. Short men must die

Answer: 3. All men must die

Question 8.

  1. He has black wisdom
  2. He has no wisdom
  3. He has good wisdom
  4. He has small wisdom

Answer: 2. He has no wisdom

Question 9.

  1. The injured man needs much advice
  2. The injured man needs few advice
  3. The injured man needs least advices
  4. The injured man needs many advice

Answer: 1. The injured man needs much advice

Question 10.

  1. I wish to wear stout pants
  2. I wish to wear thin pants
  3. I wish to wear sweet pants
  4. I wish to wear loose pants

Answer: 4. I wish to wear loose pants

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