Grammar Basics | MCQs

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'Every' is an indefinite adjective because it refers to each member of a group individually, without specifying a particular one.

It modifies the noun 'creature' in a non-specific way.

Similar examples: each, some, many, few.

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"Various" describes "people" by telling how many kinds — a key role of an adjective.

It qualifies the noun, making it an adjective.

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"Great" describes the noun "height", so it functions as an adjective.

It qualifies how high the wall is.

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"Four and a half" gives an exact quantity, making it a definite numeral adjective.

Definite adjectives specify a particular number or amount.

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"Every" is a distributive adjective.

Because it refers to individual members of a group one at a time (e.g., "every species" emphasizes each species separately).

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"Strangely quiet" is the correct form because "strangely" is an adverb modifying the adjective "quiet," describing how quiet the room was.

Adverbs modify adjectives (or verbs) and usually end in "-ly," like "strangely," while "quiet" is an adjective here.

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"Huge" describes the size of the house, which classifies it as an adjective of size.

It provides information about the dimension or magnitude of the house.

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Possessive adjectives show ownership and come before a noun, like its before tail.

In the sentence, its is describing that the tail belongs to the dog.

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Possessive adjective shows ownership or possession. In this case, "his" indicates that the paintings belong to him.

A personal pronoun refers to a person or thing (like he, she, they).

A demonstrative pronoun refers to something specific (like this, that).

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"Outside" is an adverb of place, telling where it is cold.

Adverbs of place describe location or direction, like here, there, outside, upstairs.