Linguistic | MCQs

Explanation

An adjective phrase modifies a noun and consists of an adjective along with its modifiers.

In "She had remarkably bright eyes," the phrase "remarkably bright" modifies the noun "eyes," making it an adjective phrase.

Explanation

"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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"Very considerable renown" is an adjective phrase because it describes the noun "person" by providing additional detail about the extent of the renown.

An adjective phrase is a group of words that modifies or describes a noun.

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"Bigger" is the comparative form of "big," used to compare two things.

The sentence compares two houses, so the comparative degree is appropriate.

Big: Positive Degree

Bigger: Comparative degree

Biggest: Superlative degree

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"Neater" is the correct comparative form of the adjective "neat" to compare two things.

The comparative adjective "neater" is used to show the difference between two items (his handwriting vs. hers).

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Today's weather is worse than yesterday's."

When comparing two things (today's weather vs. yesterday's), you use the comparative form of adjectives.

The comparative form of "bad" is "worse".

"Bore" is unrelated and refers to boredom, not weather.

"Bad" is the base form and not suitable in a comparative sentence.

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"Everybody" refers to an unspecified group of people, making it an indefinite pronoun.

Indefinite pronouns do not refer to any specific person or thing.

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"Theirs" shows ownership of the garden, making it a possessive pronoun.

It replaces a noun and indicates something belongs to "them."

Explanation

Masculine Gender → Male (e.g., boy, king)

Feminine Gender → Female (e.g., girl, queen)

Common Gender → Both male & female (e.g., teacher, doctor)

Neuter Gender → Neither male nor female (e.g., table, book)

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Cat – A common noun as it refers to a general animal.

Milk – An uncountable noun because it is a liquid and cannot be counted directly.

Saucer – A common noun as it refers to a general object.