Choose the sentences in which the adjectives are used correctly:
(A) The riper the mangoes are, the sweeter the aamras tastes.
(B) In Mumbai, July is usually the wetest month of the year.
(C) With its fresh coat of yellow paint, our classroom looks brightly now.
(D) Every Sunday, Nanaji goes for a five-kilometre walk along the river.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (D) only
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
(A) The riper the mangoes are, the sweeter the aamras tastes. — Correct.
- When two things change together, we use “the” + a comparative in both parts.
- The comparative is the form that compares two: riper, sweeter.
(B) In Mumbai, July is usually the wetest month of the year. — Incorrect.
- “Wet” ends in one vowel and one consonant.
- Such a short adjective doubles the last letter before -est: wettest.
- Correct form: In Mumbai, July is usually the wettest month of the year.
(C) With its fresh coat of yellow paint, our classroom looks brightly now. — Incorrect.
- Here “looks” is a linking verb. It joins the classroom to a word that describes it.
- That word must be an adjective, not the adverb “brightly”.
- Correct form: With its fresh coat of yellow paint, our classroom looks bright now.
(D) Every Sunday, Nanaji goes for a five-kilometre walk along the river. — Correct.
- “Five-kilometre” is a number joined to a noun, and together they describe “walk”.
- Used like this, the noun stays singular: kilometre, not kilometres.