Choose the sentences in which the adjectives are used correctly:
(A) Our school’s new computer lab is superior to the old one in every way.
(B) Shillong is a three-hours drive from Guwahati.
(C) The dal tasted bland, so Rekha added a pinch of salt and some lemon juice.
(D) The children were very exciting about the trip to the zoo on Saturday.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) only
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
(A) Our school’s new computer lab is superior to the old one in every way. — Correct.
- “Superior” is one of a few comparatives from Latin that take “to”, not “than”.
- So “superior to the old one” is right.
(B) Shillong is a three-hours drive from Guwahati. — Incorrect.
- A number and a noun joined by a hyphen work together as one adjective before a noun.
- This adjective stays singular: three-hour, not three-hours.
- Correct form: Shillong is a three-hour drive from Guwahati.
(C) The dal tasted bland, so Rekha added a pinch of salt and some lemon juice. — Correct.
- “Tasted” is a linking verb here. It joins “the dal” to a word that describes it.
- So it takes the adjective “bland”, not an adverb.
(D) The children were very exciting about the trip to the zoo on Saturday. — Incorrect.
- “Exciting” describes the thing that causes the feeling, such as a trip.
- “Excited” describes the people who have the feeling, so the children are excited.
- Correct form: The children were very excited about the trip to the zoo on Saturday.