Choose the sentences in which the adjectives are used correctly:
(A) Of the two routes to the fort, the one through the market is the shorter.
(B) Hampi is one of the most beautiful place in Karnataka.
(C) Nani’s old sofa is comfortabler than the new one we bought last month.
(D) The fishermen brought a live crab to show the children.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (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) Of the two routes to the fort, the one through the market is the shorter. — Correct.
- “Of the two routes” shows that only two things are compared.
- For two, we use “the” + the comparative, the form that compares two: “the shorter”.
(B) Hampi is one of the most beautiful place in Karnataka. — Incorrect.
- “One of the” + a superlative picks one out of many.
- So the noun after it must be plural: places, not place.
- Correct form: Hampi is one of the most beautiful places in Karnataka.
(C) Nani’s old sofa is comfortabler than the new one we bought last month. — Incorrect.
- Long adjectives like “comfortable” do not take -er.
- They form the comparative with “more”.
- Correct form: Nani’s old sofa is more comfortable than the new one we bought last month.
(D) The fishermen brought a live crab to show the children. — Correct.
- “Live” here is an adjective that means living. It is used before a noun.
- “Alive” has the same meaning, but it is used only after a verb, as in “The crab was alive”.