Choose the sentences in which the adjectives are used correctly:
(A) Varun sounded calm on the phone even though his train to Jammu had been cancelled.
(B) The new mattress in Sameer’s hostel room is very softer than the old one.
(C) Javed’s old bicycle is sturdier than any other cycle in our building.
(D) The new sports complex in our town is three times as big than the old stadium.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (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) Varun sounded calm on the phone even though his train to Jammu had been cancelled. — Correct.
- “Sounded” is a linking verb here. It joins the subject to a word that describes it.
- So it is followed by the adjective “calm”, not by the adverb “calmly”.
(B) The new mattress in Sameer’s hostel room is very softer than the old one. — Incorrect.
- “Very” goes with the plain form, as in “very soft”.
- Before a comparative, the form that compares two, we use “much” or “far”.
- Correct form: The new mattress in Sameer’s hostel room is much softer than the old one.
(C) Javed’s old bicycle is sturdier than any other cycle in our building. — Correct.
- “Sturdier” is the comparative. With “than any other”, the comparative is used, not the superlative.
(D) The new sports complex in our town is three times as big than the old stadium. — Incorrect.
- The pattern is three times + as + adjective + as.
- The first “as” pairs with a second “as”, never with “than”.
- Correct form: The new sports complex in our town is three times as big as the old stadium.