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1. 1.

   Form adjectives by adding suitable suffixes to the words given below.

   adjust	attract	power	health
   nation	hope	adventure	hunger
   hero	terror	quarrel	educate

    

2. 2.

   Fill in the blanks with the -ing, -ed or the -en form of the words in brackets.

   1. The __________ (scream) child was crying out for help.
   2. The audience was _________ (please) with my performance.
   3. All ____________ (interest) students registered themselves for the trip.
   4. We enjoyed the _____________ (refresh) breeze on the beach.
   5. The father was upset by his child's ________________ (annoy) behaviour.
   6. The fox was _____________ (tempt) by the grapes hanging on the vine.
   7. Raghav was ______________ (disappoint) at being caught behind wicket.
   8. We spotted a _______________ (mystify) object emitting red light in the sky at night.
3. 3.

   Rearrange the words to make sentences with adjectives in the correct position.

   1. tastes medicine horrible the
   2. a theorem it was difficult
   3. cheat honest a nonody would friend
   4. familiar the sounds my ears music to
   5. cake the in smells the delicious baking dish
   6. incomplete submit not do work
   7. in early hostel active students a get
   8. gifted camera a digital aunt my me
4. 4.

   Underline the adjectives in these sentences that state facts about India, and tell their kind.

   1. Our India has a rich historical past.
   2. India derives its name from River Indus.
   3. The fertile plains of the Indus were a prosperous region.
   4. Many ancient civilisations came up on the banks of this river.
   5. The early settlers lived a nomadic life hunting and gathering food.
   6. Over a period of time, many people began to settle in permanent places in villages.
   7. These villages grew into big cities, creating one of the world's earliest civilisations.
   8. Today, India is the seventh largest country in the world with over twenty-two scheduled languages.
   9. It has the second largest population in the world where every citizen has equal rights.
   10. India is the only country in the world where both the tiger and the lion are found.
5. 5.

   Write two more adjectives for each category.

   Opinion/ quality	Size	Shape	Age	Colour	Source / origin	Material	Purpose
   honest	tiny	spherical	ancient	brown	Chinese	metal	wiping
   rare	large	square	new	tan	Arabic	synthetic	sewing

    

6. 6.

   Now frame ten sentences using two adjectives to qualify the same noun in each sentence. For each sentence, use the adjectives from different columns in the last exercise.

   1. This spherical metal disc is a part of the machine.