ICSE Class VIII English Solutions

Displaying 5 out of 6 questions & answers.
Q1.

Fill in the blanks with the type of adjectives given in the brackets.

  1. It was a long ___________ train journey? (Adjective of Quality)
  2. Can I have ___________ sugar, please? (Quantitative Adjective)
  3. ___________ copies are these which are lying here at sixes and sevens? (Interrogative Adjective)
  4. ____________ boys who broke the table, have fled. (Demonstrative Adjective?
  5. ____________ house is on the other side of the lane. (Possessive Adjective)
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  1. stressful
  2. some
  3. Whose
  4. Those
  5. Rita's
Q2.

Complete the sentences using the words given in box.

welcoming, difficult, expensive, comfortable, excited
  1. We never buy our fruit and vegetables from there. It's so much more _________ than other shops.
  2. Jayant is going on holiday tomorrow and she's really __________ about it.
  3. I love my new bed. It's so ____________!
  4. Learning Chinese is certainly more ___________ than learning English.
  5. Everyone we met was very friendly and _____________.
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  1. expensive
  2. excited
  3. comfortable
  4. difficult
  5. welcoming
Q3.

Complete the sentences using the words given in the box.

much, many, lots of, a lot of, little, most, a little, a few, few
  1. It seems to me that we've had __________ assignments in English this term.
  2. How ___________ material can we be expected to read in one week?
  3. ___________ books are not in the library.
  4. I've had ___________ headache already because of stress.
  5. ___________ depression can be attributed to being overworked.
  6. Our yard looks awful this summer. There are too _________ weeds.
  7. I didn't use ___________ fertilizer last spring, and that has made a difference.
  8. Also, I've paid ___________ attention to how ___________ rain we've had.
  9. I'm afraid it,s rained _________ this summer, and the grass is turning brown and dying.
  10. _________ experts say you should fertilize your lawn in the fall.
  11. It didn't seem to do my lawn _________ good.
  12. _________ advice you get from experts doesn't seem to help.
  13. __________ of my neighbours ignore their grass, an they have better lawn this year.
  14. They say _________ knowledge is a bad thing.
  15. I know _________ instances where that proves true.
  16. __________ people know as much about computers as Tom does.
  17. But it does him __________ good when the whole system goes down.
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  1. a lot of
  2. many
  3. Many
  4. much
  5. Most
  6. many
  7. lots of
  8. a lot of, much
  9. a little
  10. Most
  11. much
  12. A few
  13. A few
  14. little
  15. a few
  16. Few
  17. little
Q4.

Complete the sentences using the words given in the box.

A few, A great deal, A little, A lot, A lot of, A majority of, Enough, Many, Much of, Plenty, Several of, Some
  1. I'm having __________ of trouble passing my driving exam.
  2. _________ the movies were rated PG.
  3. _________ information proved to be outdated.
  4. We're close to the project deadline, but there is still __________ time left.
  5. Although there are __________ brilliant students in this state ___________ thousands, even then, only __________ will choose to remain in the state after graduation.
  6. We were able to destroy __________ the parasites with antigen, but _________ of them survived to cause trouble.
  7. _________ a student has passed through these doors.
  8. Although __________ of the lawn is open to the sun, there are __________ of shade trees to make it comfortable.
  9. I think he drank ___________ wine last night.
  10. __________ the evidence was taken from the police safe last night.
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  1. a great deal
  2. A majority of
  3. Some
  4. enough
  5. plenty, some, few
  6. a lot, some
  7. Many
  8. much, a lot
  9. much
  10. Several of
Q5.

Pick out the Adjectives in the following sentences and say whether they are used Attributively or Predicatively.

  1. The boy went mad on hearing the news.
  2. The sky is blue.
  3. Bipin and his little brother went in a car.
  4. He gave me an expensive gift.
  5. The path was narrow.
  6. Arjun shot the bird with a toy gun.
  7. Much of what you say is true.
  8. February is the second month of the year.
  9. The principal was honourable.
  10. The frightened child became very nervous in the dark.
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  1. mad - Predicatively
  2. blue - Predicatively
  3. little - Attributively
  4. expensive - Attributively
  5. narrow - Predicatively
  6. toy - Attributively
  7. true - Predicatively
  8. second - Attributively
  9. honourable - Predicatively
  10. frightened - Attributively
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