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QUESTION 51
She owns a __________ leather jacket.
  • B black old stylish
  • C old stylish black
  • D stylish black old
  • A stylish old black
Answer: The correct adjective order is Opinion ('stylish'), Age ('old'), Color ('black'), and then Material ('leather').
QUESTION 52
I have no __________ reason to doubt him.
  • A far
  • B farther
  • D furthest
  • C further
Answer: 'Further' means 'additional' or 'more'. 'Farther' refers to physical distance. Here, 'further' correctly means 'additional reason'.
QUESTION 53
What is the __________ news from the capital?
  • C later
  • D latest
  • A last
  • B late
Answer: 'Latest' refers to the most recent in time. 'Last' refers to the final one in a sequence.
QUESTION 54
The __________ man in the village is over a hundred years old.
  • B older
  • A elder
  • C eldest
  • D oldest
Answer: 'Oldest' is used to refer to the greatest age among people or things in general. 'Eldest' is typically reserved for comparing ages within a family.
QUESTION 55
The patient's condition is getting __________ day by day.
  • D worst and worst
  • C badder and badder
  • A bad and bad
  • B worse and worse
Answer: To show a continuous change, a repeated comparative adjective (comparative + and + comparative) is used. 'Worse' is the comparative of 'bad'.
QUESTION 56
He is __________ to make such a silly mistake.
  • D clever enough
  • A clever too
  • B too clever
  • C very clever
Answer: The phrase 'too clever to...' means he is so clever that he would not make such a mistake. This structure implies a negative outcome.
QUESTION 57
Which of these is not a descriptive adjective?
  • B tall
  • C my
  • A beautiful
  • D red
Answer: 'Beautiful', 'tall', and 'red' describe qualities of a noun. 'My' is a possessive adjective, indicating ownership rather than a quality.
QUESTION 58
We had a __________ time at the picnic.
  • B wonderful
  • A wonder
  • C wonderfully
  • D wondered
Answer: The adjective 'wonderful' is needed to describe the noun 'time'.
QUESTION 59
The clown's performance was very __________.
  • A amused
  • D amusement
  • C amuse
  • B amusing
Answer: The performance caused amusement, so the '-ing' form, 'amusing', is used to describe it. People who watched it were 'amused'.
QUESTION 60
The instructions were not very __________.
  • A clear
  • C clarity
  • D cleared
  • B clearly
Answer: After the linking verb 'were', an adjective is needed to describe the 'instructions'. 'Clear' is the adjective.