What part of speech is the word or phrase given in bold letters?

1. He fasted for a week.

a) Adjective
b) Verb
c) Adverb
d) Preposition

Supply the proper form of the adjective given in the brackets.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate adjectives. Each question is followed by two suggested answers. Choose the most appropriate one.

1.    He arrived ——————— than I expected.

Pick out all the adjectives in the following sentences and say to which class each of them belongs.

1.    The car sustained heavy damage in the accident.
2.    He has written several stories.
3.    A dog is very faithful to its master.
4.    Every man has his duties.
5.    He is a man of few words.
6.    Neither party is quite in the right.
7.    Which color do you prefer?
8.    The way was long, the wind was cold.
9.    He calls me every day.
10.    I have not seen him in several days.
11.    John won the second prize.
12.    He was absent from the class.
13.    He died a glorious death.
14.    A small leak is enough to sink a great ship.
15.    King Francis was a hearty king and loved a royal sport.

Rewrite the following sentences, substituting the verb form for the words given in bold letters.

Absolute comparative

The term absolute comparative refers to a comparative form used without a standard of comparison. Examples are: the younger generation, he knows better. In these examples the absolute comparative does not provide an answer to the questions ‘younger than who’ or ‘better than whom’.

We have seen that an adjective clause serves as an adjective. It is used to qualify a noun or a pronoun. Given below are two sentences with similar meanings. One of them is constructed with an adjective and the other is constructed with an adjective clause.