Adjective

* Adjective : যম ঳কর Word যকোন

Noun ফো Pronoun এয যদোল, গুণ,
঄ফস্থো, ঳ংখ্যো ফো ঩রযভোণ প্রকো঱ করয
তোরদযরক Adjective ফরর। ঄থথোৎ যম
word যকোন noun ফো pronoun
঳ম্পরকথ ঄রতরযক্ত
তথয যদয় তোরক Adjective ফরর।
Ex- Atik is a smart boy.
There is much water in the
takn.

* * Attributive
use :
মখ্ন Adjective তোয রফর঱লোরয়ত
noun এয ঩োর঱ এফং অরে ফর঳ :
(Adjective + Noun)
Rahul is an intelligent boy
Adjective noun Adjective এয এআ
প্রকোয use যক Epithet ফরর।
Predicative use : মখ্ন adjective,
verb এয ঩রয ফর঳।
Noun +............ + adj
* Samir is handsome.
noun adj.
Note : রকছু Adjective অরছ যমভন-
alone, asleep, afraid, alike,
aloof, alive, ashamed, aware,
content etc. যমগুররো
শুধু ভোত্র predicatively ফযফহৃত ঴য়।

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Ex- She is alone. The baby is
asleep.
একআ বোরফ রকছু Adjective, যমভন-
former, golden, olden etc. শুধু
ভোত্র attributively use ঴য়।
He is the former chairman of
this company

* Quality :
যম ঳কর adjective যকোন ফযরক্ত ফো
ফস্ত্তয যদোল, গুণ ফো ঄ফস্থো প্রকো঱ করয,
তোরদযরক Adjectives of Quality
ফরর।
EX- The lion is a ferocious
animal.
* Quantity :
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যম ঳কর adjective যকোন noun ফো
pronoun এয ঩রযভোণ রনরদথ঱ করয,
তোরদযরক Adjectives of Quantity
ফরর। এগুররো ঴ররো- much, a little,
whole, some, no, none, half, all
etc.
EX- The man lost all his wealth.
* Number :
Adjective র঴র঳রফ রনরদথষ্ট ঳ংখ্যো ফযফহৃত
঴রর, তোরক Adjective of Number
ফরর।
* Cardinal :
রনরদথষ্ট Number প্রকো঱ কযরর তোরক
Cardinal number ফরর।
Ex- One, Two, Three etc.
* Ordinal :
যম Number, position ফযক্ত করয
তোরক Ordinal number ফরর।
Ex- First, second, third etc.
* Multiplicative:
Single, double, etc.
* Pronominal :
Pronoun মখ্ন Adjective র঴র঳রফ
ফযফহৃত ঴য় তখ্ন তোরক Pronominal
Adjective ফরর।
* Demonstrative:
Such boys are wanted by us.
* Distributive:
Let each man try his best.
* Interrogative:
Which book do you want?
* Possessive:
I have lost my camera.
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you most.

More on Adjective:

Emphasizing: This is the very

reason why he has gone.
Compound : This is an out of
date house.
Exclamatory : What a beautiful
bird it is!
* Definite Numerical : রনরদথষ্ট
Number প্রকো঱ করয।
Ex- There are three pens.
* Indefinite Numerical : রনরদথষ্ট
Number প্রকো঱ করয নো।
Ex- All Men must die.
* Proper Noun as Adjective :
Bangladeshi people are active.
* The adjective of the word
―mountain‖ is- (B Unit 2005-06)
A. mounting B. mountic
@ C. mountainous D.
mountainly

Adjective
Identification
You know Adjective is a
qualifying word. You can
identify any adjective in the
following ways:-
এআ noun রিয immediately অরে
঄ফরস্থত যকোন word যক মরদ যতোভোয
identify কযরত ঴রর ঐ word রিরক

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঄ফ঱যআ Adjective র঴র঳রফ identify
করযো।
This is an honorary degree.
The goal of business is
substantial gain.
Any succinct essay is
appreciable.
* Linking Verb এয complement
র঴র঳রফ ফযফহৃত যকোন word যক
identify কযরত ঴রর রনরিরে ঐ word
রিরক adjective র঴র঳রফ
identify কযরত ঴রফ।
He became very much effusive.
What is intangible can be
perceived only.
* Possessive Pronoun র঴র঳রফ
঳োধোযণবোরফ অভযো মোরদযরক রিরন, তোযো
অ঳রর sentence এ Adjective
র঴র঳রফ use ঴য়। ঳ু তযোং মরদ
কখ্রনো এযকভ যকোন possessive
pronoun যক identify কযরত ঴য়,
য঳রেরত্র এরদযরক Adjective র঴র঳রফ
identify করযো।
Your installment must be
refunded.
His instability is really irritable.

You know adjective is a

qualifying word. It can be
identified in the following ways:
* The word situated
immediately in front of
noun,
Adjective + noun.
The goal of business is
extensive gain.

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Any concise essay is noticeable.
* The complement of
linking verb is an
adjective.
He became very much
overenthusiastic.
What is intangible can be
perceived only.
* Generally possessive
pronouns are used as
adjectives in a sentence.
Your installment must be
refunded.
His instability is really irritable.

Adjective
Formation
In the first lecture you
have seen how some
adjectives
become noun. In the place
of adjectives it is also
right.
* Noun এয য঱রল ous যমোে করয
Adjective েঠন কযো মোয়ঃ
monotony – monotonous
harmony – harmonious
courtesy – courteous
auspiciousness – auspicious

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* Noun এয য঱রল ent যমোে করয
Adjective েঠন কযো মোয়ঃ
congruence – congruent
excellence – excellent
indifference – indifferent
inadvertence – inadvertent
* Noun এয য঱রল al যমোে করয
Adjective েঠন কযো মোয়ঃ
artifice – artificial
convention – conventional
benefit – beneficial
perpetuation – perpetual.
* Noun এয য঱রল -full or –
less যমোে করয Adjective েঠন
কযো মোয়ঃ
beauty – beautiful
care – careless/careful
* Verb এয য঱রল able যমোে করয
Adjective েঠন কযো মোয়ঃ
permeate – permeable
compare – comparable
console – consolable
dispense – dispensable
* Noun এয য঱রল ic যমোে করয
Adjective েঠন কযো মোয়ঃ
artist – artistic
hero – heroic
* -bility মু ক্ত Noun যক ble যমোে
করয Adjective েঠন কযো মোয়ঃ
incredible – incredibility
incorrigible – incorrigibility
invisible – invisibility
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* –tion or –sion মু ক্ত Noun
যক –tive or –sive যমোে করয
Adjective েঠন কযো মোয়ঃ
deception – deceptive
apprehension –
apprehensive
* The adjective of the
word ―mountain‖ is –
(B Unit 2005 – 2006)
A. mounting @B. mountainous
C. mountic D. mountainly
Formation:
As we seen earlier, nouns are
converted to adjectives
by adding suffix or prefix and
affix. The same is also
true in adjective formation.
* By adding suffix –ous
with words:
monotony - monotonous
harmony - harmonious
courtesy - courteous
auspiciousness - auspicious
* By converting ―noun with
–ence‖ to ―adjective with –
ent‖:
Indifference - indifferent
Excellence - excellent
Inadvertence - inadvertent
Congruence - congruent
* By adding suffix –al to
nouns:
Convention - conventional
Benefit - beneficial

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Perpetuation - perpetual
Artifice - artificial
* By adding suffix –ful or –
less to nouns:
Beauty - beautiful
Care - careful
Sense - senseless
Care - careless
* By adding –able to some
verbs:
Compare - comparable
Distribute - distributable
Dispose - disposable
* By adding –ic to some
nouns:
Hero - heroic
Artist - artistic
* By converting ―noun with
–bility‖ to ―adjectives with –
able‖:
Invisibility - Invisible
Incorrigibility - Incorrigible
Disability - Disable
* By converting ―noun with
–tion‖ to ―adjectives with –
tive‖:
Education - educative
Deception - deceptive
* By converting ―noun with
–sion‖ to ―adjectives with –
sive‖:
Elusion - elusive
Illusion - illusive

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* By converting ―nouns
with –le‖ to ―adjectives
with –ar‖:
Spectacle - spectacular

USAGE OF
ADJECTIVE
Rule - 01:
Adjective একরি রনরদথষ্ট order যভরন

িরর। যমভন- Determiner +

Modifier + Headword.
For Example:
The active participant
A young inactive lazy boy
A round Italian pizza dish
Dad‖s old threshing machine
That ugly brick building

Rule - 02:
Noun এয ঩ূ রফথ মরদ যকোন Word
যক use কযরত ঴য় যম word রি ঐ
Noun এয ফযো঩োরয কথো ফরর, তো঴রর
ঐ word রিরক Adjective এ
form করয use কযরত ঴রফ।
For Example:
The economic condition is
improving day by day.
Adj. Noun

I saw that historical document

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 Adj.
Noun .
* Choose the correct word
: The president said that
the --
---- situation was very
serious. (D Unit 2004 –05)
A. economical @B. economic
C. economy D. economics
* There were -------
reactions after the Bills
was
passed. (D Unit 2004 –
2005)
A. a mix B. mix @C. mixed D.
missed
* In the line "Tossing their heeds
in sprightly dance,"
The word 'sprightly' is a/an (B
Unit 2008 – 2009)
@A. adjective B. adverb C. verb D.
noun
Rule - 03:
঳োধোযণবোরফ Verb এয ঩রয ফো
complenent র঴র঳রফ Adverb
use ঴য়। রকন্তু Linking Verb এয
complement র঴র঳রফ Adverb
ফযফহৃত নো ঴রয় Adjective use
঴য়। এখ্োরন প্ররয়োজনীয় এফং গুরুত্ব঩ূ ণথ
কতগুররো Linking Verb যক list
র঴র঳রফ যদয়ো ঴ররো।

Be, become ,feel

,appear, smell ,stay,

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sound, taste, look ,seem
remain,
He works silently.
রকন্তু He remains silent.
He drives carefully.
রকন্তু He looks careful.
রকন্তু Linking Verb এয ঳োরথ মরদ
Preposition থোরক রকংফো
Linking Verb এয Object থোরক
তো঴রর অফোয Adverb use ঴রফ।
For Example:
He looks after carefully.
I tasted that soup hungrily.
* Choose the correct option.
Although he felt very ----,
he smiled ----.
(B Unit 2003 – 2004)
A. angrily, friendly
B. angry, friendly
C. angrily, in a friendly
@D. angry, in a friendly way.
* The roses in our garden
smell really ---- this year.
(D Unit 1996 – 1997)
A. sweetest B. sweetly
C. sweetening @D. sweet
* Choose the most
appropriate sentence.
(D Unit 1997 – 1998)
A. The detective looked
cautious for footprints
@B. The detective looked
cautiously for footprints

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C. The detective looked for
footprints
D. Cautiously the detective
looked for footprints
Rule - 04:
঄রনক যেরত্রআ Noun ফোরকযয ভরধয
Adjective র঴র঳রফ use ঴রত ঩োরয।
For Example:
I saw a beautiful cottage
Noun .
I saw a beautiful cottage girl.

Adj
রকন্তু এরেরত্র ভরন যোখ্রত ঴রফ যম, Noun
মরদ যকোন Sentence এ Adjective
র঴র঳রফ কোজ করয, তো঴রর ঐ Noun রি
কখ্রনোআ plural ঴য় নো।

For Example:
This book contains ten pages.
(Noun)
This ten-page book is
interesting. (Adj.)
We are leaving for two weeks
(noun)
We are going on a two week
vacation. (Adj.)
Give me a ten page book. (adj)
Rule - 05:
Noun এয অরে enough ফর঳ রকন্তু
Adjective ঄থফো Adverb এয ঩রয
enough ফর঳। enough + noun
For Example:
You can love if you have
enough money to spend for
women.

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adjective/ adverb + enough
For Example:
You are beautiful enough to
satisfy me.
He has enough strength to lift
this.
He is strong enough to lift this.
তরফ Adjective ঄থফো Adverb
এয অরে so রকংফো too ফ঳রত ঩োরয
এফং Adjective/Adverb এয
঳োরথ So/too এয correct
usage জোনোিো঑ জরুযী।
For Example:
He teaches so swiftly that we
cannot follow
He teaches too swiftly to
follow.
* When your body does not get
— it cannot make
the glucose it needs. (C
Unit 2004 – 2005)
A. food as enough B. food
enoughly
C. enough the food @D. enough
food
E. food enough
* Choose the suitable option to
fill in the gap.
The tiny print on the
poster is — small to be
read
easily. (B Unit 2004 - 2005)
A. so B. much C. very @D. too

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* Correct English
translation of ‗য঳ এত দু ফরথ যম
঴োাঁরিরত
঩োরয নো - (C Unit 1995 –
1996)
A. He is very weak and so he
cannot walk.
B. He cannot walk because he is
very weak.
C. He is so weak that he cannot
walk.
@D. He is too weak to walk.
Rule - 06:
Little এফং Few এযো রনরজযোআ
Negative ফরর এরদয ঳োরথ
কখ্রনোআ যকোন ধযরনয Negation
use ঴রফ নো।
For Example:
You have little money. [Not few
money]
He has not few friends.
[Incorrect]
He has few friends. [Correct]

রকন্তু a little, the little রকংফো a

few, the few-এযো অফোয
Positive ঄থথ প্রকো঱ করয।
I have a little money.
এখ্োরন অরযকিো কথো ভরন যোখ্োিো
জরুযী যম only এয ঳োরথ কখ্রনো শুধু
little রকংফো few use ঴রফ নো। মরদ
use কযরত ঴য় তো঴রর য঳রেরত্র a
little রকংফো a few ঴রফ।
For Example:
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Only few students are lazy (Incorrect)
Only a few students are lazy (Correct)
We will need only little food
(Incorrect)
We will need only a little food
(Correct)
* Although Southern California is
densely

populated, ----- live in the

northern part of the
state. (D Unit 2003 – 2004)
A. a little people @B. only a few
people
C. some of the people D. many people.
* ------- is currently available to
researchers and

physicians who study the

indigenous life of
Bangladesh. (D Unit 2003 –
2004)
A. A little information B. Few
information
@ C. Little information D. A few
information.
* .....can be grown on arid land.(B unit
2002 – 03)
A. Only little crop B. Only a little
crops
C. Only few crops @D. Only a
few crops
Rule - 07:
Some/Any এয ফযফ঴োয :
Complement এয ভরধয মখ্ন some /
any অ঳রফ য঳রেরত্র মরদ sentence রি
affirmative ঴য় তো঴রর some use
঴রফ অয মরদ sentence রি negative
রকংফো Interrogative ঴য় তো঴রর any
use ঴রফ।
some * Affirmative
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negative/Interrogative
For Example:
I have earned some money.
Have you earned any money?
I could not earn any money.
* Complete the Sentence.
Is there any milk in that
jug? Not --------- (D Unit
2001 – 2002)
A. none B. many @C. much D.
some
Rule - 08:
another, other, the other এফং
some, others, the others এয
ফযফ঴োয ঳ম্পরকথ একিো বোররো ধোযণো যোখ্োিো
জরুযী।
রনরিয example গুররো যখ্য়োর করযোঃ

For Example:
I have two dresses. one is red
and the other is blue.
I have two types of marbles.
Some are red and the
others are blue.
Exercise: Correct the underlined
words if anyone is incorrect
1. Our Previous supervisor had
better organizational skills.

Adjectives:
1. Caffeine is ----, slightly
bitter substance, added to

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drinks.
A. odor B. odorless
C. an odorless D. more
odorous
2. Spain has little good
farmland and lacks many --
-
- raw materials.
A. important and industry
B. industrious and
important
C. important industrial D.
important Industries
3. Nuclear engines operate
without air and consume
---- fuel than do other
engines.
A. much less B. most
C. much D. most of the
4. Raising and selling cut
flowers and ---- potted
plants is a large industry.
A. decoration B. decorates
C. decorate D. decorative
5. Calcite is one of the ----
minerals in the earth, and
is prevalent in
mountainous regions.

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A. more commonly B. most
common
C. as common as D.
commonly
6. The mass of the sun is
about 750 times ---- that of
all the planets combined.
A. the greatest B. as great
as
C. greatly D. greater
7. Charles Dickens was one
of ---- writers of all time.
A. the popularity B. the
most popularly
C. the most popular D.
mostly popular
8. The divorce rate is ----
in the United States than
in almost any country.
A. very high B. higher
C. the highest D. highly
9. Martha Thomas was an
American educator who
stood for equal ---- rights
for women.
A. educated B. educational
C. educating D.
educationally

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of threads per inch, ----
texture.
A. The loose fabric is B.
The looser the fabric
C. The fabric has loose D.
The loose fabric

Answer keys:
1. b 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. b 6. b
7. c 8. b 9. b 10. b

Exercise: Correct the

following sentences
(1) The Job advertisement asked
for young willing
intelligent native Spanish
speakers to apply.
(2) The restaurant was so
packed I couldn‖t hardly move.
(3) The bookstore information
person told me they had
run out of that novel.
(4) The coffee tastes often real
well when he adds some
raw sugar to it.
(5) The professor says that it is
very difficult to Judge
the poetry writing contest.
(6) Rarely spotted turtles are
not found somewhere.
(7) I am waiting for him
writing a four hundreds pages
novel.

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(8) That night the house
seemed abnormal quiet.
(9) The man has to arrive
always at 9 O‖clock at the
office.
(10) You have hardly never
seen a cheque of five lac taka.

Xclusive Rules on
Adjective:
Rule 1:
Any part of speech placed in
front of a noun will be used as
an adjective. But remember
that the word will
modify the noun.
The economic condition of our
country is deteriorating day by
day.
I enjoyed the incredible win of
Bangladesh.
I don‖t have the practical
knowledge.
Choose the correct word: The
president said that
the ---- situation was very
serious.
(D Unit 2004-05)
A. economical √B. economic
C. economy D. economics
There were ---- reactions
after the bills had been
passed.
(D Unit 2004-05)
A. a mix B. mix

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√C. mixed D. missed
Rule 2:
Usually adverbs are used after
verbs or as complement. But as
an object of linking verbs,
adjectives are used instead of
adverbs.
A list of necessary linking verbs
is given below:
Be Become Sound Remain
Feel Appear Smell Look
Stay Seem Taste Turn
Examples:
He works silently.
But He remains silent.
Sujit drives carefully.
But He looks careful.
Note: If there is preposition
after linking verb or there
is an object of linking verb,
then again adverb will be
used instead of adjective.
Sania looks after the children
carefully.
I took a sip of the soup
hungrily.
The roses in our garden
smell really ---- this year.
(D Unit 1996-97)
A. sweetest B. sweetly
C. sweetening √D. sweet
Choose the most appropriate
sentence.
(D Unit 1997-98)
A. The detective looked
cautious for footprints.

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√B. The detective looked
cautiously for footprints.
C. The detective looked for
footprints.
D. Cautiously the detective
looked for footprints.
Choose the correct option.
Although he felt very ----, he
smiled ----.
(B Unit 2003-04)
A. angrily, friendly B. angry,
friendly
C. angrily, in a friendly
√D. angry, in a friendly way
Rule 3:
Noun can function as an
adjective in a sentence. I saw
a beautiful. I saw a beautiful
girl. But one thing to
remember is that- if any noun
works as adjective in a
sentence, it would never be a
plural. These are also
called as hyphenated adjectives.
This book contains ten pages.
(Noun)
This five-page book is awesome.
(Adj.)
We are leaving for two weeks.
(Noun)
He is going on a two-week
vacation. (Adj.)
Examples:
Incorrect : I have to write a
one-thousand-words
paper this weekend.

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Correct :I have to write a one-
thousandword
paper this weekend.
Incorrect : A three-minutes call
anywhere in the
United States costs less than a
dollar
when you dial it yourself.
Correct : A three-minute call
anywhere in the
United States costs less than a
dollar
when you dial it yourself.
Incorrect : Can you make
change for a twentydollars bill?
Correct : Can you make change
for a twentydollar bill?
Incorrect : A two-doors car is
cheaper than a fourdoors
model.
Correct : A two-door car is
cheaper than a fourdoor model.
Incorrect : They have a four-
months-old baby.
Correct : They have a four-
month-old baby.
Rule 4:
―enough‖ will be in front of
noun but will be after the
adjective or adverb.
enough + noun
You can love if you have
enough money to spend for
women.
adjective/adverb + enough

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You are beautiful enough to
please me.
He is strong enough to lift this
load.
He is good enough to teach
you.
Again, so/too can be used with
adjective or adverb and
to know the usage of these two
is necessary.
He is too weak to walk.
He is so weak that he cannot
walk.
When your body does not
get ---- it cannot make
the glucose it needs. (C Unit
2004-05)
A. food as enough B. food
enoughly
C. enough the food √D. enough
food
E. food enough
Choose the suitable option to
fill in the gap.
The tiny print on the poster is
---- small to be
read easily. (B Unit 2004-05)
A. so B. much C. very √D. too
Correct English translation of
―Bangla‖
(C Unit 1995-96)
A. He is very weak and so he
cannot walk.
B. He cannot walk because he is
very weak.
C. He is so weak that he cannot
walk.

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Rule 5:
As ―little‖ and ―few‖ are used as
negatives, no negation will be
used with these twos.
You have little money.(Not few
money)
He has not few friends.
(Incorrect)
He has few friends. (Correct)
Again, ―a little‖, ―the little‖, ―a
few‖, ―the few‖ are positively
meant words.
I have a little money.
But ―few‖ or ―little‖ will not be
used with ―only‖.
Instead, ―a few‖ or ―a little‖ will
be used in such cases.
Incorrect: Only few students are
idle.
Correct: Only a few students
are idle.
Incorrect: I will need only little
food.
Correct: I will need only a little
food.
Although Southern California
is densely
populated, ---- live in the
northern part of the
state. (D Unit 2003-04)
A. a little people √B. only a few
people
C. some of the people D. many
people
---- is currently available to
researchers and
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indigenous life of
Bangladesh. (D Unit 2003-04)
A. a liitle information B. few
information
B. Little information √ D. few
information
---- can be grown on arid
land. (D Unit 2003-04)
A. Only little crop B. Only a
little crops
C. Only few crops √D. Only a
few crops
Rule 6:
If there comes ―some/any‖ in
the complement, ―some‖ will be
used with affirmative and ―any‖
will be used
with negative/interrogative
sentence.
Some Affirmative
Any Negative/Interrogative
I have earned some money.
Have you earned any money?
I haven‖t earned any money.
Complete the sentence.
Is there any milk in that jug?
Not ----.
(D Unit 2001-02)
A. none B. many
√C. much D. some
Rule 7:
You should have a good idea on
the use of another,
other, the other, some
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Observe the following examples
carefully:
a. I have two dresses. One is
red and the other is blue.
b. I have two types of marbles.
Some are red and the others
are blue.
c. There were two ships. One is
white and another is black.
Rule 8:
Sometimes more than one
adjective are used with a noun.
In that case, maximum three
adjectives should
be used. In placing the
adjectives, following order must
be maintained:
Determiners Subjective opinion
Physical
Description Origin Material
Purpose
Examples:
We gifted him some ten-feet
round black Indian
wooden spans.
Also:
a round Italian pizza dish dad‖s
old threshing machine that ugly
brick building.

Nouns Functioning as
Adjective

কতগুররো Noun এক঳োরথ ফ঳রর,

঳ফথর঱লরি Noun ঴য়, ফোরক ঳ফ
Adjective এয কোজ করয।

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এআ ঳ফ Adjective যক Noun
Functioning as Adjective ফরর।
যমভনঃ
I saw some Indian cottage girls.
Here the noun cottage and
Indian have been used as
adjectives.
It‖s a gas driven vehicle.
Hyphenated Adjectives
যতোভোরক ঄ফ঱যআ ভরন যোখ্রত ঴রফ যম,
যকোন Noun Adjective র঴র঳রফ ফ঳রর
তো ঄ফ঱যআ Singular/Base Form-এ
঴রফ। কতগুররো
word (-) ঴োআরপন যমোরে ফ঳রর তোযো
প্ররতযকরি singular ঴রফ। তরফ plural
঄থথ যফোঝোরর ঳ফথর঱ল word রি
(Nounরি) Plural
঴রফ।
For example
We are leaving for two weeks
(Noun)
We are going on a two – week
vacation (Adjective)
Give me a ten – page book
(Adjective)
5 taka note, two – day leave
etc. (Adjective)
We took a tour that lasted five
weeks
(Weeks functions as a noun in
this sentence.)
We took a adjective five
week noun tour
His subscription to that
magazine is for two years.
(Years functions as a noun in
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He has a
Adjective two week noun
subscription to that magazine.
That student wrote a report
that was ten pages long.
(pages functions as a noun in
this sentence)
The student wrote a adjective
ten page
noun report
I saw a sixteen – years – old
boy. Incorrect
I saw a sixteen – year – old
boy. *Correct
It‖s a five – years – experience.
*Incorrect
It‖s a five – year experience
*Correct
তোরক Hyphenated Adjective ফরর।

S+V article adj. - adj. noun

edunews is a five - campus
institute
article adj. - - adj. S+V
A five - page torn book will be
sold
Examples :
INCORRECT : A three – minutes
call anywhere in the
United states costs less than a
dollar
when you dial it yourself

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CORRECT : A three – minute
call anywhere in the
United states costs less than a
dollar
when you dial it yourself.
INCORRECT: They have a four –
months – old baby
CORRECT: They have a four –
month – old baby.
INCORRECT: Can you make
change for a twenty dollars
bill?
CORRECT: Can you make change
for a twenty dollar bill?
INCORRECT : A two – doors car
is cheaper than a four-doors
model.
CORRECT : A two – door car is
cheaper than a four door
model.
INCORRECT : I have to write a
one – thousand – words paper
this weekend.
CORRECT : I have to write a
one – thousand – word paper
this weekend.
Exercise: Nouns
Functioning as
Adjectives.
1. Sam‖s new apartment is in a
building, which has twelve
stories. Sam‖s new apartment is
in a______ building.
2. We teach languages. We are
_____ teachers.

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3. My parents saw a play in
three acts last night.
MY parents saw a ____ play
last night.
4. The manager said that the
sale would last for two days.
The manager said that it would
be a ____ sale.
5. Hal bought a tool set
containing 79 pieces.
Hal bought a _____ too set.
6. Margie has a bookcase with
five shelves.
Margie has a _____ bookcase.
7. I need tow cans of tomatoes
that weigh 16 ounces each.
I need two _____ cans of
tomatoes.
8. I‖m looking for a pressure
cooker that holds six quarts.
I‖m looking for a _____ pressure
cooker.
9. He is a specialist at building
houses made of bricks.
He is a specialist at building
____ houses.
10. Mrs. Jansen just bought her
daughter a bicycle with ten
speeds.
Mrs. Jansen just bought her
daughter a ____bicycle.
Answer Keys:
1. twelve-story 2. language 3.
three-act 4.
two-day 5. 79-piece 6. five-shelf
7. 16-ounce

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speed
Exercises:
1. Choose the correct answer.
The evolution of vertebrates
suggests
development from a very
simple heart in fish to
a ----- in man.
A. four-chamber heart B. four-
chambers heart
C. four-chamber hearts D. four-
chamber‖s heart
2. While going to Shah Bagh, I
saw that a ---- new
building was burning.
A. ten stories B. ten-stories
C. five-story D. five-stories E.
five-storey
Answer Keys: 1. A;2. E

Exercises:
1. Spain has little good
farmland and lacks
many...... materials.
A. important and industry
. B. industrious and important
C. important industrial D.
important Industries
2. This book is...........
A. enough good B. good enough
C. sufficient enough D. that
good E. none
3. I don‖t have ............. to buy
such a costly flat.

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C. enough money D. good
money E. well
money
4. Caffcine is.. slightly bitter
substance. added to
many carbonated soft drinks.
A. odor B. odorless C. an
odorless D. more
odorous
5. Brake : Automobile
A. Pad : Helicopter B. Ship :
Fleet
C. Reins : Horse D. Helmet :
Motorcycle
E. Daily : Year
6. An adjective
modifies..........................
A. noun B. pronoun C. verb D.
adverb E. a+b
7. Incorrigible : Reform
A. immutable : Speck B.
intractable : Manage
C. impartial : Decide D.
Intolerable: Criticize
E. intangible : Understand
8. When your body does not
get..., it can not make
the glucose it needs.
A. food enough B. enough food
C. food
an enough D. as enough a s
food
9. Few students have come to
school. The
underlined word is..........
A. an adjective B. an adverb

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10. We are not in... financial
position to cut taxes.
A. a strong enough B a
sufficient strong
C. an enough strong
D. sufficient strong enough
11. The magnificent ... mosque
was built by the
Arabs.
A. eight-centuries-old B. old-
eight-centuries
C. eight-century‖s-old D. eight-
century-old
12. Can I have... milk in my
coffee, please?
A. little B. any C. few D. some
13. Anne is very busy these
days. she has... free
time.
A. plenty of B. a lot of C. little
D. much
14. We don‖t have to rush:
we‖ve got....time.
A. much B. plenty of C. a little
D. little
15. I am very tired. I had
hardly... sleep last night.
A. a lot of B. much C. Some D.
little
16. Fill in the blanks, ‗ What.....
lovely dress!‘
A. a B. an C. the D. this
17. She is too weak to run but
strong... to walk
without help.

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A. well B. sufficient C. enough
D. much
18. Find out the correct
sentence
A. there is a University at
Chittagong.
B. There is an university at
Chittagong.
C. There is University at
Chittagong.
D. There is the University at
Chittagong
19. Fill in the blanks ‗Shariful
is.... University
Student.‘
20. ..... six of my brothers want
tomake their beds.
A. Any B. Both of the
C. All D. the others
21. .... can be grown on arid
land
A. Only little crops B. Only a
little crops
C. All D. The others
22. Complete the Sentence. Is
there any milk in
that jug? Not.......
A. none B. many C. much D.
some
23. I don‖t have.. spare time
these days. A. many
B. much C. some D. more
24. Bangladesh expects.. man to
do his duty.
A. a B. every C. one D. none
25. The battle of Water Loo
ended in a.........

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A. tragic B. fearful C. grand D.
none
26. The majority accepted the
..... proposal
A. later B. least C. latter D.
none
27. Emdad is ......... than Muhin
by two years.
A. older B. elder C. old. D. none
28. I can‖t walk any..........
A. farther B. further C. far D.
none

29. No........... reasons were

given.
A. farther B. further C. much D.
all
30. The......... news from Iraq is
very disquieting.
A. last B. fresh C. latest D. later
31. Choose the correct option.
A. There is not reason to worry
B. There is few time to waste
C. My brother used to help me
a lot, but now he
gives me few advice.
D. He had to balance his
account very carefully
because hehad little money

33. Choose the correct option.

A. Give me few butter, please.
B. Give me a little butter,
please
C. She speaks a few French.
D. There are little tickets left
for the concern.

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34. Choose the correct
sentence.
A. May I borrow some note
books paper?
B. I forgot their telephone‖s
number
C. There is a sale at the shoes
store
D. Put the mail on the hall
table.
35. Choose the correct
sentence.
A. The wind B. Winds C. Wind
D. A wind
36. One of.... of the late Middle
Ages was Saint
Thomas, Aquinas, a scholar who
studied under
Albertus Magnus.
A. The thinkers who was great
B. the great thinkers
C. The greatest thinkers D. who
thought greatly
37. ......... fuel that is used today
is a chemical form
of solar energy.
A. Most of B. The most C. Most
D. Almost the
38. The definition for ―gram
calories‖ or ―calories‖
are...... for most engineering
work.
A. accurate as enough B.
enough accurate
C. accurate enough D. as
accurate enough

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39. The evolution of
Vertebrates suggests
development from a very
simple heart in fish to
a.................
A. four-chamber-heart B. four-
chambers-heart
C. four-chamber-hearts D. four-
chamber‖s heart

Choose the correct

answer:
45. Yesterday........... European
called at my office?
A. an B. a C. the D. no articles
46. English is...... language of......
people of
England.
A. an, the B. The, a C. the, the
D.
48. ......... Shahnama is a great
epic.
A. A B. An C. The D. No article
49. ..........earlier..........better.
A. The, the B. The, no article
C. no article, the D. no articles
50. I shall start on........ 10 th
June.
A. a B. an C. the D. no article
51. He bought........ X-ray
machine.
A. a B. an C. the D. no article
52. It is ......... unique
opportunity for all.
A. an B. a C. the D. no article

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53. .......... girl in blue shirt is
my sister.
A. no article B. A C. An D. The
54. The brick hit Kanm in.........
face.
A. his B. The C. a D. no article
55. ........... lion is............ because
of prey.
A. A, a B. The, an C. a D. no
article
56. ....... Statue of Liberty was a
gift of Friendship
from France to... United states.
A. A., the B. The, an C. The, a
D. The, a
57. Rita is studying... English
and..... Math this
semester.
A. the, the B. a, the C. an, the
D. no article
58. What did you eat for.....
breakfast this morning.
A. a B. an C. the D. no article
59. ....... Chittagong University is
smaller than.........
University of Dhaka.
A. the, the B. no article
C. the, no article D. no article
Choose the correct sentence:
(60-61)
60. A. Moon did hardly not rise
till after ten.
B. How blue sky looks!

C. Tagore was great poet.

D. Where did you get the
umbrella?

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61. A. The girl is beautiful
dressed.
B. he ran fastly but could not
be first.
C. Work of many people made
the project a
success.
D. The art of the Middle Ages is
no display.

Answer Sheet
1 C 14 B 27 A 40 A 53 D 2 B 15
D 28 A 41 B 54 A 3 C 16 A 29 B
42 A 55 D
4 B 17 C 30 C 43 A 56 B 5 C 18
A 31 B 44 B 57 D 6 E 19 C 32 D
45 B 58 D
7 B 20 C 33 B 46 B 59 B 8 B 21
D 34 D 47 C 60 D 9 A 22 C 35 C
48 C 61 D
10 A 23 B 36 C 49 A 62 C 11 D
24 B 37 C 50 C 63 A 12 D 25 C
38 C 51 B 64
13 C 26 C 39 A 52 B 65

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