Test on Adjective
Directions : Choose the best choice that best complete the sentence.
1. ________steam Iocomotive to be used for regular passenger and freight service in the United Sates was built in New York City.
a. The first b. As the first
c. First was a d. When was the first
2. In 1960 singer Cliff Richard bought a house in London.___________ for nearly four decades.
a. Which did he live and work b. was there living and work
c. Where he lived and worked d. lived and worked there
3. Remembering faces is a process that takes place in the cerebral cortex, ____________area of the brain.
a. the most highly evolved b. the most evolved highly
c. of the highly evolved most d. highly evolved most of the
4. The opera Porgy and Bess incorporates jazz elements of the 1920's and 1930's to convey the spirit of the people.
a. it tell their story b. who tells the story
c. whose story it tells d. their story they tell
5. In physics, the greater ___________ object's mass, the harder it is to put it into motion.
a. is an b. it is an
c. an d. which is an
6. All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants _____________wild.
a. once they grew b. they grew once
c. that once grew d. once grew
7. ___________ cubic mile of seawater contains about 12 billion pounds of dissolved
magnesium.
a. Whole b. Each
c. In a d. For the
8. Animals get energy from carbohydrates and fats, _____________.
a. oxidized in the body by them
b. the body oxidizes them
c. which they are oxidized in the body
d. which are oxidized in the body
9. __________ Burmese breed of cat was developed in the United States during the 1930's.
a. The b. When the
c. While the d. Since the
10. _________ sandal is among the earliest forms of footwear , dating from prehistoric times.
a. It was the b. That the
c. The d. There was the
11. A watercolor painter works with a soft hair brush _____________a large amount of paint
a. can hold b. that can hold
c. that can hold it d. that it can hold
12.Pan American University owns _____________telescope and observatory in Texas.
a. the second is the largest of b. the second-largest
c. the second-largest is the d. second-largest of the
13.There is no reliable evidence that aggressive behavior becomes progressively more likely to occur over long periods in ______________not provoked.
a. it b. it is
c. which it is d. which is
14.Paulina Wright Davis was an American social reformer _______________for the right of women to own property and to vote.
a. who worked b. worked
c. whose work d. that works
15.______________map dates back to about 3000 B.C.
a. Known to be the oldest
b. It was the oldest known
c. Known as the oldest
d. The oldest known
16.Ragtime is a kind of music ____________ a strongly syncopated melody and a regularly accented accompaniment.
a. has b. that it has
c. that has d. it has
17.The mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula are thought to contain copper deposits ____________ to those In the Andes Mountains of South America because the two areas were once contiguous.
a. similarly b. similar
c. they are similar d. Deep
18.____________depressions in the ocean floor are called trenches.
a. There are the deep b. there is land cultivated
c. where land is cultivated d. Deep
19.Eastern meadowlarks abound in places ___________. but eat harmful insects rather than grain.
a. land is cultivated there b. there is land cultivated
c. where land is cultivated d. where is cultivated land
20.Scientists use the term "instinct" only for activity __________ experience nor learning.
a. neither that involves b. neither involves nor
c. nor that involves d. that involves neither
21.A flux, in chemistry, is any substance that lowers the melting point of a substance___________ added.
a. to which it is b. it is to which
c. to which is it d. which it is
22.The part of the ocean floor ____________ gently away from the continents is called the continental shelf.
a. and slopes b. slopes
c. that slopes d. Slopes that
23.___________engineering projects are mathematics extensively.
a. All b. An c. Every d. Any
24.The phosphates used in detergents can later end up in natural bodies of water,__________ algae to proliferate.
a. where can cause b. where they can cause
c. it is where they can cause d. where can they cause
25.Until the end of the nineteenth century, paints generally had an oil base, __________a thin film when dry.
a. form b. formed c. which formed d. forms
26.The spiral threads of a spider's web have a sticky substance on them ____________ insects.
a. traps b. trap its c. that trap d. which it trap
27.In the textile industry, the term "gunny" refers to __________ burlap that is not of the best quality.
a. not expensive a b. expensive, not
c. not an expensive d. an expensive
28.___________ people living on the North American frontier in the mif-1800's carried a weapon called a bowie knife.
a. Many b. It was many
c. When many d. Even though many
29.Two hormones produced by the thyroid gland, thyroxin and triodothyronine, control the rate _________food to release energy.
a. which cells are being used b. at Which cells use
c. for the use of cells d. so that cells using
30.Farmers grow popcorn in much the same way _________ field corn, except that the rows are planted closer together.
a. as they grow b. that grow
c. they grow it d. do they grow
31.The film we saw last night was very __________ .
a. exciting b. excited c. excitedly d. excitement
32.People are not usually _________ when they have to watch a game.
a. exciting b. excited c. excitedly d. excitement
33. I am very __________ anything to do with aeroplanes.
a. interested in b. interesting in
c. interested for d. interesting about
34.The man told a lot of jokes and we were all very _________.
a. amusing to them b. amusing by them
c. amused by them d. amusingly to therm
35.Mary sells __________ animals.
a. lives b. alive c. lived d. live
36.the food smells _________ .
a. delicious b. deliciously c. be delicious d. be deliciously
37. I always feel so __________ to my mother.
a. closed b. close c. closely d. closer
38.You won't get A unless you work _________ .
a. hardly b. hardy c. hard d. harden
39.The _________ sun roused the campers.
a. rise b. risen c. rose d. rising
40.We praise a man's _________ actions.
a. honor b. honorable c. honorably d. honorary
41.The southern part of this country has a very _______ climate.
a. pleasant b. pleased c. pleasure d. pleasantly
42.Your work has been _________ this semester .
a. excellence b. excel c. excellent d. excellently
43.He is very __________ in politics.
a. acting b. acted c. active d. actively
44.Rats are very _________ animals .
a. destruction b. destructively c. destroy d. destructive
45.Do you have an ________ vacation ?
a. enjoy b. enjoyable c. enjoyably d. enjoyment
46.Why does Jack do so many ________ things ?
a. foolish b. fool c. foolishly d. foolishness
47.This salad tastes very ________ .
a. salt b. saltiness c. saltern d. salty
48.Jane acts too _________ for a woman of her age .
a. girl b. girlish c. girlhood d. girlie
49.The new teachers seem __________ .
a. friend b. friendliness c. friendly d. friendship
50. I hope we will get somebody lively and _________ .
a. energetic b. energetically c. energize d. energy
1. ________steam Iocomotive to be used for regular passenger and freight service in the United Sates was built in New York City.
a. The first b. As the first
c. First was a d. When was the first
2. In 1960 singer Cliff Richard bought a house in London.___________ for nearly four decades.
a. Which did he live and work b. was there living and work
c. Where he lived and worked d. lived and worked there
3. Remembering faces is a process that takes place in the cerebral cortex, ____________area of the brain.
a. the most highly evolved b. the most evolved highly
c. of the highly evolved most d. highly evolved most of the
4. The opera Porgy and Bess incorporates jazz elements of the 1920's and 1930's to convey the spirit of the people.
a. it tell their story b. who tells the story
c. whose story it tells d. their story they tell
5. In physics, the greater ___________ object's mass, the harder it is to put it into motion.
a. is an b. it is an
c. an d. which is an
6. All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants _____________wild.
a. once they grew b. they grew once
c. that once grew d. once grew
7. ___________ cubic mile of seawater contains about 12 billion pounds of dissolved
magnesium.
a. Whole b. Each
c. In a d. For the
8. Animals get energy from carbohydrates and fats, _____________.
a. oxidized in the body by them
b. the body oxidizes them
c. which they are oxidized in the body
d. which are oxidized in the body
9. __________ Burmese breed of cat was developed in the United States during the 1930's.
a. The b. When the
c. While the d. Since the
10. _________ sandal is among the earliest forms of footwear , dating from prehistoric times.
a. It was the b. That the
c. The d. There was the
11. A watercolor painter works with a soft hair brush _____________a large amount of paint
a. can hold b. that can hold
c. that can hold it d. that it can hold
12.Pan American University owns _____________telescope and observatory in Texas.
a. the second is the largest of b. the second-largest
c. the second-largest is the d. second-largest of the
13.There is no reliable evidence that aggressive behavior becomes progressively more likely to occur over long periods in ______________not provoked.
a. it b. it is
c. which it is d. which is
14.Paulina Wright Davis was an American social reformer _______________for the right of women to own property and to vote.
a. who worked b. worked
c. whose work d. that works
15.______________map dates back to about 3000 B.C.
a. Known to be the oldest
b. It was the oldest known
c. Known as the oldest
d. The oldest known
16.Ragtime is a kind of music ____________ a strongly syncopated melody and a regularly accented accompaniment.
a. has b. that it has
c. that has d. it has
17.The mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula are thought to contain copper deposits ____________ to those In the Andes Mountains of South America because the two areas were once contiguous.
a. similarly b. similar
c. they are similar d. Deep
18.____________depressions in the ocean floor are called trenches.
a. There are the deep b. there is land cultivated
c. where land is cultivated d. Deep
19.Eastern meadowlarks abound in places ___________. but eat harmful insects rather than grain.
a. land is cultivated there b. there is land cultivated
c. where land is cultivated d. where is cultivated land
20.Scientists use the term "instinct" only for activity __________ experience nor learning.
a. neither that involves b. neither involves nor
c. nor that involves d. that involves neither
21.A flux, in chemistry, is any substance that lowers the melting point of a substance___________ added.
a. to which it is b. it is to which
c. to which is it d. which it is
22.The part of the ocean floor ____________ gently away from the continents is called the continental shelf.
a. and slopes b. slopes
c. that slopes d. Slopes that
23.___________engineering projects are mathematics extensively.
a. All b. An c. Every d. Any
24.The phosphates used in detergents can later end up in natural bodies of water,__________ algae to proliferate.
a. where can cause b. where they can cause
c. it is where they can cause d. where can they cause
25.Until the end of the nineteenth century, paints generally had an oil base, __________a thin film when dry.
a. form b. formed c. which formed d. forms
26.The spiral threads of a spider's web have a sticky substance on them ____________ insects.
a. traps b. trap its c. that trap d. which it trap
27.In the textile industry, the term "gunny" refers to __________ burlap that is not of the best quality.
a. not expensive a b. expensive, not
c. not an expensive d. an expensive
28.___________ people living on the North American frontier in the mif-1800's carried a weapon called a bowie knife.
a. Many b. It was many
c. When many d. Even though many
29.Two hormones produced by the thyroid gland, thyroxin and triodothyronine, control the rate _________food to release energy.
a. which cells are being used b. at Which cells use
c. for the use of cells d. so that cells using
30.Farmers grow popcorn in much the same way _________ field corn, except that the rows are planted closer together.
a. as they grow b. that grow
c. they grow it d. do they grow
31.The film we saw last night was very __________ .
a. exciting b. excited c. excitedly d. excitement
32.People are not usually _________ when they have to watch a game.
a. exciting b. excited c. excitedly d. excitement
33. I am very __________ anything to do with aeroplanes.
a. interested in b. interesting in
c. interested for d. interesting about
34.The man told a lot of jokes and we were all very _________.
a. amusing to them b. amusing by them
c. amused by them d. amusingly to therm
35.Mary sells __________ animals.
a. lives b. alive c. lived d. live
36.the food smells _________ .
a. delicious b. deliciously c. be delicious d. be deliciously
37. I always feel so __________ to my mother.
a. closed b. close c. closely d. closer
38.You won't get A unless you work _________ .
a. hardly b. hardy c. hard d. harden
39.The _________ sun roused the campers.
a. rise b. risen c. rose d. rising
40.We praise a man's _________ actions.
a. honor b. honorable c. honorably d. honorary
41.The southern part of this country has a very _______ climate.
a. pleasant b. pleased c. pleasure d. pleasantly
42.Your work has been _________ this semester .
a. excellence b. excel c. excellent d. excellently
43.He is very __________ in politics.
a. acting b. acted c. active d. actively
44.Rats are very _________ animals .
a. destruction b. destructively c. destroy d. destructive
45.Do you have an ________ vacation ?
a. enjoy b. enjoyable c. enjoyably d. enjoyment
46.Why does Jack do so many ________ things ?
a. foolish b. fool c. foolishly d. foolishness
47.This salad tastes very ________ .
a. salt b. saltiness c. saltern d. salty
48.Jane acts too _________ for a woman of her age .
a. girl b. girlish c. girlhood d. girlie
49.The new teachers seem __________ .
a. friend b. friendliness c. friendly d. friendship
50. I hope we will get somebody lively and _________ .
a. energetic b. energetically c. energize d. energy