CBSE Class 6 English Adjectives and Determiners Worksheet Set 01

Answer: The tall young man is my cousin. Size comes before age.

Teacher's Note:
1. The determiner comes first.
2. Opinion, size, age is the usual order.

Answer: These shady green trees are a boon for every traveller. Quality comes before colour.

Teacher's Note:
1. Determiner first, colour last.
2. Shady describes a quality.

Answer: My favourite secret hiding place is in the garden. Opinion, then type, then purpose.

Teacher's Note:
1. Hiding is the purpose and is next to the noun.
2. Favourite is an opinion.

Answer: We wear bright striped yellow uniforms to school. The usual order is quality, pattern, colour.

Teacher's Note:
1. Colour comes close to the noun.
2. Several orders may sound right, so follow the rule.

Answer: I would like to buy a sharp cutting knife. The purpose word stays next to the noun.

Teacher's Note:
1. The article comes first.
2. Cutting tells the use of the knife.

Answer: My younger brother has the latest German flying aeroplane model. Age, origin and purpose follow in this order.

Teacher's Note:
1. Origin comes before purpose.
2. Read the sentence aloud to check it.

Answer: The boy in the striped green woollen jacket is the monitor. Pattern, colour and material is the order.

Teacher's Note:
1. Material is closest to the noun.
2. Pattern comes before colour.

Answer: My cousin is a qualified English teacher. Quality comes before nationality, and the article changes to a.

Teacher's Note:
1. Nationality is close to the noun.
2. The article follows the next word.

Answer: There are many impressive multi-storeyed buildings in Sydney. Number comes first, then opinion, then description.

Teacher's Note:
1. Many is a quantity word and goes first.
2. Impressive is an opinion.

Answer: Yes, it is correct. Number, quality and colour are in the right order.

Teacher's Note:
1. No change is needed.
2. Some sentences are right already.

Answer: (a) my little blue wagon. Size comes before colour.

Teacher's Note:
1. Size comes first.
2. Colour stays close to the noun.

Answer: (b) a tall American man. Size comes before nationality.

Teacher's Note:
1. Nationality is nearest to the noun.
2. The article changes to a.

Answer: (a) the naughty three-year-old girl. Opinion or quality comes before age.

Teacher's Note:
1. Naughty is a quality.
2. Age comes later.

Answer: (b) a difficult nine-mile-long track. Opinion comes before size.

Teacher's Note:
1. Difficult is an opinion.
2. Size follows opinion.

Answer: There are many delicious alphonso mangoes in my grandfather's farm. Number, opinion, then kind.

Teacher's Note:
1. Quantity first.
2. Alphonso names the kind.

Answer: The handsome tall dark man is my father. Opinion, size, colour.

Teacher's Note:
1. Colour comes last.
2. Handsome is an opinion.

Answer: (b) plenty of. Money is uncountable, so plenty of is used.

Teacher's Note:
1. Uncountable nouns avoid numbers.
2. Million needs a countable unit.

Answer: (a) too little. Food is uncountable, so a few cannot be used.

Teacher's Note:
1. A few goes with countable nouns.
2. Too little shows a shortage.

Answer: (b) much. Cost is a single quantity, so much is used.

Teacher's Note:
1. Use much with uncountable ideas.
2. How many needs a plural noun.

Answer: (b) no. No rain means none at all.

Teacher's Note:
1. No goes with an uncountable noun.
2. Not one needs countable nouns.

Answer: (a) ten. Mangoes can be counted, so a number is used.

Teacher's Note:
1. Much is for uncountable nouns.
2. Ten is a number determiner.

Answer: (a) three. A statement with a definite count uses three.

Teacher's Note:
1. Any suits questions and negatives.
2. Three is a number.

Answer: every morning. Every is used for all the mornings taken as a whole.

Teacher's Note:
1. Every means all, one by one.
2. Each stresses the single item.

Answer: each student. Each stresses checking one student at a time.

Teacher's Note:
1. Each is used for individual items.
2. Every would also be accepted.

Answer: Every citizen. Every is used for a general statement about all.

Teacher's Note:
1. Every is followed by a singular noun.
2. The verb is singular.

Answer: each member. Each member's work counts separately.

Teacher's Note:
1. Each looks at individuals.
2. A singular noun follows.

Answer: all the sweets. All is followed by a plural noun.

Teacher's Note:
1. All goes with plural or uncountable nouns.
2. Every takes a singular noun.

Answer: Every drop. Every is followed by a singular noun.

Teacher's Note:
1. Drop is singular.
2. So every, not all.

Answer: every student. Student is singular.

Teacher's Note:
1. Every is followed by a singular noun.
2. All students would need a plural.