English Grammar — MCQ Adjectives Used as Nouns | Nouns Used as Adjectives Position of Adjectives Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate

 

English Grammar — MCQ Adjectives Used as Nouns | Nouns Used as Adjectives Position of Adjectives Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate

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Q1. (Adjectives Used as Nouns) Identify the adjective used as a noun in the following sentence: "The blind need special care and attention in society." A. special B. care C. blind D. attention

Q2. (Nouns Used as Adjectives) Identify the noun used as an adjective in the following sentence: "She bought a beautiful silk saree for the occasion." A. beautiful B. bought C. silk D. occasion

Q3. (Position of Adjectives) Choose the correct position of the adjective in the following sentence: A. The girl intelligent won the first prize. B. Intelligent the girl won the first prize. C. The intelligent girl won the first prize. D. The girl won intelligent the first prize.

Q4. (Adjectives Used as Nouns) Identify the adjective used as a noun in the following sentence: "We must always help the poor and the needy." A. always B. help C. needy D. the poor

Q5. (Nouns Used as Adjectives) Identify the noun used as an adjective in the following sentence: "The stone wall surrounding the palace was very old." A. surrounding B. stone C. palace D. old

Q6. (Position of Adjectives) Choose the sentence where the adjective is used predicatively: A. The tired old man sat under the tree. B. She is an honest and hardworking woman. C. The sky looks beautiful this evening. D. The little children played in the garden.

Q7. (Adjectives Used as Nouns) Identify the adjective used as a noun in the following sentence: "The rich do not always understand the problems of the poor." A. always B. understand C. problems D. The rich

Q8. (Nouns Used as Adjectives) Identify the noun used as an adjective in the following sentence: "He works in a large government office in the city." A. large B. works C. government D. city

Q9. (Position of Adjectives) Choose the correct sentence where the adjective is placed attributively: A. The flowers smell sweet. B. She looks tired today. C. The fragrant flowers filled the room with their scent. D. The soup tastes delicious.

Q10. (Nouns Used as Adjectives) Identify the noun used as an adjective in the following sentence: "The village school has only two teachers and fifty students." A. teachers B. students C. village D. school

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Answers with Explanations

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Q1. ✅ C — blind. When the is placed before an adjective like blind, poor, rich, deaf, young, old, it functions as a noun referring to an entire class of people. Here the blind refers to all blind people in general. The adjective blind has been used as a noun (collective noun sense) to represent a group of people. It always takes a plural verb: The blind are, The poor need. This usage is common in formal English.

Q2. ✅ C — silk. Silk is originally a noun — it names a type of fabric or material. In this sentence it is placed before the noun saree to describe what kind of saree it is, thus functioning as an adjective (noun adjunct). Nouns used as adjectives always come before the noun they modify and answer the question what kind. Other examples: gold ring, iron gate, stone wall, leather bag, cotton shirt, paper cup.

Q3. ✅ C — The intelligent girl won the first prize. Adjectives are normally placed immediately before the noun they modify — this is called the attributive position. Intelligent correctly comes before the noun girl in option C. Placing the adjective after the noun (option A) or before the article (option B) is incorrect in standard English grammar. The attributive position is the most common position for adjectives in English sentences.

Q4. ✅ D — the poor. The poor is an example of an adjective (poor) used as a collective noun to refer to all poor people in general. When the is prefixed to an adjective, it converts the adjective into a noun denoting an entire class of people. The needy at the end of the sentence is another example of the same usage. Both the poor and the needy take plural verbs and refer to groups of people collectively.

Q5. ✅ B — stone. Stone is a noun in its original form — it names a type of material. In this sentence it is placed before the noun wall to describe what the wall is made of, thus functioning as an adjective (noun adjunct). It tells us what kind of wall it is. Nouns used as adjectives are also called noun adjuncts. Other common examples: gold ring, glass door, cotton shirt, iron rod, steel bridge, silver spoon.

Q6. ✅ C — The sky looks beautiful this evening. A predicative adjective comes after a linking verb (is, are, look, seem, feel, taste, smell, sound, become, appear) and describes the subject. In option C, beautiful comes after the linking verb looks and describes the subject sky. This is the predicative position. Options A, B, and D all have adjectives placed before the nouns they modify — this is the attributive position, not the predicative position.

Q7. ✅ D — The rich. The rich is an adjective (rich) used as a collective noun to refer to all wealthy people in general. When an adjective is preceded by the, it can represent an entire class or group of people. The rich takes a plural verb (do not always understand) because it refers to a group. Similarly the poor at the end of the sentence is also an adjective used as a noun. This is a very common and important grammatical usage.

Q8. ✅ C — government. Government is a noun in its primary form — it names a system or organisation. In this sentence it is placed before the noun office to describe what kind of office it is, thus functioning as an adjective (noun adjunct). It modifies the noun office and answers the question what kind of office. Other examples of nouns used as adjectives: village school, railway station, stone wall, leather bag, garden party.

Q9. ✅ C — The fragrant flowers filled the room with their scent. An attributive adjective is one that is placed directly before the noun it modifies. In option C, fragrant comes immediately before the noun flowers — this is the attributive position. In options A, B, and D the adjectives (sweet, tired, delicious) come after linking verbs (smell, looks, tastes) — these are predicative adjectives, not attributive. The attributive position is the most common position for descriptive adjectives.

Q10. ✅ C — village. Village is a noun in its original form — it names a place or settlement. In this sentence it is placed before the noun school to describe what kind of school it is, thus functioning as an adjective (noun adjunct). It modifies the noun school and answers the question which school or what kind of school. Nouns used as adjectives always come directly before the noun they modify without any change in their form.