English Grammar — MCQ | Set 2 Adjectives Used as Nouns | Nouns Used as Adjectives Position of Adjectives Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate
English Grammar — MCQ | Set 2 Adjectives Used as Nouns | Nouns Used as Adjectives Position of Adjectives Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate
Q1. (Adjectives Used as Nouns) Identify the adjective used as a noun in the following sentence: "The government should provide better facilities for the elderly." A. government B. better C. facilities D. the elderly
Q2. (Nouns Used as Adjectives) Identify the noun used as an adjective in the following sentence: "The leather bag she carried was very expensive." A. carried B. expensive C. leather D. bag
Q3. (Position of Adjectives) Choose the sentence where the adjective is used predicatively: A. The tall building collapsed during the earthquake. B. She seems very confident about her results. C. The bright student solved the problem quickly. D. The old clock on the wall stopped working.
Q4. (Adjectives Used as Nouns) Identify the adjective used as a noun in the following sentence: "The young should respect and care for the elderly." A. respect B. care C. The young D. elderly
Q5. (Nouns Used as Adjectives) Identify the noun used as an adjective in the following sentence: "She always carries a gold chain around her neck." A. always B. carries C. gold D. neck
Q6. (Position of Adjectives) Choose the correct sentence where the adjective is placed attributively: A. The coffee tastes bitter today. B. He looks very happy after the results. C. The diligent students completed all their assignments. D. She feels extremely tired after the journey.
Q7. (Adjectives Used as Nouns) Identify the adjective used as a noun in the following sentence: "The brave are honoured and remembered by their nation forever." A. honoured B. remembered C. nation D. The brave
Q8. (Nouns Used as Adjectives) Identify the noun used as an adjective in the following sentence: "The railway station in our town is very old and crowded." A. old B. crowded C. town D. railway
Q9. (Position of Adjectives) Identify the position of the underlined adjective in the sentence: "The cake smells delicious." A. Attributive position B. Appositive position C. Predicative position D. Postpositive position
Q10. (Nouns Used as Adjectives) Identify the noun used as an adjective in the following sentence: "He drinks coffee powder mixed with hot milk every morning." A. drinks B. hot C. morning D. coffee
Answers with Explanations
Q1. ✅ D — the elderly. Elderly is an adjective that has been used as a collective noun by placing the before it. The elderly refers to all old or aged people as a group. When the is placed before an adjective it converts it into a noun representing an entire class of people. It takes a plural verb: The elderly need care. Other examples: the young, the poor, the rich, the blind, the deaf, the brave, the innocent.
Q2. ✅ C — leather. Leather is a noun in its original form naming a type of material. In this sentence it is placed before the noun bag to describe what the bag is made of, functioning as an adjective (noun adjunct). It modifies bag and answers the question what kind of bag. Nouns used as adjectives always appear directly before the noun they modify without any change in their spelling or form.
Q3. ✅ B — She seems very confident about her results. A predicative adjective comes after a linking verb and describes the subject of the sentence. In option B, confident comes after the linking verb seems and describes the subject she. This is the predicative position. Options A, C, and D all have adjectives (tall, bright, old) placed directly before the nouns they modify — this is the attributive position, not the predicative position.
Q4. ✅ C — The young. Young is an adjective that has been used as a collective noun by placing the before it. The young refers to all young people as a group or class. When the is prefixed to an adjective it converts it into a noun denoting an entire category of people. It always takes a plural verb. Similarly the elderly at the end of the sentence is also an adjective used as a noun referring to all elderly people collectively.
Q5. ✅ C — gold. Gold is a noun in its primary form naming a precious metal. In this sentence it is placed before the noun chain to describe what the chain is made of, thus functioning as an adjective (noun adjunct). It modifies chain and answers the question what kind of chain. Other common examples of nouns used as adjectives: silver spoon, iron gate, stone wall, cotton shirt, silk saree, glass door, paper bag.
Q6. ✅ C — The diligent students completed all their assignments. An attributive adjective is placed directly before the noun it modifies. In option C, diligent comes immediately before the noun students — this is the attributive position. In options A, B, and D the adjectives (bitter, happy, tired) come after linking verbs (tastes, looks, feels) — these are predicative adjectives. The attributive position is the default and most natural position for descriptive adjectives in English.
Q7. ✅ D — The brave. Brave is an adjective that has been used as a collective noun by placing the before it. The brave refers to all courageous people as a group or class. When the precedes an adjective it can convert it into a noun denoting a group of people sharing that quality. It takes a plural verb: The brave are honoured. This is a frequently tested grammatical concept in English examinations at all levels.
Q8. ✅ D — railway. Railway is a noun in its primary form naming a mode of transportation system. In this sentence it is placed before the noun station to describe what kind of station it is, functioning as an adjective (noun adjunct). It modifies station and answers the question what kind of station or which station. Other examples of nouns used as adjectives: village school, garden party, government office, stone wall, glass door.
Q9. ✅ C — Predicative position. Delicious is in the predicative position because it comes after the linking verb smells and describes the subject cake. The predicative position means the adjective is placed after a linking verb (is, are, look, seem, feel, taste, smell, sound, become, appear) rather than before a noun. The predicative adjective always describes the subject of the sentence through the linking verb connecting them.
Q10. ✅ D — coffee. Coffee is a noun in its primary form naming a beverage or drink. In this sentence it is placed before the noun powder to describe what kind of powder it is, thus functioning as an adjective (noun adjunct). It modifies powder and answers the question what kind of powder. Nouns used as adjectives (noun adjuncts) are extremely common in English and appear in everyday compound noun expressions.
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