Question

Read carefully the following passages on “adjectives and adverbs” and identify whether

the words in bold are adjectives or adverbs:

1. I went to Jaipur, also known as Pink City. Many people readily agree it is one of the best

structured places in India. The town was carefully planned according to Vastu Shastra. It

was built in the form of an eight-part Mandala known as Pithapada.

2. I have never seen as heavenly a place as Kerala’s backwaters. I took a ride in a kettuvallam

(house boat) and what I saw was truly beautiful. Palm trees, pandanus shrubs, a variety of

leafy plants and bushes attractively decorated the place.

3. My family went on a trip to Manipur. One of the many places we visited was the Keibul

Lamjao National Park. It is the only floating national park in the world. The place is marked

by floating plants called Phumdi. The park is the home of the Sangai or Brow Antlered Deer,

an endangered species which cannot be found anywhere else on earth.​

Answer 1

1. In the given passage Pink city and Madala are adjectives, readily, best-structured, eight-part and carefully are adverbs.

2. In this passage heavenly and truly beautiful are adjectives while attractively-decorated is an adverb.

3. In the last passage, many places, only floating, floating plants, home, and endangered species are adjectives. marked, cannot be found, and the trip is adverbs .

Explanation:

Adverbs are the terms that are used to alter the verbs.

Adjectives are the terms that are used to alter nouns.