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CBSE · Class 5 · English

Adjectives and Comparing

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks

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Write full answers in Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
Which word is a describing word (adjective)?
  1. girl
  2. pencil
  3. quickly
  4. pretty
2.
Which is the describing word in this sentence? “The brave horse pulls carts.”
  1. brave
  2. horse
  3. pulls
  4. carts
3.
Which describing word fits best? A feather is very ____.
  1. naughty
  2. kind
  3. angry
  4. light
4.
Which word tells us the sound of something?
  1. noisy
  2. purple
  3. salty
  4. square
5.
“There are ten monkeys in the tree.” Which word tells us how many?
  1. are
  2. monkeys
  3. tree
  4. ten
6.
Choose the right word: A lake is ____ than a pond. (large)
  1. more larger
  2. larger
  3. largest
  4. large
7.
Choose the right word: This is the ____ road in our town. (wide)
  1. more wide
  2. wider
  3. most widest
  4. widest
8.
Choose the right word: This book is ____ than that one. (thin)
  1. thin
  2. thinner
  3. thinnest
  4. more thinner
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Write the describing word in this sentence: “The clever parrot eats chillies.”
10.
Write the describing word in this sentence: “The kind cook makes soup.”
11.
Write the two describing words in this sentence: “A tall man carried a heavy box.”
12.
Which word tells us the size? “A huge ship came to the port.”
13.
Write a describing word for each: (a) a ____ road (b) a ____ river
14.
Write the two other forms of “bad” (comparing two, and comparing more than two).
15.
Write the two other forms of “funny” (comparing two, and comparing more than two).
16.
Fill in the right form of the word in brackets: A parrot is ____ than a crow. (colourful)
Section C — Longer answers4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Write the describing word in each sentence:
(1) The strong horse pulls carts.
(2) The sleepy baby loves toys.
(3) The busy cook makes soup.
(4) The kind teacher tells stories.
18.
Fill in each blank with the right form of the word in brackets:
(1) A snake is ____ than a worm. (long)
(2) The traffic today is ____ than it was yesterday. (bad)
(3) An elephant is ____ than a horse. (strong)
(4) That was the ____ trip of the year. (interesting)
19.
Write four sentences about your favourite animal. Use at least four describing words and underline them.
20.
Compare a city and a village in three sentences. Use words like bigger, faster or more colourful.
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Adjectives and Comparing · AW-5E-ADJ-2026-V1 · For parents — fold back or tear off before handing the sheet to your child.

QAnswerWorking
1(d) prettya describing word tells us more about a naming word
2(a) brave“brave” tells us what the horse is like
3(d) light“light” describes it
4(a) noisysound words: loud, noisy, squeaky
5(d) ten“ten” is a number word that describes the monkeys
6(b) largercomparing two: larger … than
7(d) widestcomparing more than two: the widest
8(b) thinnercomparing two: thinner … than
9clever“clever” tells us about the parrot
10kind“kind” tells us about the cook
11first: tall; second: heavytall and heavy
12hugesize word
13e.g. (a) long (b) wideAny describing word that makes sense.
14comparing two: worse; more than two: worstbad – worse – worst
15comparing two: funnier; more than two: funniestfunny – funnier – funniest
16more colourfulcomparing two: more colourful … than
17(1) strong; (2) sleepy; (3) busy; (4) kinddescribing words tell us more about naming words
18(1) longer; (2) worse; (3) stronger; (4) most interestingtwo things: -er or more … than; more than two: the -est or the most
19e.g. My favourite animal is the elephant. It is very big and grey. It has a long trunk. It eats fresh grass and leaves.Correct sentences with four describing words underlined.
20e.g. A city is bigger and busier than a village. A village is quieter. The air in a village is cleaner.Three sentences using comparing words correctly.