Read the following paragraph carefully, underline all adjectives and write
the other degrees of comparison for them.
Yesterday we went for a picnic to Nehru Zoological Park which is one of the biggest
zoos in the country. The climate was cool and pleasant. We saw many animals, birds, reptiles
etc. We also saw a very large elephant. After that, we saw a tall giraffe with a long neck.
There were also some small birds which sang sweet songs. There was a beautiful peacock
which danced majestically. We went very close to the brown cobra. We felt very happy. We
reached home late in the evening
II. Read the following words. Each pair has one word and the other word is its
opposite in meaning:Now fill in the blanks in the sentences given below with the word opposite in
meaning to the one in bold letters.
big X small
near X far
dark X light
open X close
happy X unhappy
start X stop
large X small
thick X thin
live X die
appear X disappear
long X short
common X uncommon
The elephant’s eyes are small but its body is ______
The animals were happy in the beginning. After the jackal entered the forest,
they became _____
The giraffe’s neck is very long but its tail is ____
Mangoes are sweet but lemons are ______
The coconut is a tall tree but the guava is a ____ tree.
III. The following pairs of words are similar in meaning. Pick out such pairs
from the story you have just read.