{"id":1112,"date":"2016-03-12T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2021-08-26T14:55:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:55:44","slug":"commonly-confused-adjectives-worksheet-for-class-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/commonly-confused-adjectives-worksheet-for-class-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonly confused adjectives worksheet for class 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Complete the following sentences using an appropriate adjective.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. I prefer the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. proposition to the former. (later \/ latter)<\/p>\n<p>2. She is the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. of the two sisters. (older \/ elder)<\/p>\n<p>3. He is the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. of the three brothers. (elder \/ eldest \/ oldest)<\/p>\n<p>4. That is Antonio, the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 son of the duke. (eldest \/ oldest)<\/p>\n<p>5. No \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. explanations were given. (further \/ farther)<\/p>\n<p>6. Mumbai is \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 from the equator than Colombo. (farther \/ further)<\/p>\n<p>7. The \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. news from the town is quiet depressing. (latest \/ last)<\/p>\n<p>8. The \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 time I saw him, he looked very happy. (last \/ latest)<\/p>\n<p>9. We should receive the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. news in a short while. (latest \/ last)<\/p>\n<p>10. Today is the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. day for receiving the applications. (last \/ latest)<\/p>\n<h2>Answers<\/h2>\n<p>1. I prefer the <strong>latter<\/strong> proposition to the former.<\/p>\n<p>2. She is <strong>the older<\/strong> of the two sisters. (To speak of two persons, we use elder. Elder can only be used before a noun.)<\/p>\n<p>3. He is <strong>the oldest<\/strong> of the three brothers. (To speak of more than two persons, we use oldest. Eldest can only be used before a noun.)<\/p>\n<p>4. That is Antonio, the <strong>eldest \/ oldest<\/strong> son of the duke.<\/p>\n<p>5. No <strong>further<\/strong> explanations were given.<\/p>\n<p>6. Mumbai is <strong>farther<\/strong> from the equator than Colombo.<\/p>\n<p>7. <strong>The latest<\/strong> news from the town is quiet depressing.<\/p>\n<p>8. <strong>The last<\/strong> time I saw him, he looked very happy.<\/p>\n<p>9. We should receive<strong> the latest<\/strong> news in a short while.<\/p>\n<p>10. Today is <strong>the last<\/strong> day for receiving the applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complete the following sentences using an appropriate adjective. 1. I prefer the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. proposition to the former. (later \/ latter) 2. She is the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. of the two sisters. (older \/ elder) 3. He&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[226],"class_list":["post-1112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-exercises","tag-adjectives-worksheet-for-class-6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75319,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions\/75319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}