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Adjective Basics: Family and Personal Relationships 8
Practice adjectives describing family and personal relationships
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Browse Adjectives practiceQuestion 1
У меня есть ___ сестра.
English context
Choose the correct form of 'младший' (younger).
Options
- младший
- младшая
- младшее
- младшие
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- младшая
Correct feedback
Perfect! 'Сестра' is feminine, so use feminine adjective form.
Grammar rule
Family relationship adjectives follow regular agreement rules.
Question 2
Мой ___ брат учится в школе.
English context
Choose the correct form of 'старший' (older).
Options
- старший
- старшая
- старшее
- старшие
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- старший
Correct feedback
Excellent! 'Брат' is masculine, requiring masculine form.
Grammar rule
Age comparison adjectives agree with the person being described.
Question 3
Дети любят ___ бабушку.
English context
Choose the correct form of 'добрый' (kind).
Options
- добрый
- добрая
- доброе
- добрую
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- добрую
Correct feedback
Great! 'Бабушку' is feminine accusative case.
Grammar rule
Direct objects require accusative case for both nouns and adjectives.
Question 4
Мы помогаем ___ родителям.
English context
Choose the correct form of 'пожилой' (elderly).
Options
- пожилой
- пожилая
- пожилое
- пожилым
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- пожилым
Correct feedback
Perfect! 'Родителям' is dative plural case.
Grammar rule
Verbs like 'помогать' require dative case for both nouns and adjectives.
Question 5
В семье растут ___ дети.
English context
Choose the correct form of 'хороший' (good).
Options
- хороший
- хорошая
- хорошее
- хорошие
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- хорошие
Correct feedback
Excellent! 'Дети' is plural, requiring plural adjectives.
Grammar rule
Plural adjectives are used with plural nouns regardless of gender.
Question 6
Дедушка рассказывает ___ истории.
English context
Choose the correct form of 'интересный' (interesting).
Options
- интересный
- интересная
- интересное
- интересные
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- интересные
Correct feedback
Great! 'Истории' is plural, requiring plural adjectives.
Grammar rule
Direct objects that are plural require plural adjective agreement.
Question 7
Она говорит с ___ мамой.
English context
Choose the correct form of 'любимый' (beloved).
Options
- любимый
- любимая
- любимое
- любимой
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- любимой
Correct feedback
Perfect! Instrumental case requires special adjective endings.
Grammar rule
Feminine adjectives in instrumental case end in -ой or -ей.
Question 8
___ семья живёт дружно.
English context
Choose the correct form of 'большой' (big).
Options
- Большой
- Большая
- Большое
- Большие
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- Большая
Correct feedback
Excellent! 'Семья' is feminine, requiring feminine form.
Grammar rule
Family-related nouns follow regular gender agreement rules.
Question 9
Дети играют с ___ друзьями.
English context
Choose the correct form of 'новый' (new).
Options
- новый
- новая
- новое
- новыми
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- новыми
Correct feedback
Great! 'Друзьями' is instrumental plural case.
Grammar rule
Instrumental plural adjectives end in -ыми (hard) or -ими (soft).
Question 10
Мы живём в ___ доме.
English context
Choose the correct form of 'родительский' (parental).
Options
- родительский
- родительская
- родительское
- родительском
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- родительском
Correct feedback
Perfect! Prepositional case requires special adjective endings.
Grammar rule
Long adjectives in prepositional case end in -ом (hard) or -ем (soft).