Exercises

Unit 99 · Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired

99.1

Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position

1a beautiful table (wooden / round) a beautiful round wooden table(Example)

an unusual ring (gold)

an old house (beautiful)

red gloves (leather)

an American film (old)

pink flowers (tiny)

a long face (thin)

big clouds (black)

a sunny day (lovely)

an ugly dress (yellow)

a wide avenue (long)

important ideas (new)

a new sweater (green / nice)

a metal box (black / small)

long hair (black / beautiful)

an old painting (interesting / French)

a large umbrella (red / yellow)

a big cat (black / white / fat)

99.2

Complete each sentence with a verb (in the correct form) and an adjective from the boxes

Completeeachsentencewithaverb(inthecorrectform)andanadjectivefromtheboxes.feellookseemsmellsoundtasteawfulnervousinterestingniceupsetwet

1Helen seemed upset this morning. Do you know what was wrong?(Example)

I can’t eat this. I’ve just tried it and it .

It’s normal to before an exam or an interview.

What beautiful flowers! They too.

You . Have you been out in the rain?

James told me about his new job. It – much better than his old job.

99.3

Put in the correct word

Putinthecorrectword.

1This tea tastes a bit strange . (strange / strangely)(Example)

I usually feel when the sun is shining. (happy / happily)

The children were playing in the garden. (happy / happily)

You look ! Are you all right? (terrible / terribly)

There’s no point in doing a job if you don’t do it . (proper / properly)

The soup tastes . Can you give me the recipe? (good / well)

Please hurry up! You’re always so . (slow / slowly)

A customer in the restaurant was behaving . (bad / badly)

The customer became when the manager asked him to leave. (violent / violently)

99.4

Write the following in another way using the first … / the next … / the last …

Writethefollowinginanotherwayusingthefirst…/thenext…/thelast….

1the first day and the second day of the course the first two days of the course(Example)

2next week and the week after the next two weeks(Example)

yesterday and the day before yesterday

the first week and the second week of May

tomorrow and a few days after that

questions 1, 2 and 3 in the exam

next year and the year after

the last day of our holiday and the two days before that ➜ Additional exercise 31 (page 320)

Theory