UNIT 5: ADJs

Exercise 1. Tick the best one to complete the sentences ()

a few few fewer the fewest less the least

1. The exhibition was not very crowded. There were ______ people than I expected

2. Meeting Bill Clinton was much ______ frightening than I had imagined.

3. I've not met him but I've heard ______ stories about him and he sounds interesting.

4. He's ______ crazy than you first think. Some of his ideas make sense.

5. That must be ______ frightening horror film I've ever seen.

6. It's time somebody told him ______ home truths.

7. I strongly disapprove. I don't like what I've heard in ______

8. He's not liked. In fact he's ______ liked person in the office.

9. I'd like to go to Japan but I get so ______ opportunities to travel in my present job.

10. I'd like you to spend ______ time on your own work and more on controlling your staff.

11. David Letterman is very famous in America but ______ people in England have heard of him.

12. We mustn't postpone this meeting. We get to meet on too ______ occasions as it is.

13. Frankly, John's problems are ______ of my worries.

14. If you spent ______ time worrying, you'd get more done.

15. I don't like any of the solutions. I suppose John's is ______ bad of them but I still don't like it.

16. It's not important. It doesn't matter in ______ .

17. The winner will be the person who makes ______ mistakes.

18. I've had ______ problems with this. I don't need any help.

19. I've had ______ problems with this. I don't need any help.

20. My friend knows ______English poems

Exercise 2. Choose the best answer

1. Which is the correct order

A. a small Canadian thin lady

B. a Canadian small thin lady

C. a small thin Canadian lady

D. a thin small Canadian lady

2. Which is the correct order?

A. a carving steel new knife

B. a new steel carving knife

C. a steel new carving knife

D. a new carving steel knife

3. Which is the correct order?

A. a beautiful blue sailing boat

B. a blue beautiful sailing boat

C. a sailing beautiful blue boat

D. a blue sailing beautiful boat

4. Which is the correct order?

A. an old wooden square table

B. a square wooden old table

C. an old square wooden table

D. a wooden old square table

5. Which is the correct order?

A. an new French exciting band

B. a French new exciting band

C. an exciting French new band

D. an exciting new French band

6. Which is the correct order?

A. a red big plastic hat

B. a big red plastic hat

C. a plastic big red hat

D. a bit plastic red hat

7. Which is the correct order?

A. a small Japanese serving bowl

B. a Japanese small serving bowl

C. a small serving Japanese bowl

D. a serving small Japanese bowl

8. Which is the correct order?

A. a cotton dirty old tie

B. a dirty cotton old tie

C. an old cotton dirty tie

D. a dirty old cotton tie

Exercise 3. Place the adjectives in the correct order before the noun. Don't forget to add the article "a, an ,the" if necessary.

1. Book - interesting - small - Spanish

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2. Picture - modern - ugly - rectangular

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3. opinion - old - boring - American

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4. apple - ripe - green - delicious

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5. suit - woolen - large - black

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6. house - beautiful - modern - small

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7. magazine - German - slender - strange

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8. cap - cotton - funny - green

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9. scarf - blue - old - Japan - your

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10. Pot - round - small - iron - cooking.

Exercise 4. Decide whether the bold words in the following sentences are participial adjectives or verbs

1. He told me a moving story about his childhood

A. Participial adjective

B. Verb

2. Our piano was turned by a Mr Beethoven

A. Participial adjective

B. Verb

3. I spent four hours calculating your tax returns

A. Participial adjective

B. Verb

4. His new novel is open-ended

A. Participial adjective

B. Verb

5. The whole affair became terribly complicated

A. Participial adjective

B. Verb

Exercise 5. Complete the following sentences by using Adjs ended with "ing" or "ed"

1. I do the same thing every day. My job very ______ .(bore)

EX:  I do the same thing every day. My job very __boring____ .

2. I have nothing to do. I'm ______ . (bore)

3. My job is very varied. I find it ______ . (interest)

4. I'm ______ in applying for the job. (interest)

5. I heard some very ______ news. I'm going to lose my job. I feel terrible. (depress)

6. Cheer up . Don't feel so ______ . There are plenty of other jobs. (depress)

7. I heard a very ______ story. It will make you laugh.( amuse)

8. It's not ______ that you failed the exam. You never did any work. (surprise)

9. I don't understand this exercise. I'm very ______ . (confuse)

10. I thought your behavior at the party was ______ . You were sick in the middle of the room. (disgust)

11. My trip to Paris has been cancelled. I'm really ______ . I really wanted to go. (disappoint)

12. The performance of the English team was very ______ . They played much worse than expected. (disappoint)

13. There are a lot of road signs. It's all very ______ . (confuse)

14. I am very ______ in this subject. I find it fascinating. (interest)

15. The lesson was really ______ . I almost fell asleep. (boring)

16. I was ______ by her behaviour. It was very funny. (amuse)

17. I was ______ by the news. I didn't expect it. (surprise)

18. I was ______ by his behaviour. It was outrageous. (disgust)

19. I'm ______ in finding out more about this. Where can I look? (depress)

20. The festival will be made more ______ with the participation of famous Pop stars (fascinate)

Exercise 6. Rewrite the following sentences, replacing the relative clause in each by an adjective phrase, remembering that such a phrase can be realized by a single word

1. Will all students who are married please raise their hands?

EX:Will all married students raised their hands?

2. Will all students who are interested write their names on this list?

3. I don't wish to know the names of the people who were involved.

4. All the women who were present looked up in alarm.

5. We should call the doctor who is nearest.

6. we must find the doctor who is concerned

7. What are the best seats that are available?

8. Can recommend something that is really interesting?

9. I have a problem that is much more complicated?

10. I have a problem that is much more complicated than this

11. The road that is best to take is the A 40.

DapAnU5

Exercise 1. Complete the following sentences by using one of these words:few, a few, fewer, the fewest, less, the least

1. The exhibition was not very crowded. There were __ fewer ____ people than I expected

2. Meeting Bill Clinton was much __ less ____ frightening than I had imagined.

3. I've not met him but I've heard ___ a few ___ stories about him and he sounds interesting.

4. He's __ less ____ crazy than you first think. Some of his ideas make sense.

5. That must be ___ the least ___ frightening horror film I've ever seen.

6. It's time somebody told him ___ a few ___ home truths.

7. I strongly disapprove. I don't like what I've heard in ___ the least ___

8. He's not liked. In fact he's ___ the least ___ liked person in the office.

9. I'd like to go to Japan but I get so __ few ____ opportunities to travel in my present job.

10. I'd like you to spend ___ less ___ time on your own work and more on controlling your staff.

11. David Letterman is very famous in America but ___ few ___ people in England have heard of him.

12. We mustn't postpone this meeting. We get to meet on too ___ few ___ occasions as it is.

13. Frankly, John's problems are ___ the least ___ of my worries.

14. If you spent ___ less ___ time worrying, you'd get more done.

15. I don't like any of the solutions. I suppose John's is __the least ____ bad of them but I still don't like it.

16. It's not important. It doesn't matter in __ the least ____ .

17. The winner will be the person who makes __ the fewest____ mistakes.

18. I've had ___a few___ problems with this. I really need some help

19. I've had ___few___ problems with this. I don't need any help.

20. My friend knows ___a few/ few__English poems

Exercise 2. Choose the best answer

1. Which is the correct order

A. a small Canadian thin lady

B. a Canadian small thin lady

C. a small thin Canadian lady

D. a thin small Canadian lady

2. Which is the correct order?

A. a carving steel new knife

B. a new steel carving knife

C. a steel new carving knife

D. a new carving steel knife

3. Which is the correct order?

A. a beautiful blue sailing boat

B. a blue beautiful sailing boat

C. a sailing beautiful blue boat

D. a blue sailing beautiful boat

4. Which is the correct order?

A. an old wooden square table

B. a square wooden old table

C. an old square wooden table

D. a wooden old square table

5. Which is the correct order?

A. an new French exciting band

B. a French new exciting band

C. an exciting French new band

D. an exciting new French band

6. Which is the correct order?

A. a red big plastic hat

B. a big red plastic hat

C. a plastic big red hat

D. a bit plastic red hat

7. Which is the correct order?

A. a small Japanese serving bowl

B. a Japanese small serving bowl

C. a small serving Japanese bowl

D. a serving small Japanese bowl

8. Which is the correct order?

A. a cotton dirty old tie

B. a dirty cotton old tie

C. an old cotton dirty tie

D. a dirty old cotton tie

Exercise 3. Place the adjectives in the correct order before the noun. Don't forget to add the article "a, an ,the" if necessary.

1.An interesting small Spanish book

2. An ugly modern rectangular picture

3. A boring old America opinion

4. A delicious ripe green apple

5. A large black woolen suit

6. A beautiful small modern house

7. A strange slender German magazine

8. A funny green cotton cap

9. Your old blue Japan scarf

10. A small round iron cooking pot

Exercise 4. Decide whether the bold words in the following sentences are participial adjectives or verbs

1. He told me a moving story about his childhood

A. Participial adjective

B. Verb

2. Our piano was turned by a Mr Beethoven

A. Participial adjective

B. Verb

3. I spent four hours calculating your tax returns

A. Participial adjective

B. Verb

4. His new novel is open-ended

A. Participial adjective

B. Verb

5. The whole affair became terribly complicated

A. Participial adjective

B. Verb

Exercise 5. Complete the following sentences by using Adjs ended with "ing" or "ed"

1. I do the same thing every day. My job very ______ .(bore)

EX: I do the same thing every day. My job very __boring____ .

2. I have nothing to do. I'm __ bored ____ .

3. My job is very varied. I find it __ interesting ____ .

4. I'm ___ interested ___ in applying for the job.

5. I heard some very ___ depressing ___ news. I'm going to lose my job. I feel terrible.

6. Cheer up . Don't feel so ___ depressed ___ . There are plenty of other jobs.

7. I heard a very __ amusing ____ story. It will make you laugh.

8. It's not ___ surprising ___ that you failed the exam. You never did any work.

9. I don't understand this exercise. I'm very ___ confused ___ .

10. I thought your behavior at the party was ___ disgusting ___ . You were sick in the middle of the room.

11. My trip to Paris has been cancelled. I'm really ___ disappointed ___ . I really wanted to go.

12. The performance of the English team was very ___ disappointing ___ . They played much worse than expected

13. There are a lot of road signs. It's all very __ confusing ____ .

14. I am very ___ interested ___ in this subject. I find it fascinating.

15. The lesson was really ___ boring ___ . I almost fell asleep.

16. I was ___ amused ___ by her behaviour. It was very funny.

17. I was ___ surprised ___ by the news. I didn't expect it.

18. I was __ disgusted ____ by his behaviour. It was outrageous.

19. I'm ___ interested___ in finding out more about this. Where can I look?

20. The festival will be made more ___fascinating___ with the participation of famous Pop stars.

Exercise 6. Rewrite the following sentences, replacing the relative clause in each by an adjective phrase, remembering that such a phrase can be realized by a single word

2. Will all students interested write their names on this list?

3. I don't wish to know the names of the people involved.

4. All the women present looked up in alarm.

5. We should call the nearest doctor.

6. we must find the doctor concerned.

7. What are the best seats available?

8. Can you recommend something really interesting?

9. I have a much more complicated problem?

10. I have a much more complicated problem than this

11. The best road to take is the A 40.