2 - ] Grammar Practice Exercises
Upper Intermediate
Adjectives
1 - ] Order of Adjectives
Rewrite
the sentences , putting the words into the correct order . If you think there
should be a comma , add it in the correct place .
Example
1 . absolutely holiday
wonderful was the .
The holiday was absolutely
wonderful .
2 . enormous they old staying
building grey are an in .
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3 . and looks now old he
tired rather .
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4 . young met student
charming we medical a .
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5 . angry an man is young he
aggressive .
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6 . heavy is a he smoker very
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7 . very has happy him she
made .
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8 . heavy her gold a gave necklace he beautiful .
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9 . close are friends
extremely they .
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10 . moment at rather seem
the unhappy you .
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11 . thoughtful a be man
young seems very he to .
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12 . impractical is
time-wasting expensive the and project .
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13 . beginning hair grey turn
to is my .
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14 . young actress a Diana
successful well-respected and is .
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15 . fine and now feeling I .
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2 . Construction of Adjectives .
Complete the sentences
with participles as adjectives , using the following verbs . The verbs with
adverbs should be used to form compound adjectives .
[ dry - change - act well - keep beautifully - break -
decline fast - steal - tailor beautifully -
bring up well - continue - love - brush well - relax -
think clearly -park - write well - embarrass - build well - plan badly - boil ]
Examples
1 . I t was a very restful holiday so I feel much more relaxed
now .
2 . It was a very well-acted play .
3 . I kept calling her by the wrong name ; it was very
--------------------- .
4 . The --------------------- kettle filled the kitchen
with steam .
5 . She’s a very ------------------------ child : she
always behaves herself well .
6 . I think he may have died of a
-------------------------- heart .
7 . Her hair is always very -----------------------------
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8 . The increase in divorce reflects a
--------------------------- attitude to marriage and relationships .
9 . She’s a very good person to have in meetings as she’s
very ----------------------- .
10 . Shortage of money is a
------------------------------ problem for them : it probably always will be .
11 . The house is old but it’s very
----------------------------- .
12 . It was a ------------------- escape and so it
inevitably failed .
13 . Badgers are a ------------------------ species in
this country as more of them are killed every year .
14 . That’s a --------------------- suit he’s wearing .
15 . I need some ----------------------- fruit to put in
the cake .
16 . This is a ----------------- garden : someone must
spend a lot of time working on it .
17 . It was a very ----------------------- article .
18 . The police may charge you with receiving
---------------------- goods .
19 . They’re a very ----------------------- family and
they give each other a lot of support .
20 . Children should not play near
------------------------- cars .
3 .Suffixes & Prefixes .
Complete
the following sentences with an adjective formed from one of the following
verbs or nouns , plus a suffix .
[ act - care - change -
comfort - describe - dread - enjoy - forget - grace - motion - power - rely -
submit - tire - truth ]
Example
1 . We had a lovely weekend ;
it was thoroughly enjoyable .
2 . He never remembers my
birthday ; I don’t know why he’s so ---------------------- .
3 . The problem is that
there’s nothing we can do about it ; we’re completely ---------------- .
4 . I believe what he says
because he’s always been --------------- in the past .
5 . She never seems to run
out of energy ; she’s completely ------------------ .
6. She’s a very
---------------- writer ; she gives you a very good feel for the places and
characters in her stories .
7 . Don’t worry . If he’s
said he’ll be there , then I sure he will . He’s very -------------- .
8 . His problem is that he
always does exactly what people tell him to do : he’s just
so ---------------------- .
9 . You’re so
--------------------------- : you’re always dropping things .
10 . I love to watch good
ballet dancers : they’re so ----------------------------- .
11 . The cat stayed
-------------------- as it waited to pounce on the bird .
12 . It’s a very
--------------------- climate ; the weather can be completely different from one
day to the next .
13 . It’s important to keep
--------------------------- after you retire .
14 . The seats in first class
were really ----------------------- I could easily have fallen asleep in them .
15 . The situation out there
is ---------------------- . More and more people are dying every day .
4 - ]Negative Prefixes .
Use the following prefixes to
form negative adjectives and put the adjectives into the correct columns
[ patient - relevant -
attractive - literate - flexible - regular - legal - agreeable - mature -
convenient - tasteful - moral - replaceable -
responsible - significant - possible - legible - honest - rational -
explicable - justified - mortal - reversible - destructible - perfect - friendly
- soluble - polite - logical - interesting - separable ]
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5 - ] Comparison of Adjectives
1 - ]Put
the adjectives in brackets into the comparative or superlative form .
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The company’s annual report
shows that sales figures were ---------------- (low) than the previous year .
This is no surprise due to the recession but what is
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( disappointing ) than this
is the clear evidence that some of our very ------------ ( old) clients have
switched to another supplier . We are aware that there are ------------- (cheap
) supplies than ourselves but this may not be the ------------------- (
important ) factor . One old client was heard to say that their new supplier
was ---------------------(efficient) and ----------------------(flexible) than
we are . If this is the case , then this is -------------(worrying) than
anything else . The economic situation is getting -------------- (bad) and
(critical) and if we do not compare favorably with our ------------- (big)
competitors , then we will not survive . We used to have the
--------------(high) reputation in the business but we are in danger of losing
that forever ,. It is not easy to be the ----------------(good) but that is
what we should be aiming for .
2 - ] Put the adjectives in
the phone conversation into the comparative or superlative form .
Pam : So how are you enjoying
living in the new place ?
Debbie : Oh , it’s very nice
. The house is much --------------------(spacious) than the flat we had in
London and one of the --------------------(good) things is being able to walk
out of the back door into our own garden .
Pam : Mm , that must be
lovely . So all in all , it’s much -----------------------(good) than London ,
is it ?
Debbie : Well , I’m not sure
I would say that . It’s certainly --------------------(polluted) here and I
suppose it’s ------------------------(stressful) and that must be good for me .
But it’s just so much -----------------------(quiet) here and that takes some
time to get used to . I suppose I miss the cultural diversity of London . Going
out shopping in London was so much ----------
(interesting( that it is here
. The people here are so much --------------------(varied) than they are in
London .
Pam : I suppose that’s true .
But it’s so much ----------------------(busy) on the streets here in London .
It must be nice to walk around somewhere that’s much
------------------(crowded) .
Debbie : Well , sometimes it
is . Anyway , at least I’m coming up to London next weekend . I’m
--------------------(excited) about that than I am about anything happening
round here .
Pam : Oh dear , you seem to
be thinking that you haven’t made the ------------------(good) decision .
Debbie : Well , perhaps I’ll
feel -----------------------(settled) here after a few months . Who knows ?
Pam : Yes , probably . I personally think you’re really lucky to be where you are . When I came to visit you , I thought it was one of the ------------------(beautiful) places I’d ever seen .
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