69 | can use a range of adjectives A Describing places 69 neu Sh rural France is the village of La remote + faraway from where many people live. Toque. ts curious, old-fashioned aRWEN} connected with the country, not the town. orp urban. Rata e eM ec! Falncds| iustusualior tease SU ee aoa old-fashioned + typical of thepast but not of the present, orr modern. a SE ce : vital necessary and important. sys essential. ‘imple, but the prices ae reasonable (Maga impressive and large or important and vas impressed with the overall [MEMISE) including the things you need but no extra things, Prac reset sxx basic. suspicious of fours, bul | found reasonable Ifprices are reasonable, they are not too high. sv fair. RN aon eas ov unreasonable. Giese eee Impressed «feeling that sth/sb is good or ofa high standard PSE with sth/s overall general; considering everything, Fj suspicious of ~ lecling that sth/sb is dishonest and cannot be trusted. sthi/sb polite » behaving in a good or correct way. opp rude. deserted empty because everyone has left. ops busy, crowded. @ Find seven more pairs of synonyms or opposites in the box. simple” modern curious fair polite essential busy old-fashioned Tural basic¥ urban rude deserted vital strange reasonable > simple _—_. /syn basic Tse fore See fOr ee / ove dsm 1 oe @ Is the meaning the same or different? Write $ or D. > tsa rural area. | t's an urban area. D. 4 It's essential. | It isn’t vital. 1 Noone was there. |It was deserted 5 twasn’tgrand. | It was quite basic 2. It's expensive. | The price is reasonable. & I'm suspicious of him. || don’t trust him. 3. She's good, | I'm impressed with her 7 It was fair It was unreasonable. © complete the words in the sentences. > Itgets very busy, so it’s vital to arrive early. The others found him normal, but | thought he was ac man. 2. It’s along way from town, so it’s quite ar _.. place, 3 Iwas. of the man when he refused to give his name. 4 (like the restaurant, and what's more, the prices are r. 5 6 I was very i.._._.._ with the hotel: it's dean, comfortable, and very friendly. There were one or two things | didn't ike, but the o standard was good, eo a Test yourself, Cover the glossary meanings and look at the words. Say the words and their synonyms and opposites. LANGUAGE 171B Describing feelings 6% Adjectives Example(s) Meaning terrifying? Tewasa terrifying film. very ing terrified was terrified watching that film. very rightened. Jdisappointed/ || was disappointed with my results feeling unhappy because sth is not disappointing |My results were disappointing. as good as you hoped. [amazing/ Some of the dancers were amazing surprising and difficult to believe, amazed often in a positive way. [shocking/ Twas shocking to see so many people with | upsetting and very surprising in a [shocked nowhere to live. negative way. jalarming/ ‘When the police arrived. it was a bit frightening or causing worry. ‘alarmed alarming disgusting/ Last night’s meal was disgusting, very unpleasant. disgusted | amusing/ ‘We all thought the film was quite amusing, | funny m a gentle way. |amused es embareassed/ [Twas embarrassed when Tgothisname | feeling uncomfortable because of embarrassing _|wrong, sthsilly you have done, astonishing/ | its astonishing how much she has changed | very surprising. astonished in the last five years. satistying/ ‘Cooking lor othersis very satisfying. making you feel pleased or happy. satisfied ove dissatisfied © circle the correct answer. We use adjectives that end with -ed to > The beaches were really Gmazingyamazed 1 Iwas shockinashocked when I saw it Soe ey 2 He was satisfying/satisfied with the course. at end with tibe the person 3 The hotel dich’t have a restaurant, which was _| Getta diabrieakes.us fave thee esting, rather disappointing/disappointed Oe 4. trwasa terrifyino/tertiied experience eee 5 The smell was Alisqusting/discusted 6 Jose felt a bit embarrassina/embarrassed Complete the dialogues with adjectives from the table. ‘Were you frightened? ~ Yes, absolutely . terrified ‘Was the film funny? ~ Yes, it was quite You wore jeans to a smart party! ~ Yes, it was a bit He steals money from old people. ~ | know. It's absolutely Was he pleased with his marks? ~ No, he was Was the wine unpleasant? ~ Yes, it was absolutely Were you surprised? ~ Yes, absolutely Were you very frightened? ~ Yes, it was a bit Were you happy with the work? ~ No, | wasn't with them. with it eYauaWwnay Test yourself, Look at the words in the first column and cover the examples and meanings. Can you remember the meanings? 172 LANGUAGE