MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER HARIJANTO

XII MIPA 2 / 28
ACTIVITY THE US OF NOUN PHRASE IN MAKING CAPTIONS
Activity 1. Choose the most correct preposition to complete the sentences !
1. The newspaper was FLOODED with letters from angry readers.
2. I was trying to hear their conversation but I could not MAKE out what they were saying.
3. We have done well in the competition so far and we need to BUILD on that success.
4. The children are always ANSWERING him back.
5. Jean TURNED down the offer of a place at university and went travelling round the world
instead.
6. I FELL down with my neighbour because he would not stop playing loud music.
7. I wonder whether this new fashion will CATCH on with older people.
8. Andy was running to CATCH up with the others.
9. They SHUT down the factory because dangerous chemicals were getting into the river.
10. He plans to join the golf club and TAKE up golf.

Activity 2. Put the adjective(s) in brackets into the correct position as the examples below.
Examples:
• An old chair (wooden round) = an old round wooden chair
• A beautiful dress (Italian) = a beautiful Italian dress
1. A rare ring (silver) = A rare silver ring
2. A young lady (beautiful) = A beautiful young lady
3. A good-looking lady (young) = A good-looking young lady
4. A classic house (wonderful) = A wonderful classic house
5. A brown jacket (leather) = A brown leather jacket
6. An Indian song (new) = A new Indian song
7. Curly hair (blonde) = Curly blonde hair
8. A cloudy day (gloomy) = A gloomy cloudy day
9. A cold bath (unusual) = An unusual cold bath
10. An ugly shirt (green) = An ugly green shirt