LESSON 8: ADJECTIVES

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences for each situation. Use the word in brackets + ING/ ED.

1. You should take a rest. You look really (tire) ……………..

2. She’s feeling (depress) ……………., so I’m suggesting that she should go home, drink
warm water, and go to bed early with (relax) ……………. music.
3. Mary was (fascinate) …………….by Mandarin at the first time she learned languages.
She decided to practise more and now she can speak it fluently.
4. He looked very (confuse) ……………. when we told him we had to change the flight
because of him.
5. That film was so (disappoint) …………….! There was no happy ending for any of the
characters.
6. It’s so (frustrate) …………….! No matter how much I concentrated on his speech I
couldn’t understand what he meant.
7. The journey was (bore) …………….! Twenty hours by train made us (exhaust)
……………..
8. Don’t show my baby photos to others, Mum! It’s so (embarrass) …………….!
9. The little girl was (terrify) ……………. when she saw dinosaur models in museum.
10. She got really (annoy) ……………. yesterday because someone threw rubbish in front of
her house.

Exercise 2: Put adjectives in brackets in the correct position.

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

2 an unusual ring (gold) ......................

3 an old house (beautiful) ......................

4 black gloves (leather) ......................

5 an American film (old) ......................

6 a long face (thin) ......................

7 big clouds (black) ......................

8 a sunny day (lovely) ......................

9 an ugly dress (yellow) ......................

1 a wide avenue (long ......................

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1 a red cat (old/little) ......................

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1 a new sweater (green/nice) ......................

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1 a metal box (black/small) ......................

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1 a big car (fat/black) ......................

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1 A boat (splendid / old ) ......................

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1 long hair (black/beautiful) ......................

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1 an old painting (interesting/French) ......................

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1 an enormous umbrella (red/yellow) ......................

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