1, Rewrite the Sentences Putting the Words Into the Correct Order

WEEK 7

Grammar of English

Adjectives and adverbs

1, Rewrite the sentences putting the words into the correct order.

A, Young met student charming we medical a.

B, Heavy her gold a gave necklace he beautiful.

C, Impractical is time-wasting expensive the and project.

D, And looks now old he tired rather.

E, Enormous they old staying building grey are an in.

2, Complete the sentences with participles as adjectives, using the verbs below. 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

A, It was a very restful holiday so I feel much more ……………………..now.

B, It was a very ……………………..play.

C, I kept calling her by wrong name, it was very ……………………….. .

D, The …………………….kettle filled the kitchen with steam.

E, She is a very ……………………..child, she always behaves herself well.

F, Her hair is always very ………………………. .

G, She is a very good person to have in meetings as she is very ……………………….. .

H, It was a …………………….escape and so it inevitably failed.

I, It was a very …………………article.

3, Put the adjectives in brackets into the comparative or superlative form.

Pam : So how are you enjoying living in the new place ?

Debbie : Oh, it is 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 : Mmm, that must be lovely. So all in all, it is much ………………………(good)than

London, is it ?

Debbie : Well, I am not sure I would say that. It’s certainly ………………….(polluted) here

and I suppose it is ……………………….(stressful) and that must be good for me.

But it is 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) than it is here.

The people here are so much …………………………(varied) than they are in

London.

Pam : I suppose that is true. But it is so much ……………………….(busy) on the streets

here in London . It must be nice to walk around somewhere that is much

………………(crowded).

Debbie : Well, sometimes it is. Anyway, at least I am coming up to London next weekend.

I am …………………(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 will feel ………………………..(settled) here after a few months.

Who knows ?

Pam : Yes, probably. I personally think you are really lucky to be where you are. When I

came to visit you, I thought it was one of the…………………………(beautiful)places

I had ever seen.

4, Correct these sentences :

A, They are quicker doing this as I am.

B, I got there more earlier than everyone else.

C, I don’ t think this novel is so good than his last one.

D, The longer I sit here, less I feel like moving.

E, He ran as the wind.