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5.2 Classroom Exercises
EXERCISE 4. Complete two sentences for each situation.
Use an adjective ending
in
-ing or
-ed.
Example: The film wasn't as good as we had expected,
(disappoint-)
a) The film was
disappointing.
b) We were
disappointed with the film.
1. It's been raining all day. I hate this weather. (
depress-)
a) This weather is _____. b) This weather makes me _____.
2. Astronomy is one of Tom's main interests, (
interest-)
a) Tom is _____ in astronomy. b) He finds astronomy very _____.
3. Ann is going to America next month. She has never been there before,
(excit-)
a) She is really _____ about going. b) It will be an _____experience for her.
4. Diana teaches young children. It's a hard job. (
exhaust-)
a) She often finds her job _____. b) At the end of the day's work she is
often_____.
EXERCISE 5. Complete these sentences
with an adjective ending in -ing or
-ed.
The first letter(s) of the adjective are given each time.
Example: Jane finds her job
boring. She wants to do something different.
1. I seldom visit art galleries. I'm not very _____ in art.
2. We went for a very long walk. It was very _____.
3. Why do you always look so _____ ? Is your life really so _____?
4. He's one of the most _____ people I've ever met. He never stops talking and
never says anything _____.
5. I was _____ when I heard they were getting divorced. They had always
seemed so happy together.
6. I'm starting a new job next week. I'm quite _____ about it.
EXERCISE 6. Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position.
Example: a beautiful table (wooden round)
a beautiful round wooden table
1. an unusual ring
(gold) ____________________________________.
2. an old lady
(nice) ________________________________________.
3.
a good-looking man (young) ________________________________.
4. a modern house
(attractive) _______________________________.
5.
black gloves (leather) _____________________________________.
6. an American film
(old) ____________________________________.
7.
a large nose (red) ________________________________________.
8. a sunny day
(lovely) ______________________________________.
9. a hot bath (
nice) _________________________________________.
10. an ugly dress
(orange) ____________________________________.
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11. a red car
(old/little) ______________________________________.
12. a metal box
(black/small) __________________________________.
13. a long face
(thin) _________________________________________.
14. a wide avenue
(long) ______________________________________.
15. a big cat
(fat/black) _______________________________________.
16. a little village
(old/lovely) __________________________________.
17. long hair
(fair/beautiful) ____________________________________.
18. an old painting
(interesting/French) __________________________.
EXERCISE 7. Complete each sentence with a verb and an adjective.
feel look
seemed
awful
fine interesting
smell sounded tastes nice upset wet
1. Ann
seemed upset this morning. Do you know what was wrong?
2. I can't eat this. I've just tried it and it ______.
3. Jim told me about his new job last night. It ______ - much better than his
old job.
4. I wasn't very well yesterday but I ________ today.
5. What beautiful flowers! They __________ too.
6. You ______. Have you been out in the rain?
EXERCISE 8. Choose an adjective or an adverb
to complete each sentence
.
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