1. English / lovely / several / old / tables
2. pretty / French / young / a lot of / girls
3. dining-room / Regency / few / valuable / last / these / chairs
4. first / really important / Impressionist / his / three / paintings
5. dark blue / best / silk / my / all / shirts
6. young / many / German / factory workers
7. marble-popped / old-fashioned / these / oval / all / wash- stands
8. wildlife / Mike's / all / black and white / latest / photographs
9. cotton / a few / plain / hand-woven / carefully-chosen / dresses
10. non-stick / brand-new / a number of / French-made / frying pans
11. really important / the first / national / government-sponsored survey
12. one-month / last / his / exhausting / European / tour
29. Form the comparative and superlative degrees of these adjectives. Pay attention to any spelling changes.
1. tiny
1 0 far
1 9 fat
28. healthy
.
.
2. handsome
1 1 sad
20. wide
29. true
.
3. lively
1 2 heavy
2 1 foggy
30. wide
.
.
4. dry
1 3 grey
22. able
3 1 early
.
.
5. pleasant
1 4 late
23. ill
32. narrow
.
6. simple
1 5 quiet
24. common
33. free
.
7. mellow
1 6 polite
25. soon
34. rare
.
8. good
1 7 clever
26. thin
35. flat
.
9. bad
1 8 big
27. calm
36. pretty
.
.
30. Put the adjectives in brackets into the form which best suits the meaning of the sentence
1. That is (incredible) story I have ever heard!
2. It is not always (bright) students who do well in tests.
3. Terylene shirts are harder-wearing, but cotton shirts are much (comfortable).
4. Which is (deep), Lake Garda or Lake Iseo?
5. She is much (self-confident) than she used to be.
6. I like both of them, but I think Michael is (easy) to talk to.
7. Most people are (well-off) than their parents were.
8. She has a lot to be thankful for — (sad) thing of all is that she does not realize it.
9. I want to rent a car — (powerful) one you have.
10. You look a lot (well) than you did last time I saw you.
11. There is nothing (irritating) than locking yourself out of your own house.
12. Both roads lead to the city centre, but the left-hand one is probably a bit (short) and (direct).
13. As I get (old), I notice that the policemen seem to be getting (young)!
14. - Is Cambridge (old) university in Britain? - No, Oxford is about 50 years (old).
15. If you were (tidy) and (well-organized) than you are, you would not keep losing things.
16. The boys in our school are much (good-looking) and a lot (good) at football than the boys in other schools in the town.
31. Make the right choice out of the similar words with different meaning.
1. true - truthful
a) This play is based on a ... story.
b) I believe her: I think she is a ... person.
2. childish - childlike
a) You cannot have everything you want: don't be so ... .
b) She has a ... quality, a sort of innocence, which I like.
3. young - youthful
a) Our teacher is full of... enthusiasm for her subject.
b) Enjoy yourself while you are still....
4. uneatable - inedible
a) This meat is so tough that I find it... .
b) Some of the ... varieties of fungus are poisonous.
5. unreadable - illegible
a) The inscription was ... , but I recognized it as Latin.